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