Scripps Canyon 4-6-25
Dove Scripps Canyon for my first time aboard the Humboldt. It's basically La Jolla Canyon but the slope and walls are much more dramatic, which arguably makes it better! It also seems to host a slightly different set of critters compared to La Jolla. There was an abundance of acanthodoris and cadlina nudibranch species, as well as patches of strawberry anemones, all things I don't normally see (or never) at the Shores.
Blackeye Goby, Rhinogobiops nicholsii
Yellow Zoanthid, Savalia lucifica
Strawberry Anemone, Corynactis californica
Yellowfin Fringehead, Neoclinus stephensae
Nudibranch, Spalding's Dorid, Doriopsilla spaldingi
Nudibranch, Spalding's Dorid, Doriopsilla spaldingi
Noble Dorid, Peltodoris nobilis, Nudibranch
Clown Dorid, Tiopha Catalinae, Nudibranch
Nudibranch, Opalescent Nudibranch, Hermissenda opalescens
Nudibranch, Stearns' Aeolid, Austraeolis stearnsi
Nudibranch, Orange-peel Doris, Acanthodoris lutea
Hudson's Horned Dorid, Acanthodoris hudsoni, Nudibranch
Wasn't even sure what this was until I looked at the photo back home. To my surprise, a nudi haven't seen before!
Nudibranch, Yellowhead Aeolid, Diaphoreolis flavovulta