Tidepooling Scott Creek

Hit a decent -1 low at Scott Creek on Wednesday. Clear, warm weather and low to moderate surf made for a very pleasant afternoon. Saw a fairly standard assortment of slugs, with one very notable highlight: my first Aplysiopsis enteromorphae! A friend had told me that they live at Scott Creek, and that I should be looking for a mossy algae by the name of Cladophora. First pool with some decent Cladophora found was full of 'em. And a very shallow, exposed pool it was, too! Not the kind of place I'd ordinarily be looking for slugs. Will have to adjust my search parameters.

Didn't see any of the hydroid Eudendrium, which was one of the more remarkable things at Scott the last time I was there. Maybe it just wasn't low enough. Did see a ton of peanut worms, though! More than I think I've ever seen before.

Finished the evening with a tiny little octopus who pulled some wonderful color changing tricks and then pretended to be a very sly, moving stone. Walked back along the beach under magnificent pre-moon star field.

Publicado el noviembre 6, 2009 06:56 MAÑANA por kueda kueda

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 03:47 TARDE PST

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lemudillo said to look for the fuzzy green algae. She wasn't wrong. I found a handful of shallow pools loaded with this algae up on a rather exposed ridge, and lo and behold, they held a bunch of this lovely little sacoglossan, Aplysiopsis enteromorphae.

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 04:42 TARDE PST

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 04:49 TARDE PST

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Lapa Cerradura Bimaculata (Fissurellidea bimaculata)

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 04:43 TARDE PST

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I see these every now and then. Much like giant keyhole limpets, they have teeny tiny little shells that they wear like a small hat.

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 04:27 TARDE PST

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 03:15 TARDE PST

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 05:37 TARDE PST

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Like so many things, it would not stay still.

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Dórido de Monterey (Doris montereyensis)

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 05:31 TARDE PST

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Eólido de Hilton (Phidiana hiltoni)

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 04:59 TARDE PST

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Dórido de San Diego (Diaulula sandiegensis)

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 04:57 TARDE PST

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 04:53 TARDE PST

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Saw more peanut worms than I think I ever have before.

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Pulpo Rojo del Pacífico (Octopus rubescens)

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kueda

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Noviembre 4, 2009 a las 06:02 TARDE PST

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Found this little octo clinging to the side of a rock.

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