I haven’t been able to get an ID on these worms, but I’ve been seeing them fairly regularly on a number of my dives in the Puget Sound and Hood Canal. Some of them are rather long, ranging up to 6-10 inches (it is hard…
Category: Washington
Since I shared more Stubby Squids, let’s look at some more Pacific Red Octos (Octopus rubescens), including a quick video taken by Randy Williams from Washington Scuba Alliance after our trash cleanup dive (I’m the one holding the octo). It was a good thing I…
Some more Stubby Squid (Rossia pacifica) shots showing off the color range of these little bobtail squids… They tend to be the reddish color most of the time but will show that white color when scared – the iridescence when they show the lighter color…
I don’t see these as often as I would like, but the Northern Opalescent Nudibranchs (Hermissenda crassicornis) are quite pretty…
I’ve seen a few of these Red Scale Worms on a couple different nudibranchs recently. From what I can find, it looks like they are a commensal worm, which is somewhere between a symbiotic relationship and a parasite… a commensal organism benefits from its host…
I have only seen a few of these in my diving in the Pacific Northwest, and until recently the ones I have seen have been is really difficult spots to try and get a decent photo… which is a shame, becuase these little guys are…
Well, one good thing about diving in the PNW in the winter is it coincides with Lumpie Season. I’ve shared some other photos of Pacific Spiny Lumpsuckers before, but in the past few weeks I think I have managed a better set of photos that…
Not sure on exact IDs for most of these, but here’s an assortment of arthropods, sea fleas, worms, and others…
On a recent dive, we found a forest of Sea Whips. These are corals that grow in a single long stalk and the coral polyps radiate out to the sides. Before this dive, I’d seen a couple but this area had them as far as…
I’ve shared some photos of Hooded Nudibranchs before, and I’m sure if you’ve watched my dive compilation videos you’ve seen clips of other nudibranchs… but Hooded Nudibranchs are really unique. I mean really unique – and honestly a bit weird. Let’s start with the obvious…
Because why not? A variety of the nudibranch shots I’ve been getting recently…
Some of the recent fish portraits from the Puget Sound…
Lego-man found a few more nudibranchs (some larger than himself) and a Squat Lobster…
Chitons are a type of mollusk that have a series of overlapping plates instead of a full single shell. I feel this tends to make them look much more like armor than a shell. Either way – they come in a ton of different colors!
I’ve had a few new octopus encounters since I came back up to the PNW. I think all of these are GPOs (the second one definitely is as it was a quite massive octo, but there is a possibility that the other two might be…
