Photos of the Week #2

May 2, 2005

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Kevin Lee

4/30/2005
Catalina Island
Old Quarry

White-ribbed Red Barnacle, or Red-striped Acorn Barnacle
Megabalanus californicus

"Acorn Barnacles, with extended cirri (jointed legs) sweeping for food. The calcareous shells of these barnacles are attached to the shell of a Norris Top Snail, which itself is feeding on a kelp blade."

Olympus C-5060, with YS-90DX strobe

Jim Lyle

4/30/2005
Catalina Island
Emerald Cove

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Todd Warshaw

4/27/2005
La Jolla
Boomers

Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens

Aaron Simmons

4/26/2005
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Two adults, one baby, and some eggs...

Terry Strait

4/30/2005
Point Loma
Three Fingers Reef

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Rick Anderson

5/1/2005
La Jolla Shores

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Mark Ball

4/30/2005
San Clemente Island

C-O Sole
Pleuronichthys coenosus

Canon S-330 Elph digital

Margaret Webb

4/30/2005
Catalina Island
Emerald Bay

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Taken with an Olympus c5050 with a Ikelite DS 125 strobe

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