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Sclerasterias heteropaes. Out in the open at about 65 ft. Much more common in southern CA. Chris Mah at CAS verified this is Sclerasterias heteropaes and not (my mistaken ID of) Astrometis sertulifera.
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Crossata californicaObservador
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About 65 ft deep at a site called The Needle.
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Crossata californicaObservador
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About 65 ft deep at a site called The Needle.
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Armilárias (Género Armillaria)Observador
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Not sure if this is the right genus, but at the base of an oak tree.
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Limacia mcdonaldiObservador
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ID verified by Dr. Jeff Goddard prior to uploading. Crawling (and likely feeding) on the bryozoan Hincksina velata.
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Género PyracanthaObservador
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Can the species be determined from this photo?
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Sanicula arctopoidesObservador
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Covering areas of Ryan Ranch in March 2021. Not sure if this is the correct ID.
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Romulea roseaObservador
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Found at DeLaveaga Disc Golf Course parking lot. Small flower in grassy areas.
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Corolla spectabilisObservador
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Washed ashore near Big Creek in Big Sur, CA. Pseudoconch of a sea butterfly, a type of pteropod, a pelagic marine mollusk.
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Corolla spectabilisObservador
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Washed ashore near Big Creek in Big Sur, CA. ID confirmed by Dr. George Matsumoto, MBARI.
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Louva-a-Deus-Comum (Mantis religiosa)Observador
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Not sure of the ID, but second mantis I have seen at the NOAA lab in the last few months.
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Louva-a-Deus-Comum (Mantis religiosa)Observador
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Not sure of the ID, but second mantis I have seen at the NOAA lab in the last few months.
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Hermissenda crassicornis crawling towards a white sponge, possibly Neopetrosia problematica. Big Creek pinnacle, Big Sur, California, USA.
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Observed on a tunicate attached to a cement piling on A-tier in Monterey Harbor.
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Rictaxis punctocaelatus crawling about in shell hash at about 25 fsw in the kelp forest off Hopkins Marine Station.
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Rictaxis punctocaelatus crawling about in shell hash at about 25 fsw in the kelp forest off Hopkins Marine Station.
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Rictaxis punctocaelatus crawling about in shell hash at about 25 fsw in the kelp forest off Hopkins Marine Station.
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Rictaxis punctocaelatus crawling about in shell hash at about 25 fsw in the kelp forest off Hopkins Marine Station.
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Tegula pulligoObservador
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Open umbilicus and lack of a "tooth" are key characters to ID. Snail is righting itself. Californiconus californicus to right.
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Artedius corallinusObservador
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Near the dive site called Dali's Wall by locals. Janna Nichols thinks this is a coralline sculpin. Transparency of fins is amazing.
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Artedius corallinusObservador
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Sculpins are hard to ID. Wide head and band of large scales between lateral line and dorsal fin suggest coralline sculpin.
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Diodora asperaObservador
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Righting itself, partially on another Diodora (on left).
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Pagurus hemphilliObservador
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Pagurus hemphilli in the grasp of Kelletia kelletii. Typically Kelletia feeds on Tegula, not the shell occupied by a hermit crab. Never seen that before.
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Pagurus hemphilliObservador
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Freed from the grasp of Kellet's whelk, this hermit crab quickly emerged and fled.
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Cantarilho-Serrano (Sebastes serranoides)Observador
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Hard to differentiate Sebastes serranoides (olive rockfish) from S. flavidus (yellowtail rockfish). I did not see red-brown to orange-brown speckles on body scales, which are supposedly on yellowtail rockfish, so I think this is an olive.