John Butler

11/17/2005
Southern California

White Abalone
Haliotis sorenseni

Photo taken using a Insite Scorpio camera (Nikon E995) mounted on a Phantom ROV.

"The white abalone was the first marine invertebrate listed under the Endangered Species Act as result of human harvest. Due to overfishing in the 1970s, the density of white abalone ia very low. They are broadcast spawners and males and females must be within 2 meters for successful fertilization."

11/19/2005
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

with growth attached to his snout! (what?)

11/18/2005
Laguna Beach
North Crescent Bay
Deadman's Reef

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Many Red Rock Shrimp
Lysmata californica

Olympus C-5060
Dual 90DX strobes

11/19/2005
La Jolla Shores

Kayaker
(appears friendly!)

Canon PowerShot SD500

Stephanie Truhlar

11/20/2005
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Mark Pidcoe

11/19/2005
Mission Bay Channel

Hydroids, perhaps

Ostrich-plume Hydroid
Aglaophenia struthionides

Sony P-150
Sony Housing
Internal Strobe

Nathan Fanara

11/19/2005
Point Loma Kelp
70'

Green Anemone
Anthopleura sola

Sealife DC-310
External strobes with diffusers
16x macro

11/20/2005
La Jolla Shores

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite Housing
Two Ikelite DS50 Strobes
f/4, 1/500, ISO 100

11/12/2005
Indian Ocean
Aldabra Atoll

Orange-finned Clownfish
Amphiprion chrysopterus

Olympus C5050
f/8.0, 1/250

11/19/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis

Sony dsc w-7

11/15/2005
La Jolla Shores

Polyorchis penicillatus

Canon A95
Canon housing

11/18/2005
La Jolla Shores

Sipunculid Worm, perhaps
Sipunculus nudus

Olympus 770
Housed Olympus flash

11/19/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium farcimen

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-50's

11/19/2005
Catalina Island

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Nikon D-70
105mm lens
f/16, 1/125

[Can anyone ID this dive site?] Dive site was Shaeffers? That's what the boat captain said (between Starlight Beach and Lands End)

11/21/2005
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Thornback Rays
Platyrhinoidis triseriata

11/21/2005
La Jolla Shores

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Canon A95
Canon housing

11/20/2005
Santa Monica Bay
Star of Scotland Wreck

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

On a Gorgonian, probably
Muricea sp.

Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite ds 125 strobes

11/20/2005
La Jolla Cove

Norris' Top Snail
Norrisia norrisi

on Southern Sea Palm
Eisenia arborea

Canon S1 IS

11/19/2005
Mission Bay
Hospitality Point

Giant Keyhole Limpet
Megathura crenulata

Pixtreme 3.1 Digital