Pics from Three tree today

bnboly · Post by **bnboly** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:45 pm

Tom Nic, Bassman and I did Three Tree today - sorry nothing is id'd yet -

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:18 pm

Bill, your getting realy good at taking pictures

I sure need to get me a camera!
The list keeps building.
Dry gloves
Pee Valve
Weezle
Camera
Bigger tanks

I need more scuba units

I think I need to get busy and sell some stuff on craigs list.

gomi_otaku · Post by **gomi_otaku** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:20 pm

I had never seen urchins at 3Tree before- then last time I was there, we went a little farther north, and there is a concrete base with a rope attached to a box that is attempting to float to the surface- it is about 10' off the bottom. I looked in the open top, and amidst a bunch of scallop shells, were grape-sized urchins. How big was this one you pictured? And whereabouts?
gomi_

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:08 pm

The White Sea Urchin was about baseball sized and was in one of the tire piles directly off the entry. Bill's been finding about one a dive at various spots.

Greg Jensen · Post by **Greg Jensen** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:54 pm

It's a green urchin- you can tell by the dark tube feet. They aren't always this dark on greens, but are never dark on whites.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:32 pm

Greg Jensen wrote:It's a green urchin- you can tell by the dark tube feet. They aren't always this dark on greens, but are never dark on whites.

Thanks Greg!

scubaoctogirl · Post by **scubaoctogirl** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:24 pm

Third and fourth pics are whelk eggs I think.

WylerBear · Post by **WylerBear** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:01 pm

Greg Jensen wrote:It's a green urchin- you can tell by the dark tube feet. They aren't always this dark on greens, but are never dark on whites.

Don't white urchins have longer spines as well? I think that's what I was told.

Greg Jensen · Post by **Greg Jensen** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:34 pm

The difference in spine length is not noticeable- one-fourth the test width in whites, one-fifth in greens. And this seems to vary somewhat with size, with little ones appearing to have proportionately longer spines. Whites have fewer spines than greens.

Penopolypants · Post by **Penopolypants** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:47 pm

Greg Jensen wrote:The difference in spine length is not noticeable- one-fourth the test width in whites, one-fifth in greens. And this seems to vary somewhat with size, with little ones appearing to have proportionately longer spines. Whites have fewer spines than greens.

Greg, we are very lucky to have your expertise!

Are the eggs in the first picture painted greenling eggs? I love trying to ID future babies.

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