Hi Tom,
Terrific observations and images!
I thought you might be interested in this article on the life history of Sea Pens:
http://ronshimek.com/blog/?p=293
Recruitably yours,
Alex
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- Wed Jan 31, 2018 7:32 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Orange Sea Pens, Flabellina verrucosa, and Other Predators
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4950
- Tue Dec 26, 2017 3:51 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Octopus, octopus, octopus?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2612
Re: Octopus, octopus, octopus?
Hi Laura,
Thanks so much for this link - Fascinating information!
Thanks so much for this link - Fascinating information!
- Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:14 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan, Terrific photos as always: Thanks & keep up the good work! I don't know why but, no matter how many times I see it happening, I'm always surprised at how many things eat jellyfish. Rockweed trivia: I've been told that the slimy stuff found in the rockweed's floats is essentially the same...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:58 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Diving & The Economy
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5428
Diving & The Economy
Greetings,
I normally only participate on the Critterwatchers forum but I thought the following might be of interest to a wider group:
http://www.seadocsociety.org/seadoc-fin ... l-economy/
My apologies if this is the wrong place.
Financially yours,
Alex
I normally only participate on the Critterwatchers forum but I thought the following might be of interest to a wider group:
http://www.seadocsociety.org/seadoc-fin ... l-economy/
My apologies if this is the wrong place.
Financially yours,
Alex
- Sat Sep 02, 2017 8:14 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Strangely colored Stubby Rose Anemone
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2110
Re: Strangely colored Stubby Rose Anemone
Hi Taryn,
I think that your I.D.'s are correct except that the Stubby Rose has been renamed to Urticina clandestina. Check out this site: http://actiniaria.com/urticina_clandestina.php
Semanticly yours,
Alex
I think that your I.D.'s are correct except that the Stubby Rose has been renamed to Urticina clandestina. Check out this site: http://actiniaria.com/urticina_clandestina.php
Semanticly yours,
Alex
- Fri Aug 25, 2017 5:10 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
Wonderful images and fascinating information!
I've got a question about the anemones - What is the structure that they're growing on in the image and do you have any sense of how long it has been there?
Agedly yours,
Alex
Wonderful images and fascinating information!
I've got a question about the anemones - What is the structure that they're growing on in the image and do you have any sense of how long it has been there?
Agedly yours,
Alex
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:50 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
More amazing images and terrific information! Thanks for all your good work.
Sycophantishly yours,
Alex
More amazing images and terrific information! Thanks for all your good work.
Sycophantishly yours,
Alex
- Mon Jul 10, 2017 5:37 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Nudibranch ID
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4340
Re: Nudibranch ID
Hi Taryn, You might try the Sea Slug Forum - http://www.seaslugforum.net/ They have information on and images of just about any nudibranch imaginable. Searching for a photo match can be daunting because there are so many species covered but, if all else fails, you can send your photos to them for an...
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:19 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Little Keystone Feeder
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2549
Re: Little Keystone Feeder
Hi Carl, I agree completely with Jan. Just wanted to add that the "feelers" are actually modified feet - barnacles are crustaceans that are standing on their heads and kicking food into their mouths. More information can be found by doing a Google search on Balanus nubilus. Additively your...
- Wed May 31, 2017 6:40 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
Wow! What an amazing and stark contrast. Any ideas about what might have changed in the environment of that rock?
Changeably yours,
Alex
Wow! What an amazing and stark contrast. Any ideas about what might have changed in the environment of that rock?
Changeably yours,
Alex
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:00 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
Your photos are always terrific but that first image of the leafy hornmouth & eggs is truly a cut above!
Gobsmackedly yours,
Alex
Your photos are always terrific but that first image of the leafy hornmouth & eggs is truly a cut above!
Gobsmackedly yours,
Alex
- Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:26 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
That 'colorizing' panel was very neat!
Question - In the areas you survey, are you seeing the number of stars (especially juveniles) growing?
Appreciatively yours,
Alex
That 'colorizing' panel was very neat!
Question - In the areas you survey, are you seeing the number of stars (especially juveniles) growing?
Appreciatively yours,
Alex
- Wed Dec 28, 2016 6:57 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan, While I am always impressed by your photography, I'm even more impressed by your ability to find sources of information about your subjects! Here's something to add to your library about the Shaggy Mouse: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.2307/1543542 The gist of the paper is that...
- Thu Nov 10, 2016 6:55 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
Cool Find!. Repeated observations of the same site(s) pays off again. It will be interesting to see if this population sustains, expands, or collapses.
Invasively yours,
Alex
Cool Find!. Repeated observations of the same site(s) pays off again. It will be interesting to see if this population sustains, expands, or collapses.
