Dive #511 - Cottam Point

Started off with some nice jellies in the shallows, and found the massive pink sea star again. Urchins with hats, and one standing on its side. A few Batwing sea slugs. Octo mom with eggs, and a couple other GPOs. Sea stars in weird positions. Brown rockfish, which I don't remember seeing here before.

Posted on October 14, 2021 06:13 AM by leftcoaster leftcoaster

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Egg-yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Umbrella Jelly (Eutonina indicans)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Red-fingered Coryphella (Coryphella verrucosa)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)

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Puget Sound King Crab (Echidnocerus cibarius)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Giant Pink Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Purple Sun Star (Solaster endeca)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Orange Sea Pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Noble Dorid (Peltodoris nobilis)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Giant Pink Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)

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leftcoaster

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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Arctic Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Pacific Batwing Seaslug (Gastropteron pacificum)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Vermilion Star (Mediaster aequalis)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Freckled Dorid (Peltodoris lentiginosa)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Lined Chiton (Tonicella lineata)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Noble Dorid (Peltodoris nobilis)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Trojan Star (Hippasteria phrygiana)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Tiger Rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Smooth Sun Stars (Genus Solaster)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Red-trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm (Serpula columbiana)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Brown Rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)

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Plumose Anemone (Metridium senile)

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

Description

Does anyone know what the white strings are coming out of it? Part of the anemone or ???

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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

Description

Hitch hikers on the jelly

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Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Arctic Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

Description

In a field of urchins, this one was the only one standing on its side.

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Fringed Filament Worm (Dodecaceria pacifica)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

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leftcoaster

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September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

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leftcoaster

Date

September 28, 2021 10:38 PM PDT

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