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Probably a Red or Ruby Octopus ~
3 inch [7.5 cm] mantle (Jan 6, 2007) |
Probably a Red or Ruby Octopus ~ 3 inch [7.5 cm] mantle (Dec 10, 2006) |
Kelp Crab (Aug 12, 2006) They are generally found in the shallows which is why picture is so dirty. |
Kelp Crab (Aug 12, 2006) |
Coonstripe Shrimp (Aug 12, 2006) | Longhorn Decorator Crab (Aug 12, 2006) |
Red Rock Crab (Sept 26, 2006) | Red Rock Crab (Sept 26, 2006) |
Kelp Crab - in the shallows as
usual. Not as good water quality. (Sept 26, 2006) |
Longhorn Decorator Crab (Jan 6, 2007) |
Ling Cod - about 3 feet (1 m) long ( Aug 12, 2006) | Ling Cod - about 4 feet (1.3 m) long (Aug 12, 2006) |
Rockfish of some kind (Aug 12, 2006) | Copper Rockfish (Aug 12, 2006) |
Perch of some kind. (Aug 12, 2006) | Perch of some kind. (Aug 12,
2006) It was moving in front of the camera. While I was trying to take picture of starfish. |
Plainfin Midshipman - odd name
(Aug 12, 2006) This photo can be found on the marine-life calendar 2009 for Fishes of the Pacific Northwest. North America 2009 Calendar v01 |
Northern Sculpin [?] (Aug 12, 2006) |
Northern Ronquil (Aug 12, 2006) | Northern Ronquil (September 26, 2006) |
Northern Ronquil riding a
Sunflower Star (September 26, 2006) This image also appears on the ocean-life calendar 2009 for Starfish of the Pacific Northwest. North America 2009 Calendar v01 |
Close up of Northern Ronquil
(September 26, 2006) This image can be found on the ocean-life calendar 2009 for Fishes of the Pacific Northwest. North America 2009 Calendar v01 |
Painted Greenling (Sept 26, 2006) | Roughback Sculpin [about 4
inches (10 cm)] and a Squat Lobster behind it. (October 29, 2006) |
Grunt Sculpin (January 06, 2007) | Black-eyed Goby (August 12, 2006) |
Clown Dorid ( Aug 12, 2006) | Clown Dorid ( Aug 12, 2006) |
Giant White Dirona (September 26, 2006) | Gold Dirona (September 26, 2006) |
Heath's Dorid (Dec 10, 2006) | Yellow Margin Dorids laying eggs (Jan 6, 2007) |
A young Plumose Anemone - only about 3 inches tall versus 3 feet ( Aug 12, 2006) | Three Tube Dwelling
Anemones, a Rough Back Scupin, a small octopus on the top-left side of the photo, a tube worm, and two Squat Lobsters ( Aug 12, 2006) This photo also appears on the marine-life calendar 2009 for Underwater Life of the Pacific Northwest. North America 2009 Calendar v03 |
Tube Dwelling Anemone & a
Slime Tube Worm beneath it. (Aug 12, 2006) Getting a picture of a Slime Tube Worm is difficult. They are very sensitive to movement in the water. |
Fried Egg Jellyfish (Sept 26,
2006) |
Fried Egg Jellyfish (Sept 26, 2006) |
Fat Henricia - odd name for a starfish - about 2 feet across (Aug 12, 2006) | Mottled Star and a Squat Lobster - star about 18 inches across (Aug 12, 20006) |
Very young Sunflower Star - about 8 inches across (Aug 12, 2006) | "Teenager" Sunflower Star - about 16 inches across (Aug 12, 2006) |
Mature Sunflower Star - usual 3 feet across [1 metre] (Aug 12, 2006) | Adult Sunflower Star - usual 3
feet [1 metre] across (Aug 12, 2006) This photo also appears on the marine-life calendar 2009 for Underwater Life of the Pacific Northwest. North America 2009 Calendar v01 |
Rose Star - about 8 inches across (Aug 12, 2006) | Sea Cucumber (Aug 12, 2006) Note its white, feeding appendages which it bascially taps down onto the ground and then pulls back into its body. |
Leather Star - about 10 inches across (Aug 12, 2006) | Leather Star - about 8 inchers across (Aug 12, 2006) |
Painted Star - about 12 inches
across (Aug 12, 2006) This photo also appears on the marine-life calendar 2009 for Starfish of the Pacific Northwest. North America 2009 Calendar v01 |
Leather Star - about 10 inches across (Sept 26, 2006) |
Possibly a baby Sunflower Star
or maybe a baby Morning Star [?] attacking some other kind of baby starfish. About 1 inch [2.5 cm] in diameter. (October 29, 2006) |
Brittle Stars - largest one about 5 inches [12.5 cm] across. (October 29, 2006) |
Yellow Boring Sponge and the
large
white object might be a glass sponge. (Aug 12, 2006) |
Sponge (Dec 10, 2006) |
Cloud Sponge ~ 3 feet [1 metre] long (Dec 10, 2006) | Boot Sponge ~ 3 feet [1 metre] long & 9 inch [22.5 cm] opening (Jan 6, 2007) |
Shiny Orange Tunicate surrounded by Lightbulb Ascidians (Aug 12, 2006) | Stalked Hairy Sea Squirts and Yellow Boring Sponge (Aug 12, 2006) |
Lightbulb Ascidians and a very young Sunflower Star [8 inches] (Aug 12, 2006) | Lightbulb Ascidians and a Coonstripe Shrimp to the right (Aug 12, 2006) |
Shiny Orange Tunicate [aka Sea Squirts] (September 26, 2006) |
Slime Tube Worms - very
difficult to get a picture of them - very sensitive to movement - about 2 incches across (Aug 12, 2006) |
Slime Tube Worms - 4 exposed and
3 above them withdrawn into tubes. (September 26, 2006) |
White Crown Calcareous Tubeworm
(September 26, 2006) |
White Crown Calcareous Tube Worm
with a Shrimp in front (Oct 29, 2006) |