Dive #469 - Madrona Small Wall - 3 March 2021

A super long, fun dive with Jill tonight on the Small Wall. We were looking for barnacle nudi eggs, having found the nudis themselves a few weeks ago here. No eggs spotted, but we did see lots of other great critters: too many little stubby squid and red octos to count out in the sand, once we were around the rock and on the sand flats. 3 Cockerell's dorids, all on the same rock. Grunt sculpin with eggs. Lots of crabs with eggs (helmet and red rocks). A mosshead warbonnet with great hair. A small GPO on the wall, and the usual orange wolf eel (although s/he was shy tonight).

Posted on March 28, 2021 07:07 AM by leftcoaster leftcoaster

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Red Rock Crab (North America) (Cancer productus)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Northern Leopard Dorid (Diaulula odonoghuei)

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March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Red Rock Crab (North America) (Cancer productus)

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March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

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March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Red Ribbon Worm (Tubulanus polymorphus)

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Polychaete Worms (Class Polychaeta)

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Graceful Decorator Crab (Oregonia gracilis)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Red Ribbon Worm (Tubulanus polymorphus)

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

Observer

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March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Frilled Commensal Scaleworm (Arctonoe fragilis)

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March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Sailfin Sculpin (Nautichthys oculofasciatus)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

Note damage pattern

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Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Horned Nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Nanaimo Dorid (Acanthodoris nanaimoensis)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Nanaimo Dorid (Acanthodoris nanaimoensis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Saddleback Gunnel (Pholis ornata)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Giant Nudibranch (Dendronotus iris)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Sailfin Sculpin (Nautichthys oculofasciatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Graceful Decorator Crab (Oregonia gracilis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Mosshead Warbonnet (Chirolophis nugator)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Gunnels (Family Pholidae)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Cockerell's Dorid (Limacia cockerelli)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

1 of 3 Cockerell's Dorids on the same rock

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Cockerell's Dorid (Limacia cockerelli)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

2 of 3 Cockerell's Dorids on the same rock

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Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Cockerell's Dorid (Limacia cockerelli)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

3 of 3 Cockerell's Dorids on the same rock

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Slime Star (Pteraster tesselatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Slime Star (Pteraster tesselatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Helmet Crab (Telmessus cheiragonus)

Observer

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Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Plainfin Midshipman (Porichthys notatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Stubby Bobtail (Rossia pacifica)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Bay Goby (Lepidogobius lepidus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Pacific Staghorn Sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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East Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Night dive

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Sandy Shore Proboscis-Worms (Genus Cerebratulus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Stubby Bobtail (Rossia pacifica)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Stubby Bobtail (Rossia pacifica)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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East Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Blackbelly Eelpout (Lycodes pacificus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Roughback Sculpin (Chitonotus pugetensis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Armed Hermit Crab (Pagurus armatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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East Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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East Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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East Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Shiner Surfperch (Cymatogaster aggregata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

Stubby bobtail squid logged separately

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Plainfin Midshipman (Porichthys notatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Lewis's Moon Snail (Neverita lewisii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Stubby Bobtail (Rossia pacifica)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Stubby Bobtail (Rossia pacifica)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Kelp Pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Lewis's Moon Snail (Neverita lewisii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

Northern kelp crab logged separately

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Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

Red Irish Lord logged separately

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Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

March 3, 2021 10:19 PM PST

Description

Night dive

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