Observaciones de stevelonhart

About 65 ft deep at a site called The Needle.

About 65 ft deep at a site called The Needle.

ID verified by Dr. Jeff Goddard prior to uploading. Crawling (and likely feeding) on the bryozoan Hincksina velata.

Covering areas of Ryan Ranch in March 2021. Not sure if this is the correct ID.

Found at DeLaveaga Disc Golf Course parking lot. Small flower in grassy areas.

Washed ashore near Big Creek in Big Sur, CA. Pseudoconch of a sea butterfly, a type of pteropod, a pelagic marine mollusk.

Washed ashore near Big Creek in Big Sur, CA. ID confirmed by Dr. George Matsumoto, MBARI.

Not sure of the ID, but second mantis I have seen at the NOAA lab in the last few months.

Hermissenda crassicornis crawling towards a white sponge, possibly Neopetrosia problematica. Big Creek pinnacle, Big Sur, California, USA.

Rictaxis punctocaelatus crawling about in shell hash at about 25 fsw in the kelp forest off Hopkins Marine Station.

Rictaxis punctocaelatus crawling about in shell hash at about 25 fsw in the kelp forest off Hopkins Marine Station.

Rictaxis punctocaelatus crawling about in shell hash at about 25 fsw in the kelp forest off Hopkins Marine Station.

Rictaxis punctocaelatus crawling about in shell hash at about 25 fsw in the kelp forest off Hopkins Marine Station.

Open umbilicus and lack of a "tooth" are key characters to ID. Snail is righting itself. Californiconus californicus to right.

Near the dive site called Dali's Wall by locals. Janna Nichols thinks this is a coralline sculpin. Transparency of fins is amazing.

Sculpins are hard to ID. Wide head and band of large scales between lateral line and dorsal fin suggest coralline sculpin.

Righting itself, partially on another Diodora (on left).

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.

Freed from the grasp of Kellet's whelk, this hermit crab quickly emerged and fled.