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Orange cup coral (Balanophyllia elegans)
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Widehand hermit crab (Elassochirus tenuimanus)
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Cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus), denizen of the deep, dark
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Feather star (Florometra serratissima) and a red flabellina nudibranch (Himatina trophina) on a sharp lipped boot sponge (Rhabdocalyptus dawsoni)
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Green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)
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Several green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)
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Urchin city (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)
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Grey brittle star (Ophiura lutkena)
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I think this is a cadlina of some kind...
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Longfin gunnel (Pholis clemensi)
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Kincaid's shrimp (Heptacarpus kincaidi)
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Based on the orange rhinophores and light branchial plume, I think this is a yellow dorid (Acanthodoris lutea).
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A pair of sea lemons (Peltodoris nobilis), making more sea lemons
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Nemertean worm (Tubulanus albocinctus)
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Blackeye goby (Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
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Check out the eyes on this Kincaid's shrimp (Heptacarpus kincaidi)
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Heart crab (Phyllolithodes papillosus)
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Rock scallops (Crassadoma gigantea) have so many eyes...
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The spines of the red sea urchin are pretty cool (Strongylocentrotus franscisanus)
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A rather large buffalo sculpin (Enophrys bison)
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Widehand hermit crab (Elassochirus tenuimanus)
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Scalyhead sculpin (Artedius harringtoni)
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Three-lined aeolid (Orienthella trilineata)
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A three-lined aeolid (Orienthella trilineata), passing between a pair of orange cup coral (Balanophyllia elegans). It's feeding on the hydroids, which provide a source of stinging cells that it stores in it's cerata (the red bits) to ward off predators.
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Painted anemone (Urticina crassicornis)
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Painted anemone (Urticina crassicornis)
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I believe these are a bunch of metridium anemone (Metridium senile).
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Painted anemone (Urticina crassicornis)
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I think this is a snubnose sculpin (Orthonopias triacis). He was perfectly matched to the painted anemone (Urticina crassicornis) he was hiding under.
