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Merry

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As if on cue, water temperature around Palos Verdes recently dropped 3 - 5 degrees at depth.
Surge and current predominated on most of our dives, but vis has been remarkably good for this time of year.

Simnia snail

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A 2-3mm juvenile Dendronotus iris!
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Juvenile Dendronotus venustus
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Polycera atra feeding on the busy bryozoan animal, Bugula neritina
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In the field, Polycera is a drab gray-green until strobes light it up.
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A tiny juvie Limacia cockerelli.
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A slightly larger one.
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Felimare porterae
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Two juvenile nudis working the kelp blade - the lion nudi was so small that I didn't see the Flabellina trilineata.
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Kevin found this quarter-inch juvenile Pseudoceros montereyensis.
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Something large at last!
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Wonderful photos, as always. I am perpetually amazed at the great photos you get of such tiny slugs. We were looking at giant white dorids yesterday that were over four inches long . . .
 
Wow. These are delicious!
 

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