These are several critters that we've seen over some time. We haven't been able to ID them and would muchly like to know what we've seen. So I'm gonna put up a bunch of piccies to see if anyone can figure it out.
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7) <a href="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h65/c ... G_3679.jpg" target="_blank">
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Some critters that need IDs.
The fish look like a mix of Puget Sound Rockfish and Brown Rockfish.
I have good guesses on the other ones, but one time I ruined a game by always getting the answer posted before others could post.
FISH-O!!
I have good guesses on the other ones, but one time I ruined a game by always getting the answer posted before others could post.
FISH-O!!
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I'll give you #4- Kelp Isopod (idotea wosnesenskii per Welks to Whales). On the last pumpkin carve, a rather large one swam over and sat on the end of my "pumpkin" while I was cutting the stem end off- like it was waiting to go inside when I was done.
I really love that little crab, whatever kind it is.
gomi_
I really love that little crab, whatever kind it is.
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By any chance are some of these from Monterey?
Gotta tell us the location!
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Gotta tell us the location!
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hehe, yeah I kinda wondered when I saw a batstar in photo #1!!
OK, so here's my edumacated guesses:
1. Kelp Rockfish (they can be dark sometimes)
2. Possibly a Black? Looks like how a teenager-ish Black can look around here, but the anal fin looks a bit too squared off for a Black...so not positive on this one.
3. Brown Cup Coral - it's much larger than Orange cup coral. All over the place down in Monterey.
4. What Gomi said
5. No idea. Weird.
6. Pygmy crab? They hide out in little places all the time around here.
7. Looks almost like a Comb Jelly being consumed by something. Another possibility is that it's a Salp.
8. Red Ascidian or something related to that.
9. Brown Rockfish (yeah, I know there's no brown spot on the gill cover but not everyone plays by the rules)
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OK, so here's my edumacated guesses:
1. Kelp Rockfish (they can be dark sometimes)
2. Possibly a Black? Looks like how a teenager-ish Black can look around here, but the anal fin looks a bit too squared off for a Black...so not positive on this one.
3. Brown Cup Coral - it's much larger than Orange cup coral. All over the place down in Monterey.
4. What Gomi said
5. No idea. Weird.
6. Pygmy crab? They hide out in little places all the time around here.
7. Looks almost like a Comb Jelly being consumed by something. Another possibility is that it's a Salp.
8. Red Ascidian or something related to that.
9. Brown Rockfish (yeah, I know there's no brown spot on the gill cover but not everyone plays by the rules)
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I suspect #7 is a little too big to be a comb jelly; it was about 2 feet across, and was one of two such conglomerations we found at Point Lobos.
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A- HA! I found it for number 7! Now that I'm back home I popped open Pacific Coast Pelagic Invertebrates and there it is on page 65!
It is indeed a Comb Jelly (or Ctenophore phylum) - more specifically it's what's called a Lobate Comb Jelly - they have a pair of distinctive large lobes at the oral end of the body, and have exceedingly delicate tissue that is easily damaged (which is what you're looking at in your photo - a pretty mangled individual)
This one you have is called Leucothea pulchra and its covered with distinctive brownish orange papillae, and is extremely delicate. It is the largest and most delicate of all the shallow lobates. Eight comb rows. Range is Central California (hey, imagine that!) to Sea of Cortez.
Hope this helps!
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It is indeed a Comb Jelly (or Ctenophore phylum) - more specifically it's what's called a Lobate Comb Jelly - they have a pair of distinctive large lobes at the oral end of the body, and have exceedingly delicate tissue that is easily damaged (which is what you're looking at in your photo - a pretty mangled individual)
This one you have is called Leucothea pulchra and its covered with distinctive brownish orange papillae, and is extremely delicate. It is the largest and most delicate of all the shallow lobates. Eight comb rows. Range is Central California (hey, imagine that!) to Sea of Cortez.
Hope this helps!
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No doubt about it, I gotta get more books!
Thanks!
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