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Kellet's whelk Kelletia kelletii
a predatory gastropod but usually eats dead or injured animals; one of the largest gastropods in California; edible & were eaten by native Americans; sometimes available in Asian markets
Rainbow seastar Orthasterias koehleri
seastar is growing a new foreground arm; white plate on top middle is the madreporite sieve for the seastar's seawater system for movement, feeding, & respiration
Spanish shawl nudibranch Flabellina iodinea & small rainbow seastar Orthasterias koehleri
Blackeye Goby Rhinogobiops nicholsii
Scrippsia pacifica jellyfish
with hitchhiking crab on its bell, at the two o'clock position
Scrippsia pacifica jellyfish
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Scrippsia pacifica jellyfish
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swimming through Point Loma kelp forest canopy
at 30 feet depth