Small translucent burrowing anemone

Holothurian with hitch-hiking galatheid crab

Holothurian with hitch-hiking galatheid crab

Orange fuzzy starfish

Small crustaceans on small coral? branch.

Small protruding stem with polyps? with growth?

Fuzzy orange starfish climbing dead? stem. Small brittle star also on stem.

Clear burrowing anemome in sand and mud substrate.

Terrestrial bug appearing crustacean.

Small bamboo coral, large holothurians, and an alcyonacean coral.

Worms? on coral branch

A pompom anemone (Liponema brevicornis)

A large peach and translucen anemone and sediment-covered sponge and crab in the foreground, all seen on a near vertical wall.

A peach and translucent colored anemone on a near vertical wall.

Large red Lithodes sp. crab, small squat lobster, three legs of a small white starfish, and worm tubes.

Large red Lithodes sp. crab on large tunicates (sea squirts)

Crab or squat lobster peering up from depression in sea floor.

Shrimp with inhospitable squat lobster barring entrance to its burrow.

Red Lithodes sp. crab next to anemone-like corallimorphian Corallimorphus pilatus

Large red Lithodes sp. crab with rockfish in background

A rolling stone gathers no moss but obviously this crab has been relatively sedentary during it life as numerous life forms are adhering to its carapace.

A large red crab on a sand and mud substrate.

Closeup of squat lobster covered with sediment.

Orange crab crawling on ledge.

White whelk on sea floor with bristleworm in upper right.

Closeup of large whelk on sea floor with small red anemone in lower left.

Large scallops adhering to boulder, pink sea urchins, and small tube worms.

Closeup of a large scallop with a small galatheid crab on an adjacent scallop.

White sediment covered gastropod crawling over sea floor. Note one of its stalked eyes peering out from under the cover of the shell.

A unique appearing anthomastus coral with polyps extended. Large brittle star arms are also seen, a variety of small corals, and a white sponge.

Extended polyps of an alcyonacean coral, Anthomastus sp.

A small pinkish to translucent sea pen (pennatulacean coral) and a large brittle star.

A small pinkish to translucent sea pen (pennatulacean coral)

A small pinkish-orange to translucent sea pen (pennatulacean coral) showing flexibility and ability to bend with currents. Note also eight-tentacled extended polyps

Base of pinkish-orange to translucent sea pen (pennatulacean coral). Note also eight-tentacled extended polyps

Side view of sea pen (pennatulacean coral)

Mushroom coral Anthomastus sp. with polyps withdrawn.

Mushroom coral Anthomastus sp. with polyps extended.

Lithodes sp. crab at base of yellow sponge

Lithodes sp. crab at base of yellow sponge

Large white vase sponge, brisingid starfish, a rockfish hiding in a crevice in the rocks, White anemones, and clear white holothurians.

Goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx)

Goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx)

Goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx)

Goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx)

Goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx)

Goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx)

Goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx)

Goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx)

A remarkable goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx) and a large, but smaller white vase sponge. Goiter sponges can exceed one meter in diameter.