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San Clemente Island
aboard the Great Escape
May 26-27, 2007

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Pyramid Cove : May 26, 2007
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)	Henricia leviuscula (Blood Star)	Parazoanthus lucificum (Yellow Zoanthid)	Parazoanthus lucificum (Yellow Zoanthid)
Allocinus holderi (Island Kelpfish)	Allocinus holderi (Island Kelpfish)	Paracyathus stearnsi (Brown Cup Coral)	Botryocladia pseudodichotoma (Sea Grapes)
Disporella sp. (Purple Bryozoan)	Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral)	Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral)	Corynactis californica (Club-tipped Anemone)
Corynactis californica (Club-tipped Anemone)	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	Hydroclathrus clathratus
Sebastes serriceps (Treefish) & Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith)	Eugorgia rubens (Purple Gorgonian)	Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)	Myliobatis californica (Batray) feeding in the sand
Myliobatis californica (Batray) feeding in the sand	Abandoned Lobster trap with Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	Abandoned Lobster trap with Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	Lophogorgia chilensis (Red Gorgonian)
Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge) & Tylodina fungina	Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge) & Tylodina fungina	Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge) & Tylodina fungina	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)
Coryphopterus nicholsii (Blackeye Goby)	Diaperoecia californica (Southern Staghorn Bryozoan)	Serpulorbis squamigerus (Scaled Worm Shell)	Phidolopora labiata (Lacy bryozoan)
Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)	Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)	Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge) & Tylodina fungina
Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge) & Tylodina fungina	Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge) & Tylodina fungina	Tethya aurantia (Orange Puffball Sponge)
In the Surfgrass in Pyramid Cove : May 26, 2007 with the Athena Dome Port on the Olympus 5060/PT-027
Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	Hypsypops rubicundus (Garibaldi) & Phyllospadix torreyi (Surfgrass)	Phyllospadix torreyi (Surfgrass)	Phyllospadix torreyi (Surfgrass)
Phyllospadix torreyi (Surfgrass)	seaweed and sand	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	P5263417h6-255Flr.jpg
Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	Phyllospadix torreyi (Surfgrass)	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)
Joe Bellenger	Phyllospadix torreyi (Surfgrass)	Phyllospadix torreyi (Surfgrass)	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)
Night Dive at the Pyramid Cove Bluff : May 26, 2007
Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)
Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)
Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)
Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)	Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)	Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)	Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)
Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)	Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)	Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)	Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)
Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)	Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)	Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)	Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin)
Scorpaena guttata (California Scorpionfish)	Scorpaena guttata (California Scorpionfish)	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot)
East End Reef and the Front Side : May 27, 2007
Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)
Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)
Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)
Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)	Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray)
Juvenile Hypsypops rubicundus (Garibaldi) & Linckia columbiae (Fragile Star)	Parastichopus californicus (Warty Sea Cucumber)	Lythrypnus dalli (Bluebanded Goby)	Clavelina huntsmani (Light Bulb Tunicate)
Spirobranchus spinosus (Christmas Tree Worm)	Bugula neritina	Parastichopus californicus (Warty Sea Cucumber)	Lythrypnus dalli (Bluebanded Goby)
Lythrypnus dalli (Bluebanded Goby)	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster) & Lythrypnus dalli (Bluebanded Goby)	Scorpaena guttata (California Scorpionfish)	Scorpaena guttata (California Scorpionfish)
Scorpaena guttata (California Scorpionfish)	Scorpaena guttata (California Scorpionfish)	Scorpaena guttata (California Scorpionfish)	Scorpaena guttata (California Scorpionfish)
Leathesia difformis & Hydroclathrus clathratus	P5276755x15-0lr.jpg	Pachycerianthus fimbriatus (Tube-Dwelling Anemone)	Pleuronichthys decurrens (Curlfin Sole)
Mating Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)	Mating Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)	Mating Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)	Mating Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)
Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)	Renilla koellikeri (Sea Pansy)	Renilla koellikeri (Sea Pansy)	Renilla koellikeri (Sea Pansy)
Conus californicus (California Cone shell)	Conus californicus (California Cone shell)	Conus californicus (California Cone shell)	Conus californicus (California Cone shell)