Northwest Dive Club

Out at EUP yesterday, I had my head down in the water as usual. And in less than five feet of water, I saw a couple of little Pacific Staghorns, and a bunch of what I believe to be Starry Flounders. I chased them for a while and only managed to get one picture out of all the critters I saw. Thankful...

*blinks* Or not lol ^_^

COONSTRIPE!

Waynne Fowler wrote:I get excited reading your posts Chenari.... your enthusiasm's rather infectious.

Aww thanks Waynne. I always try to get excited about what I see. My philosophy is: If ya don't get excited, then diving isn't any fun.

Awesome pics, Dusty. Hey is it just me, or does that second Warbonnet; the one after the Lingcod; look like it's sitting on eggs?

wow that's so cool. The more I learn about underwater critters, the more I wish I could actually live underwater. XD

Dusty was right on the first one- Heptacarpus stylus. And I agree that the last one is probably a compound ascidian. No. 2 and 3 appear to be the siphons of 'shipworms' (Bankia setacea)- not worms, rather a type of bivalve mollusk- that are responsible for the holes in 'wormwood'. No. 4 is a hyperi...

whatevah wrote:Lobed Compound Ascidians I think? They're fairly common around these parts, too. Easy place to see them on a shore dive is Keystone - out at the end of the breakwater.

I don't know. Do you have a picture? Cause these were pretty big and looked a lot like a sponge of some type.

Alright got some more from my ID folder. These are all invertebrates, so I'm mostly going to look to Greg for answers. The first, I think I have a pretty good idea on what it may be. I'm looking at the general shape of the body and the banding on the antennae, and they make me think it's a Eualus to...

Wow... all I can say. That is absolutely amazing. Thanks for the post, Chris.

Yeah we found that rather odd considering his/her size. It also had no teeth. I've never heard of an adult that was so small before.

Dad and I went for an absolutely WONDERFUL dive at TTN today. Not only were there Ratfish everywhere, but we found a very pretty little Octo; Red according to dad. IMG_2013.JPG IMG_2020.JPG But the crowning jewel of the day was... A JUVENILE WOLF EEL!!!!!!!!!! I was screaming through my Reg at Dad, ...

Wow it looks like it's made of glass.

Thanks all. ^_^

Anyone lemme know when the next photo contest for money is!

That... is... AWESOME!!! And so many angles too! You are so darn lucky to see all this stuff and get such great shots. Last time I saw a sculpin being eaten I only got one shot.

Dusty2 wrote:Agh!! Nudie porn!

Isn't Porn usually like that?


Really awesome shots, Dan. ^_^ I still haven't seen a Pink Tritonia, so that makes me really jealous.

Alrighty, I've been really into tiny stuff lately and have found many new tiny Nudis that I just cannot identify. I can't find anything even close to these critters in the books and I have no idea where to start on the Sea Slug Forum. Anybody know these guys? Haven't been able to find anything that ...

Not sure why they sometimes bury like that. The orange mass is actually the reproductive structure of a parasite of the crab- a rhizocephalan barnacle. The parasite itself is a rootlike thing inside the crab; the orange thing (called an externa) holds the parasite's eggs. It's in the same place tha...

In the same area, we found these Hermits in the same square foot that had almost completely buried themselves. Why are they doing that?

Found a bunch of Hermits in one little spot at Redondo yesterday. This guy got turned over on his back and had to stretch way out to turn back over. That was when I saw something rather... odd poking out of his shell behind him. It was bright orange and all I wanted was to get a picture of it. Here ...

cool. Thanks, Janna. ^_^

Here's one I've been trying to ID since yesterday. I can't see enough of the mouth to go by that, but I've been trying to see if those spots are something to help ID it. This one was much bigger. I don't know exact length, but he was pretty darn big. Any ideas of what it is? Here's a shot with his t...

Is anyone conducting a study on the spotted Melibes? It'd be interesting to find out.

Ohhh I see. I actually didn't find any egg ribbons like that, so there ya go, lol. So why do some Melibes have spots like that? Any ideas?

Take a close look at my photo. If you click on it and look at it in its actual size, those spots aren't solid. They're made up of dozens of tiny spots that look solid to me.