Northwest Dive Club

Pacific cod- longer barbel on chin than a tomcod. Plus it's way to big for a tommy.

Thinking maybe Olea hansineensis for the slug. I'm not a slug guy so take it with a grain of salt. (no salt on the slug, please)

It's a deep blade shrimp (Spirontocaris prionota). Has its tail tucked underneath, which is a very common posture for this species.

Judging from the long tail, I'm leaning toward river otter too.

Stumbled across this- no idea if these are any good.



Note there are about a dozen different ones for various models/brands of cameras, all the same price

Anyone on here use this camera, or familiar with it? I've read numerous reviews, ads, etc. for it but can't figure out the flash system. Some imply there's only a small add-on flash that attaches to the hot shoe, while others talk about having the flash flipped up or down. Looking at pictures of the...

Actually, those are last year's seminars. 2015 ones still not listed.

It's a Spirontocaris lamellicornis- I've seen them hanging out under the tentacle canopy of several species of anemones, but hadn't seen one in the tentacles or on top before. Yelloweye's picture is of Spirontocaris snyderi, which is more common on anemones in Puget Sound. Both often wander away fro...

I see your shell, and raise you one golf ball.

Definitely a snailfish, but can't say for sure which one. It's left eye is really swollen.

It's also a Telmessus (helmet crab). In Acantholithodes the second pair of antennae would be lateral to the eyes, not between them.

From the pics alone I'd guess Pododesmus (jingle shell) but 6" would be an awfully big one.
The other possibility would be a rock scallop that is just unusually smooth and symmetrical because it grew up on such a smooth surface. But I would expect that to be more round.

Granulina margaritula

Heaven!

MY BABY! Lebbeus catalepsis, one of the species I discovered and named. First time I've heard of one from the inside waters; normally see them out at Sekiu. Awesome find!

Never know where your kids will show up...

Yep, that's a sad-looking eelpout. I'd have to look at my notes, but as I recall those tumor-looking things are a type of flatworm. The high cockscombs at our place on Hood Canal have always had a high infestation rate.

Those long white threads coming from the anemone are called acontia. They're packed with nematocysts and are ciliated-- they are normally used in the gut to subdue ingested prey but can be extruded through the body wall for defense. I had one under a microscope the other day and it was fascinating t...

Pretty hard to get inside their head and know why they do some of the things they do- I've always figured they're just clamping themselves tighter to the substrate to be less conspicuous and/or harder for a predator to pull off.
What species was it? I know Scyra (sharpnose crabs) often do that.

thanks for the info- yes, we wanted to check out Indian Arm, shouldn't be any blooms this time of year. But it sounds like more hassle than it's worth, so we're just going to stick to Howe Sound.

Our dives in the Great White North have primarily been on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine coast, in part because most dives near Vancouver require (according to Betty Pratt-Johnson's book) getting permission from the harbormaster's office. So my questions are: 1) How much of a PITA is this? 2) How...

We enjoyed staying at a b&b called Fern's Place http://home.cablerocket.com/~ferns_place/
Had an enclosed area good for hanging drippy dive gear, good breakfasts

another vote here for Waterhorse- very good operation. Had one of the others cancel without telling us, and then we had to go through the credit card company to get our money back- so beware.
For shore diving, easy entry at Marine Room restaurant in La Jolla.

yep- note the different color and shape as opposed to the poop shot

Looks like a really big male Oregonia gracilis- legs are too long and spindly for a sharpnose crab (Scyra)

Do they get very big? The biggest ones I saw were about 3 inches long They get to be about 24 to 30 inches long when they are all grown up. They are a deep water species at that stage of their life so you're unlikely to ever see one that big :luv: Um, no. Max size is a body length of about 3",...

Yep- guilty as charged!