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Bluebanded Goby Lythrypnus dalli
don't usually see these spectacularly colored small gobies in deep waters off Point Loma
slug Felimida macfarlandi
slug Flabellina iodinea
juvenile painted greenling
Oxylebius pictus
slug Flabellina iodinea
this slug was gripping tightly while being buffeted by surging water
blackeye goby
Rhinogobiops nicholsii
slug Cadlina limbaughorum
kelp rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens
giant keyhole limpet mantle
Megathura crenulata
Limpets of this limpet's family have a keyhole in the middle of their shell, through which waste is ejected, and this limpet's mantle covers the entire shell expect for that keyhole. I keep an eye out for these limpets for the abstract composition of their variegated mantles.
slug Doriopsilla spaldingi
This slug is named after George Spalding, a friend in town, so it is a treat to run across these slugs on a dive.