Squid Spawning, Scuba dive off La Jolla Shores, December 5, 2011
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Mating aggregation of Aplysia californica sea hares

Market squid Loligo opalescens
facing young horn shark Heterodontus francisci

Janolus barbarensis slug on kelp

Pipefish and market squid Loligo opalescens eggs

California stingray Urobatis halleri

market squid Loligo opalescens
considering mating

mating market squid Loligo opalescens

mating market squid Loligo opalescens
with pipefish facing them

mating market squid Loligo opalescens

mating market squid Loligo opalescens
with squid egg sacs

mating market squid Loligo opalescens
with squid egg sacs

Female market squid Loligo opalescens
carrying egg sac

mating market squid Loligo opalescens
with squid egg sacs

mating market squid Loligo opalescens
with squid egg sacs

Female market squid Loligo opalescens
attaching egg sac

mating market squid Loligo opalescens

mating market squid Loligo opalescens

Female market squid Loligo opalescens
attaching egg sac while male squid tries to mate with her

Speckled sanddab Citharichthys stigmaeus

juvenile crab Loxorhynchus sp.

Yellow crab Cancer anthonyi

Sea pansy Renilla koellikeri

Sand dollars Dendraster excentricus

Swimming crab Portunus xantusii
amidst sand dollars Dendraster excentricus

California thornback ray Platyrhinoidis triseriata

marine snail Calliostoma canaliculatum