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Giant Acorn Barnacle debris forming a gravel area on the west
side of the closest pinacles just past the north tip of the island. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Giant Acorn Barnacles with some
Velvety Sponge? and Pink Encrusting Algae. The average size being about 5 inches [12.5 cm] in diameter. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Giant Acorn Barnacles. None of
them seemed to be feeding when we were here at this time of day. We entered the water just after noon. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Decorator Crab ~ 9 inches [17.5
cm] wide with the legs. Crawling over the Giant Acorn Barnacles. Also note the Cancer Crab just below it. They are often found living in the shells of dead Giant Acorn Barnacles (Feb 8, 2009) |
Bering Hermit Crabs ~ 2 inches
[5 cm] for the largest one. There was a quite a few at this dive location. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Bering Hermit Crab ~ 4 inches
[10 cm] across the shell. That would make this one a juvenile based on the size of the shell it is wearing. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Bering Hermit Crab ~ 2.5 inches
[6.25 cm] across the shell. Just too nice of a pose to pass up this shot. Most usually run away before I can take a picture. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Bering Hermit Crab ~ 2 inches [5
cm] across the shell. It appeared to be eating the white material that was attached the rock in front of it. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Butterfly Crab ~ 3 inches [7.5
cm] wide. It appears to be pink due to the Pink Encrusting Algae that is on it. Obviously it has not moulted in a while. This was the only specimen I saw on this dive. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Decorator Crab ~ 8 inches [20
cm] with the legs. These were very common at this site. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Graceful Kelp Crab ~ 4 inches
[10 cm] wide with the legs. There were a few of these at this site. This was one of the smaller ones. There were a few hiding between the Giant Acorn Barnacles. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Granular Claw Crab - the hole of
the Giant Acorn Barnacle that this crab is living within is approxmately 4 inches [10 cm] in diameter. This is the first time I have ever seen one of these animals. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Moss Crab ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm]
wide with the legs. Note the hermit crab above it that has withdrawn into its shell because of my presence. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Moss Crab ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm]
wide. Riding on a Blood Starfish. It is quite common to find a variety of the crabs "riding" starfish. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Moss Crab ~ 4 inches [10 cm]
long. On one of the larger sponge masses that are found on the "reefs" just past the north tip of Forest Island. Some of the larger sponge masses were up to 3 feet [1 m] wide. But usually no more than 12 inches [30 cm] tall. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Red Rock Crab ~ 10 inches [25
cm] across the wide part of its main carapace. This was the only one that I saw this day. Just of the little beach on the east side of the north end of the island. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Sharp Nosed Crab ~ 5 inches
[12.5 cm] wide. They are very similar to the Moss Crabs. But the Sharp Nosed Crabs have larger and longer arms. Note the Orange Ascidians [tunicates] that surround, and partially cover the Giant Acorn Barnacles. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Longfin Sculpin ~ this fish was
approximately 5 inches [12.5 cm] long. There were more of these here but they were skittish, and this was my best photo of one. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Scalyhead Sculpin ~ 3 inches
[7.5 cm] long. This fish was nice enough to stay still for a couple pictures. I was the one that had to move to catch up to my dive partner. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Sculpin ~ 4 inches [10 cm]
long. This was a fish that stayed still while I took a couple of pictures. It is sitting on a bed of Coralline-Encased Filament Worms. (Feb 8, 2009) |
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Chiton ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm] long. Note the Orange Social
Ascidians the very small orange "dots" in this picture. And 5+ Orange Cup Corals. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Chiton ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm] long. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Chiton ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm] long.
