Whidbey Island Critters

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Re: Whidbey Island Critters

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Although listed in Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest book as Burrowing Aeolid, Flabellina sp. 1,
it is still not described and instead of Flabellina, it will most likely be named Cumanotus fernaldi.
But since the papers are not published, it remains still only as Cumanotus sp. Will keep you posted :)

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Wow! Are they called "burrowing" because they are normally under the silt? I have never seen anything remotely like that.
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LCF wrote: Are they called "burrowing" because they are normally under the silt? .
That would be my guess.

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This thread is better than a family reunion ... it just makes ya want to keep coming back ... thanks Jan, for continuing what I consider the best underwater thread on the internet ...

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+1, Bob! I always grin when I log on and see Jan's added something.
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Thank you Bob for the compliment, it means a lot coming from a fellow dive addict :)
And Lynne, and I grin when I can add a new critter to my list. Few days ago I was taking
pictures of Hedgpeth's Sapsuckers which all sudden appeared in great numbers on the
muck seafloor at Lagoon Point canal and when I viewed the photos on my computer
screen, I discovered a little slug which I never saw before, another Sapsucker ! Of course,
I had to go back and search for it. It took me a while. 44 degree water in depth between
4 and 8 feet.:
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Muck diving helped to add another critter to my list :)
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Wow... Just wow! Well done!
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What can I add to what everyone else is saying??? I am amazed that you find so much and take the time to do the research and present them to us in such an original way. Thanks Jan, You never cease to amaze and educate me with your finds.

By the way those Octo pix are awesome! :notworthy:
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Thanks Dusty, you are doing very well on the other side of the Admiralty Inlet from what I see
from your posts :partyman:
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Jan K wrote:Although listed in Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest book as Burrowing Aeolid, Flabellina sp. 1,
it is still not described and instead of Flabellina, it will most likely be named Cumanotus fernaldi.
But since the papers are not published, it remains still only as Cumanotus sp. Will keep you posted :)

Nice find! Seems like there's always something new popping up :-)
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This pier was part of now defunct Mutiny Bay Resort. No public access, the road to the beach
chained off. Now somebody decided to built a house there. I asked the carpenters working there
if I could dive off their parking lot. They could care less. Well, I found lot of empty, shallow
sandy bottom, some Eel grass patches, few Sunflower stars and one Lewis Moonsnail, two Hooded
nudibranchs and some Brooding anemones. I was hoping for the pilings to be covered with sea life,
since there were not touched for years, but found only few barnacles. So I will not mark it as my
new dive spot on Whidbey ...
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Jan, first of all, you're the only person I know who can do a dive where there is nothing to see and come back with a whole webpage about it.

Secondly, those photographs just make me ache with envy -- the lighting, the sharpness, and the wonderful dark contrasting background are just fantastic. Someday . . . !
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Wishing you all the very best and looking forward to a new year
of underwater wonders.
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Simply awesome as always, Jan! The best to you this holiday season!
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Jan, you brought a big smile to my face on this board this morning, which I needed! Thank you.
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Another encounter between baby sea pens and Tritonia festiva ..
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Awesome! Very nice sequence.
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And since the New Year Eve is upon us, drink responsibly :partyman:
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Sapsuckers party :grouphug:
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and consequence of above behavior :)
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Nice work Jan. That one shot at the bottom of the second picture is perfect! Looks like a dead leaf.
I guess in order to see these guys I'll have to dive Lagoon point one of these days cause they sure aren't on my side of admiralty inlet
Where do you dive over there? It looks like a private community?
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Flying to San Diego for family Christmas (no diving involved :crybaby: )
looking out of plane window, I realized we are not so different from
underwater critters. Or I just suffer from diving withdrawal :)
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Awesome! that really makes one realize just how connected everything is in nature.

On the other hand I think maybe you spend too much time underwater :neener:
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Dusty2 wrote: On the other hand I think maybe you spend too much time underwater :neener:
Thanks Dusty,
It takes one to know one ! :rofl:
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Managed to make last day of 2011 dive after 12 days of drying out my gills :)
I missed the cold, green water ...
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New Year Day dive ...
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