Greenmark hermit, or Bering? It has the Lamb book criteria for a Greenmark.
Every time I see those ostrich-plume hydroids, they have the bright orange spots. Blowing this photo up, the orange things look like grubs of some kind. Does anyone know what they are?
This sponge was HUGE -- maybe 2 1/2 or 3 feet across. I couldn't find anything like it in Lamb's book.
I have no idea what this was -- I don't even know where to start looking. It was about twelve inches or so in length, wrapped around this kelp stalk, and I didn't see anything like it on any of the rest of the kelp.
Two comments on the dive -- one was that I read a piece in the NWDN on greenlings, that said they weren't skittish, but actually curious, and would come to see what you were if you held still. It sure worked yesterday -- I got the best female kelp greenling photos I've ever gotten!
Second, I remembered what Jan recently said about the small sculpins, so I spent some time watching some of them. They do appear to feed almost constantly!
So much fun to keep learning about the animals we see . . .