The smaller pink one is a Blue-Lined Chiton. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Geoduck Clam ~ 5 inches [12.5
cm] wide. Normally you don't see the shell as this is usually buried in the sand. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Hairy Triton Snail ~ 2 inches [5
cm] wide. Note that it is laying some eggs. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Clown Dorid ~ 4 inches [10 cm] long. As adults they are
usually longer than this by a couple of inches. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Cockerell's Nudibranch ~ 1.5
inches [3.75 cm] long. The white mass with the orange bodies sticking out of it. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Leopard Dorids ~ 2 inches [5 cm]
long. This pair appears to be breeding. And likely laying eggs. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Nanaimo Nudibranch ~ 2 inches [5 cm] long. (Feb 8, 2009) |
White Lined Dirona ~ 5 inches [12.5 cm] long. (Feb 8, 2009) | White Lined Dirona ~ 5 inches [12.5 cm] long. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Buried Anemone ~ 8 inches [20 cm] diameter. (Feb 8, 2009) | Giant Plumose Anemones ~ 20
inches [50 cm] tall. This makes them about half as tall as compared to more mature ones that I've seen. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Painted Anemone ~ 10 inches [25 cm] tall. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Blood Star ~ 12 inches [30 cm]
wide. This starfish is just above some Coralline- Encased Filament Worms. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Creeping Petal Sea Cucumber ~ 4
inches [10 cm] wide. With its arms extended to try and catch some food. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Daisy Brittle Star with its arms
protruding out of a crack in the rock in which it is hiding. The stick out their arms in the hope to catch some bits of food. The arms are about 2 inches [5 cm] long. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Green Sea Urchin ~ 5 inches [12.5 cm] in diameter. (Feb 8, 2009) |
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Leather Star ~ 10 inches [25 cm]
wide. Very common at this scuba diving site near Sidney British Columbia. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Leather Star ~ 7 inches [17.5
cm] wide. Beside possibly some Acid Weed. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Leather Star ~ 10 inches [25 cm]
wide. Below it and to the left of it are some compound tunicates. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Morning Star ~ 18 inches [45 cm]
wide. If you look carefully and to the top left of it you will see a Leather Star arm sticking out. I believe the Morning Starfish is killing the Leather Star to eat it. I have a better example of this on the Henderson Point web dive site page. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Mottled Star ~ 14 inches [35 cm] wide. (Feb 8, 2009) | Orange Sea Cucumber ~ 5 inches
[12.5 cm] tall. Note that is arms [feeding arms] are retracted. The little brown tubes running up its side are actually its tube feet. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Sunflower Star ~ 3 inches [7.5
cm] in diameter. This starfish is basically a baby. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Sunflower Starfish ~ 14 inches
[35 cm] wide and a scuba diver. The image is a bit fuzzy due to back scatter from particles floating in the water. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Red Sea Urchin ~ 5 inches [12.5
cm] in diameter. Sitting on a living Giant Acorn Barnacle. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Possibly - Hard Gnarled CLump Sponge (Feb 8, 2009) | Velvety Red Sponge and a small Stalked Tunicate to the right of it. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Possibly - Thick Encrusting Scarlet Sponge (Feb 8, 2009) |
Some Compound Tunicates ~ 8
inches [20 cm] wide across the main mass of them. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Warty Tunicates ~ 4 inches [10
cm] tall. The orange tube or stalk like objects just to the left and above the middle of this image. To the right of them is some sponge, and below them is a small Creeping Petal Sea Cucumber. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Transparent Tunicate ~ 3 inches
[7.5 cm] long. The whitish tube looking item on the lower right of this image. Also in this image are a couple of Orange Cup Corals and a Graceful Kelp Crab in the back ground. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Red-Trumpet Calcareous
Tubeworms. The red portion is about 2 inches [5 cm] tall. There are some Filament Worms to the left and above the Red Trumpet worms. And some Compound Tunicates to the lower right. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Not sure but these white "worms"
looked like worms. Only about 2 inches [5 cm] long. I could not find any thing that looked like these in my books. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Northern Staghorn Bryozoans ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm] tall. (Feb 8, 2009) | Pink Encrusting Hydrocoral ~ 7 inches [17.5 cm] tall/long. (Feb 8, 2009) |
Pink & Purple Encrusting Hydrocoral ~ 6 inches [15 cm] wide/long. (Feb 8, 2009) |