Lion's Mane nudibrachs (Melibe leonina), use their huge hood-like structures to filter their food from the water column. Eagle Landing, Catalina Island.
Three-lined Aeolid (Flabellina trilineata) on a blade of kelp. This tiny nudibrach is less than 15mm in length. Santa Cruz Island, California.
A Norris' top snail clings to a blade of giant kelp near the surface at Ironbound Cove, Catalina Island, California.
My dive buddy inspects a drifting moon jelly as we head back to the boat after an amazing dive at Eagle Rock - Catalina Island.
Once one the largest fisheries in California, the Soupfin shark (Galeorhinus galeus) is now only rarely seen at the most remote islands of the Channel Islands National Park.
Female sheephead and Southern Sea Palm at San Clemente Island, California.
Giant Sea Bass poses in the kelp forest.  Goat Harbor - Catalina Island, California.
A tiny proliferating anemone (~1cm) clings to a bladder of giant kelp, high above the sea floor. Point Loma, California.
Lion's Mane nudibrachs (Melibe leonina), use their huge hood-like structures to filter their food from the water column. Eagle Landing, Catalina Island.
Lion's Mane nudibrachs (Melibe leonina), use their huge hood-like structures to filter their food from the water column. Eagle Landing, Catalina Island.
Lion's Mane nudibrachs (Melibe leonina), use their huge hood-like structures to filter their food from the water column. Eagle Landing, Catalina Island.
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