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Streaked Gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)Observer
libbykeatleyDescription
First time seeing a streaked gurnard and rarely recorded in Northern Ireland - would appreciate confirmation!
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Monterey Dorid (Doris montereyensis)Observer
joepaquinDescription
Didn't notice the blue tubercles until photo review. It looked like a pale Monterey Dorid in the water, with little to no yellow.
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Rockfishes (Genus Sebastes)Observer
noiselessowlDescription
KGB type YOY…in my experience it is likely a copper, also some gopher/black and yellow YOYs in the school. Too small for me to make a for sure call.
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Red-Headed Aeolid (Noumeaella rubrofasciata)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
1cm long, found on a drifting blade of eelgrass
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Wolf Eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)Observer
underwaterpatDescription
Harbor seal is apparently named "Rascalette" and gave birth to a pup 4/24/24
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Crevice Kelpfish (Gibbonsia montereyensis)Observer
bahuelgaDescription
@ 35fsw
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Twin-sailed Salp (Thetys vagina)Observer
u_phantasticusDescription
Put back in the water safely!
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Lewis' Moon Snail (Neverita lewisii)Observer
charlotteseidPlace
Vallecitos Point, La Jolla Submarine Canyon, La Jolla, San Diego County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)
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Three-colored Top Shell (Calliostoma tricolor)Observer
oceanicadventuresDescription
SUPER rare! This Calliostoma tricolor only has one band on the front part of the last section of its last whorl while they normally have multiple. I’ve seen hundreds of their shells and this is my first time seeing this. I would imagine it was caused by a crab attack damaging the mantle, causing the shell to grow strangely. In the last two pictures you can see it compared to what a normal shell would look like. Maybe a one in ten thousand chance find?
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Monterey Tegula (Tegula montereyi)Observer
stevelonhartDescription
Although it is not visible in this shot, there is an open umbilicus and a spiral "tooth" present.
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Genus HaliclystusObserver
imlichentodayDescription
Low tide -.82 rocky intertidal. Pretty big, about 3cm long
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Genus HaliclystusObserver
imlichentodayDescription
Low tide, rocky intertidal
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California Tonguefish (Symphurus atricauda)Observer
zachfratDescription
Juvenile spat up by an Ocean Whitefish
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Olive's Sapsucker (Hermaea oliviae)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
most likely the same individual as one found yesterday by @nudibitch
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206262007
refound by @tidepooltales today
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Macfarland's Chromodorid (Felimida macfarlandi)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
tiny!! eating sponge?
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Branched Sapsucker (Placida dendritica)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
1 of 3 found on codium, amongst elysia hedgpethi
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
jeffgoddardDescription
Egg capsule, 5 mm diameter, of an unkown snail.
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seaslugsDescription
Strange little orange hermit crab wearing a piece of sponge as a shell.
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Scallops (Family Pectinidae)Observer
ifreedmanDescription
Approx 2 mm across, growing on Diopatra tube cap. Leptopecten or Argopecten?
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California Needlefish (Strongylura exilis)Observer
wblack6289Description
Being carried by Osprey
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Giant Keyhole Limpet (Megathura crenulata)Observer
jeffgoddardDescription
Juvenile with shell approximately 2 cm long.
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Blind Goby (Typhlogobius californiensis)Observer
jeffgoddardDescription
When I first spotted this, it's tail was protruding from sand underneath a boulder I had just turned over in a low intertidal pool.
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Cortez Angelfish (Pomacanthus zonipectus)Observer
watersprite88Description
I've heard recently that these have been seen around here. So happy to have spotted this one today!
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Ribbonfishes (Family Trachipteridae)Observer
veekaay14Description
A weeee baby...oarfish maybe?
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Rim-backed Nudibranch (Palio dubia)Observer
jeffgoddardDescription
I found five individuals, 3 - 7 mm long, on the underside of one boulder in a low intertidal pool; two are pictured here.
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Broomtail Grouper (Mycteroperca xenarcha)Observer
asugiDescription
Group of 4-5.
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Acute Bladder Snail (Physella acuta)Observer
naturephotosuzeDescription
Hansen Dam
In an ephemeral pond
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Giant Seahorse (Hippocampus ingens)Observer
nealmatDescription
Locally it's called the Pacific Seahorse. It was nose down in a patchy bed of eel grass in Glorietta Bay, within San Diego Bay, at about 3:45 in the afternoon. There was a lot detritus on its back, as if for camouflage. It was about seven inches long and looked old.
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Strawberry Cock-eyed Squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis)Observer
panthalassaunited
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Odhner's Dorid (Doris odhneri)Observer
j-staufferDescription
Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve
-white individual
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Genus CumanotusObserver
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PrivateDescription
Mating - undescribed species
Santa Cruz County, California
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Pink Tritonid (Tritonia exsulans)Observer
charlotteseidPlace
Gorgonian Garden, La Jolla Submarine Canyon, La Jolla, San Diego County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)
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Genus ArminaObserver
rociobunkerDescription
Found diving in San Diego looks like arminia californica but has different colors
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California Frog Shell (Crossata californica)Observer
alanarama3Description
Washed up after the atmospheric river/storms So Cal had.
