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Posted by Merry on February 23, 2022 at 13:17:39:

From the Hyperion 1-mile elevated pipe, Torrance Reef and Golf Ball Reef.

Juvenile sheephead, Semicossyphus pulcher



Swell shark egg case, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum


California cone snail, Californicus, californicus


Felimida macfarlandi


Felimida californiensis


Felimida californiensis


Diaulula sandiegensis


Aegires albopunctatus


Doto kya


Doto form A


Peltodoris mullineri


Scrippsia pacifica


Spiny sand star, Astropecten armatus


I'm not totally sure, but this looks like a pale version of the sunburst anemone, Anthopleura sola.


*Calliostoma gloriosum topsnails mating. Quite small. Again, not completely sure of this ID.


Snail eggs - might be Three-winged murex


Blood star, Henricia sp. There may be as many as 10 different blood stars. Someone is working on revising the taxonomy. Even local subjects look slightly different.





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