Dive #457 - Clarke Rock - 16 January 2021
Day dive to Clarke Rock. Wicked surface current to start that cleared up once we got under. Dropped down the chain right to the two GPO buddies who've lived within a few meters of each other for the last few months. Big middens outside of both dens. White-lined tubeworm out on a rock, another GPO. Copper rockfish with a tail fin sticking out of its mouth (would later see it again, being dive-bombed by other Coppers looking for a bite). Normal blood star and a rigid blood star (Henricia aspera). A really white GPO that J found, but interrupted by three Stellers. Finally one wolf eel, with a nice big grin. A mosshead warbonnet in an old scallop shell. Red dorid. Rhino crab. A few green sea urchins with nice hats.
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Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)Observer
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Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)Observer
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This octopus lives within 3m of another huge GPO. They've been in the same dens for 3 months.
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Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)Observer
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This GPO lives within 3m of another GPO. They've been in the same dens for 3 months.
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Noble Dorid (Peltodoris nobilis)Observer
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Painted Anemone (Urticina grebelnyi)Observer
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Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)Observer
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Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)Observer
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Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus)Observer
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Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)Observer
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This rockfish was enjoying lunch (note the tail fin in the mouth), but kept getting dive-bombed by other Coppers who wanted a bite.
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Morning Sun Star (Solaster dawsoni)Observer
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Flipped over, but I saw it the other way too and can confirm
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Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger)Observer
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Giant Pink Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus)Observer
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Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)Observer
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An incredibly pregnant rockfish.
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Yellow-edged Cadlina (Cadlina luteomarginata)Observer
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Sand-paper Henricia (Henricia aspera)Observer
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Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)Observer
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Arctic Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)Observer
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Pacific Blood Star (Henricia leviuscula)Observer
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Sand-paper Henricia (Henricia aspera)Observer
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Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)Observer
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Orange Sea Pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi)Observer
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Giant Nudibranch (Dendronotus iris)Observer
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Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)Observer
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Chowing down on a dead fish
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Rhinoceros Crab (Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii)Observer
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Red Sponge Dorid (Rostanga pulchra)Observer
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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)Observer
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Arctic Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)Observer
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Rainbow Star (Orthasterias koehleri)Observer
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Vermilion Star (Mediaster aequalis)Observer
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Mosshead Warbonnet (Chirolophis nugator)Observer
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Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)Observer
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Sea Lemons and Allies (Superfamily Doridoidea)Observer
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Striped Surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis)Observer
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Wolf Eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)Observer
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Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus)Observer
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Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)Observer
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Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)Observer
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