Invasively yours,
Alex
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 6:38 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
Please forgive my poor memory but was Langley Harbor (and Coupeville) clear of the disease prior to this year or is this outbreak 'round two'?
Sickly yours,
Alex
Please forgive my poor memory but was Langley Harbor (and Coupeville) clear of the disease prior to this year or is this outbreak 'round two'?
Sickly yours,
Alex
- Fri Aug 26, 2016 9:24 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan, Gorgeous images! Several years ago the Feiro Center hosted a talk on nudibranchs by Dave Behrens. I asked him about D. albolineata eating snails and he basically called BS and said that their primary diet is actually bryozoans (which seem to be in these photos). I just looked at Sea Slug For...
- Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:58 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Greetings,
That appears to be the egg mass of a parasitic copepod.
http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20868
Nastily yours,
Alex
That appears to be the egg mass of a parasitic copepod.
http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20868
Nastily yours,
Alex
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:13 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan, Very cool images! I found this in the abstract of the paper describing this species - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19082575_Kronborgia_pugettensis_sp_nov_Neorhabdocoela_Fecampiidae_an_endoparasitic_turbellarian_infesting_the_shrimp_Heptacarpus_hincaidi_Rathbun_with_notes_on_its_l...
- Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:15 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: weird worm ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2816
Re: weird worm ?
Greetings,
Most likely, it's the Six-Lined Ribbon Worm (Tubulanus sexlineatus). If you've got a copy of Andy Lamb's "Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest" it's on page 119.
Vermiculturally yours,
Alex
Most likely, it's the Six-Lined Ribbon Worm (Tubulanus sexlineatus). If you've got a copy of Andy Lamb's "Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest" it's on page 119.
Vermiculturally yours,
Alex
- Mon May 30, 2016 7:12 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
Lovely detailed images as always - congratulations!
Pardon my ignorance but, in the upper photo of the red rock crab panel, what is the crab walking across?
Curiously yours,
Alex
Lovely detailed images as always - congratulations!
Pardon my ignorance but, in the upper photo of the red rock crab panel, what is the crab walking across?
Curiously yours,
Alex
- Fri May 20, 2016 5:50 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Janolus fuscus season has arrived
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3686
Re: Janolus fuscus season has arrived
Hi Dan,
J. fuscus is parasitized by the copepod Ismaila belciki - apparently the copepod lives inside the slug but its eggs (if present) are outside.
http://www.seaslugforum.net/message/9060
Could this be the reason for the hump that you show?
Parasitically yours,
Alex
J. fuscus is parasitized by the copepod Ismaila belciki - apparently the copepod lives inside the slug but its eggs (if present) are outside.
http://www.seaslugforum.net/message/9060
Could this be the reason for the hump that you show?
Parasitically yours,
Alex
- Sat Apr 09, 2016 6:03 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
Last Tuesday a friend witnessed (in one hour) three instances of young Ochre Stars being eaten by Seagulls. On the bright side, at least there were stars to eat (Ochres have been making a comeback in Port Angeles recently).
Optimistically yours,
Alex
Last Tuesday a friend witnessed (in one hour) three instances of young Ochre Stars being eaten by Seagulls. On the bright side, at least there were stars to eat (Ochres have been making a comeback in Port Angeles recently).
Optimistically yours,
Alex
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:14 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
Congratulations on finding the baby six-rays - those puppies are hard to pick out under the best of circumstances!
Observationally yours,
Alex
Congratulations on finding the baby six-rays - those puppies are hard to pick out under the best of circumstances!
Observationally yours,
Alex
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:02 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: an odd growth on a candy stripe shrimp
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4379
Re: an odd growth on a candy stripe shrimp
Hi Dan,
I'm guessing it's a parasitic isopod; it seems to be the right shape and that's where they often show up on a shrimp.
OTOH: Greg is the expert.
Speculatively yours,
Alex
I'm guessing it's a parasitic isopod; it seems to be the right shape and that's where they often show up on a shrimp.
OTOH: Greg is the expert.
Speculatively yours,
Alex
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:06 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5452
- Views: 1087458
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Hi Jan,
Very cool find! I've never heard of this behavior but it is a great idea in terms of giving the larva the best chance possible for dispersal.
I seem to recall Greg J. talking about aggregations of Dungeness crabs but I think that the circumstances were different.
Innovatively yours,
Alex
Very cool find! I've never heard of this behavior but it is a great idea in terms of giving the larva the best chance possible for dispersal.
I seem to recall Greg J. talking about aggregations of Dungeness crabs but I think that the circumstances were different.
Innovatively yours,
Alex