Squid scuba dive at La Jolla Canyon, January 1, 2012
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Brown rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus
Brown rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus
Doryteuthis opalescens
squid egg sacs
with
Capitella ovincola
polychaete worms
,
which eat the egg sac matrix and not the eggs themselves
Doryteuthis opalescens
squid egg sacs
with
Capitella ovincola
polychaete worms
Doryteuthis opalescens
squid egg sacs
with California sea hares
Aplysia californica
Doryteuthis opalescens
squid egg sacs
with
Syngnathus
pipefish
and California sea hares
Aplysia californica
Doryteuthis opalescens
squid egg sacs
with
Syngnathus
pipefish
and California sea hares
Aplysia californica
juvenile vermilion rockfish
Sebastes miniatus
bay goby
Lepidogobius lepidus
Brown rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus
Speckled sanddab
Citharichthys stigmaeus
and slug
Armina californica
Graceful crab
Cancer gracilis
Graceful crab
Cancer gracilis
slug
Pleurobranchaea californica
slug
Cuthona divae
and graceful crabs
Cancer gracilis
slug
Cuthona divae
California sea hares
Aplysia californica
angel shark
Squatina californica
angel shark
Squatina californica
angel shark
Squatina californica
Sand Dollar
Dendraster excentricus
Moss crab
Loxorhynchus crispatus
in surf surge sandstorm