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You are sure true to your maxim John, great story of a interesting venture, thanks for sharing.

Superb stuff, some real beauties..

And the Lingcod keep on eating...

This tiny little slug is camouflaged more then in one way. Even its name, common and scientific is hard to pinpoint. One book calls it the Steinberg's Corambe and another one is there under the name Cryptic. While Corambe steinbergae in one - Doridella steinbergi in second. According to Slug Forum, ...

The Starry Flounder tries to flee the moment it sees me and my camera. So I asked the Lingcod to hold the flatfish so I can take its picture...
(just kidding)

Do you remember Woody Allen's "Everything you always wanted to know about sex but were affraid to ask" ? Well I found myself in Pink Short-spined Star orgy.

Scott, thanks for the info. It would be hard to tell them apart if they appeared in our murky waters together. I see why Tim would think Olive.

yeah, it was little crowded there..

This crabs are sometimes almost impossible to see, so I included almost a "bare butt" and one in full camo outfit

Spring in full swing. Soon baby Painted Greenlings will join us swimming around.

Congratulations Georgia !

sounds interesting, but I am with Grateful Diver on this one. Could you elaborate on the subject easier to understand? Let us in on the secret lives of anemones, please...

Tim, great sequence ! Video works very well for this.

Thanks Janna, I need all the help I can get

Well, after seeing hundreds of crabs in premating embrace, I finally caught pair in the act of making more crabs

Great find and great shot, all the details are there...

or Scalyhead Sculpin

It is amazing that the shrimp (and other crustatians) can crawl out of their old shell and leave it intact without making mess out of it.

Another jelly, this one a common sight ...

The visibility might not be that great lately, but some interesting critters are swimming through the planktonic soup with us ...

Awesome!

Ancula gibbosa - Pacific Ancula - great find Tim !

They are confusing, I agree. I think that #6 might be Hudson's Dorid ( Acanthodoris hudsoni). They too have yellow margins, many times it helps to add the scientific name for lot of the common names are confusing things more then they clarify, for example the Sea Lemon name is attached to yellow slu...

Number 7 is Nanaimo Dorid _ Acanthodoris nanaimoensis