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by Chenari
Mon May 14, 2012 1:20 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Hermit ID?
Replies: 3
Views: 1067

Re: Hermit ID?

Awesome. Thanks, Greg!

The bright orange caught my eye as I was passing over. At first I thought it was either a Hairy or a Furry. But I got the picture on the computer, and was pretty excited to think I'd found a new one.
by Chenari
Mon May 14, 2012 12:15 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Hermit ID?
Replies: 3
Views: 1067

Hermit ID?

Hey Greg, we found a Hermit Crab today that we're having a little trouble identifying. It was near the Cabin Cruiser at TTN. You can get an idea of its size from the clam shell it's sitting in in the picture. I think it's a Paguristes turgidus. What I can see in the picture seems to fit. IMG_0669.JPG
by Chenari
Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:02 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Is This Octo-Porn??
Replies: 4
Views: 1613

Re: Is This Octo-Porn??

Yeah we were having trouble that day. Dad has a Comp-U-Mask, so he was using that for gauges, while my gauges had a low battery. So he switched his console with mine and we just put up with the low battery beeping since we both had something that could tell us how much air we had.
by Chenari
Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:06 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Kronborgia but not in a Kincaid's shrimp?
Replies: 6
Views: 1412

Re: Kronborgia but not in a Kincaid's shrimp?

Looks to me like a Stiletto, I've seen several around. Stiletto Shrimp Heptacarpus stylus.JPG Yeah, this one's red, but they come in a bunch of colors. Various shades of brown like yours, to shades of green, to red like this. Seems to be the same critter to me. The blue spots all over give it away.
by Chenari
Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:32 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
Replies: 5394
Views: 925398

Re: Whidbey Island Critters

Can your camera record video? That's the only way I can think of to get any quality recording of the luminescence.
by Chenari
Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:53 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
Replies: 5394
Views: 925398

Re: Whidbey Island Critters

And this is why I always laugh when people talk about nature being inherently good. XD
by Chenari
Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:40 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Not much to work with to ID this guy
Replies: 3
Views: 1017

Re: Not much to work with to ID this guy

Just judging on what I can see, I'd say Plainfin Midshipman.

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by Chenari
Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:59 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
Replies: 5394
Views: 925398

Re: Whidbey Island Critters

AWWWW it's so cute! I just wanna cuddle it!
by Chenari
Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:23 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Hmmmm, Expert or Fool????
Replies: 14
Views: 2328

Re: Hmmmm, Expert or Fool????

I'm going to go for Expert on this one, mostly because he's not the first person I've seen to try and prove this, especially not about Great Whites. For the life of me, I can't remember who it was, but a couple years ago, I saw another man trying to prove exactly the same thing. And this man didn't ...
by Chenari
Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:15 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
Replies: 5394
Views: 925398

Re: Whidbey Island Critters

Wow, who knew even the Sea Slugs fought. Did you get to see either of them lunge?
by Chenari
Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:53 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Nudi ID Confirmation
Replies: 1
Views: 807

Nudi ID Confirmation

Went for a dive at Fox Island West Wall today, found a couple new critters that I'm fairly sure I've IDed correctly. The first I found was a teeny little Nudibranch sitting on some Hydroids. I've tentatively IDed it as a White-Crusted Aeolid Cuthona albocrusta IMG_3262.JPG And this one I've IDed as ...
by Chenari
Thu May 26, 2011 10:31 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Critter Identification Help Please
Replies: 9
Views: 1266

Re: Critter Identification Help Please

Not sure about the first and the last two, but the second one is a Rose Anemone.
by Chenari
Thu May 19, 2011 11:12 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: BIG Skate at Cove 2
Replies: 8
Views: 1754

Re: BIG Skate at Cove 2

While watching whales from my sailboat at the same spot last week, a sea lion surfaced with a huge skate in its mouth. The skate put up a good fight, but the sea lion won. Wow, I would have loved to see Sea Lion Vs. Skate, I'm sure that was something to behold. Never seen an Egg Case in person, tho...
by Chenari
Thu May 19, 2011 12:54 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: BIG Skate at Cove 2
Replies: 8
Views: 1754

BIG Skate at Cove 2

Went for an afternoon/evening dive at Alki Cove 2 today, though down around 50fsw, it may as well have been a night dive it was so dark. We had to end the dive early, due to being separated from our buddy, but that wasn't before the three of us got a wonderful look at this gigantic beauty! He had to...
by Chenari
Sun May 15, 2011 2:32 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Way out past the Alki Pipeline
Replies: 9
Views: 1714

Re: Way out past the Alki Pipeline

I'm not sure either one is right, Greg. As far as the Jellyfish, the knob on top looked like a natural part of the fish, so I'm putting that in as an important part of the Identification. And as far as the nudibranch, the pictures I'm finding on Google don't look right to me. For one, they don't hav...
by Chenari
Tue May 10, 2011 10:11 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Way out past the Alki Pipeline
Replies: 9
Views: 1714

Re: Way out past the Alki Pipeline

So anyone have any idea what the Jellyfish might be? Or maybe a positive ID on the nudibranch?
by Chenari
Mon May 09, 2011 2:38 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Way out past the Alki Pipeline
Replies: 9
Views: 1714

Re: Way out past the Alki Pipeline

Lol could be a possibility. Maybe we should find some Shaggy mouse eggs and hatch em to find out. :supz:
by Chenari
Sat May 07, 2011 8:03 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Way out past the Alki Pipeline
Replies: 9
Views: 1714

Way out past the Alki Pipeline

So tried to go to the Alki Pipeline today, but unfortunately, we arrived at a very low tide, so my buddy and I were walking even out past the buoy. But we were hankerin' for a dive, so we headed out to where we could drop and decided to see what was out there. We found some lovely eelgrass beds with...
by Chenari
Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:34 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Anenome question
Replies: 5
Views: 1098

Re: Anenome question

I'm not seeing an appendage? Do you mean that curled tube thing in the foreground? Cause that's a tubeworm of some kind.
by Chenari
Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:17 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Evening at Alki
Replies: 1
Views: 814

Evening at Alki

So Dad and I went for a dive at Cove 2 yesterday with a good friend of ours who promised to take us right to the mama Octo. And boy did he deliver. This would be my first mama octo ever, as mom and dad have already seen this lovely lady, so needless to say, I was hyped. True to his word, our buddy t...
by Chenari
Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:08 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Strange creature?
Replies: 38
Views: 4533

Re: Strange creature?

Wow, that is fascinating. It looks like a shell-less Centipede or something. You're certain it was crawling? How far did it move?
by Chenari
Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:02 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Chitons can see?
Replies: 3
Views: 1095

Re: Chitons can see?

That is really cool! Makes you wonder what they could evolve into given a few billion years, if they followed a genetic path like ours.
by Chenari
Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:00 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Watch all the way to the end....
Replies: 10
Views: 1717

Re: Watch all the way to the end....

Most. Awesome. Thing. EVER.
by Chenari
Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:32 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Couple of free things
Replies: 0
Views: 529

Couple of free things

Hey so just got home from the Dive and Travel Expo. I won a grab bag in the drawings, and I have a couple things I don't want, so they're up for grabs. An Aqua Sphere Mask Strap IMG_2963.JPG And a Large Tshirt with the little Diving Froggie and a dive flag. IMG_2965.JPG I'm in Renton, so if anyone w...