308 Pink-tipped surf anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima), Dodd Narrows, Southern Gulf Islands |
307 Feather star or crinoid (Florometra serratissima), Mozino Point, Tahsis Inlet |
306 Wrinkled amphissa shell (Columbian amphissa), Blow Hole, Plumper Group, Telegraph Cove area |
305 Giant nudibranch (Dendronotus iris), Gull Rocks, Gabriola Island |
304 Giant acorn barnacle (Balanus nubilus), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
303 Painted anemone (Urticina crassicornis), Race Rocks, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Victoria area |
302 Scalyhead sculpin (Artedius harringtoni), Seven-Tree Island, Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
301 Strawberry anemones and diver (Corynactis californica), Steep Island, Quadra Island area |
300 Opalescent nudibranch and eggs (Hermissenda crassicornis), Renate Reef, Barkley Sound |
299 Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
298 Strawberry anemones (Corynactis californica), Steep Island, Quadra Island area |
297 Mosshead warbonnet (Chirolophis nugator), Telegraph Cove area |
296 Glove sponge (Amphilectus digitatus), Hussar Point, Browning Passage |
295 Giant red sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus), Seymour Narrows, Campbell River area |
294 Pacific blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus) and orange hydroids (Garveia annulata), Porlier Pass, Southern Gulf Islands, BC |
293 Calcareous tube worm (Serpula columbiana), Mozino Point, Tahsis Inlet |
292 Tube-dwelling anemones (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus), Mermaid Cove, Saltery Bay, Powell River |
291 Hedgehog hydroid (Clavactinia milleri), Stubbs Island |
290 Spiny pink scallop (Chlamys hastata), Shark Point, Tahsis Inlet |
289 Painted tealias (Urticina crassicornis), Skookumchuck Narrows, Sechelt Inlet |
288 Sunflower star and diver (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Ratfish Point, Tahsis Inlet |
287 Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), Whiskey Point, Quadra Island |
286 Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) on soft coral (Eunephtya rubiformis), Browning Wall, Queen Charlotte Strait |
285 Gooseneck barnacles (Pollicipes polymerus), Nakwakto Rapids, Slingsby Channel |
284 Giant red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus), Grouse Island, near Quadra Island |
283 Striped sunstar (Solaster stimpsoni), Tzartus Island, Barkley Sound |
282 Kelp greenling, female (Hexagrammos, decagrammus), Swordfish Island |
281 Greenmark hermit crab (Pagurus caurinus), Gabriola Passage |
280 Pacific sea peaches (Halocynthia aurantium), Shark Point, Tahsis Inlet |
279 Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), Steep Island, Discovery Passage |
278 Pink-mouth hydroids (Ectopleura crocea), Rock of Life, Browning Passage |
277 Green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) and orange sea squirts, Mozino Point, Tahsis Inlet |
276 The Drumrock, wrecked 1928, Takush Harbour, Smith Inlet, Queen Charlotte Sound |
275 Sunflower star, detail (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Shark Point, Tahsis Inlet |
274 Wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus), Breakwater Island, Gabriola Island |
273 Giant acorn barnacles (Balanus nubilus) and strawberry anemones, Mozino Point, Tahsis Inlet |
272 Purple stars (Pisaster ochraceus), Skookumchuck Narrows, Sechelt Inlet |
271 Calcareous tubeworm (Serpula columbiana), Seymour Inlet |
270 Cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus), Agamemnon Channel |
269 Puget Sound king crab, juvenile (Lopholithodes mandtii), Shark Point, Tahsis Inlet |
268 Crimson anemones (Cribrinopsis fernaldi) and finger sponge sp., West Race Rocks, Juan de Fuca Strait |
267 Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), Whiskey Point, Quadra Island |
266 Fish-eating anemone (Urticina piscivora), Folger Island, Barkley Sound |
265 Blood star (Henricia leviuscula) in pink-mouth hydroids and soft coral, Rock of Life, Browning Passage |
264 Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Stubbs Island |
263 Wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus), Grouse Island, Campbell River area |
262 Feather stars or crinoids (Florometra serratissima), Boulder Alley, Tahsis Inlet |
261 Rock scallop (Crassadoma gigantea) and strawberry anemones, Mozino Point, Tahsis Inlet |
260 White-spotted anemone (Urticina lofotensis), Mozino Point, Tahsis Inlet |
259 Carole Valkenier and Ian Pope (photo by Gary Ladd), Eagle Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait |
258 Cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus), Agamemnon Channel |
257 Vermilion star and sponge (Mediaster aequalis), Diane's Drift, Tahsis Inlet |
256 Sea blubber jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), Mozino Point, Tahsis Inlet |
255 Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
254 Fish-eating anemone (Urticina piscivora), Mozino Point, Tahsis Inlet |
253 Giant pink stars (Pisaster brevispinus), Ratfish Point, Tahsis Inlet |
252 Calcareous tube worms (Serpula columbiana), Mozino Point, Tahsis Inlet |
251 Glove sponge (Amphilectus digitatus), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
250 Greenmark hermit crab on soft coral (Pagurus caurinus), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
249 Sun sea star (Solaster stimpsoni), Skookumchuck Narrows |
248 Pink-tipped surf anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima), Dodd Narrows, Southern Gulf Islands |
247 Copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus), Dall Patch Reef, near Bella Bella |
246 Blood star (Henricia leviuscula) and peach ball sponge (Suberites montiniger), Browning Wall, Queen Charlotte Strait |
245 Orange sea pens (Ptilosarcus gurneyi), Hussar Point, Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
244 Sunflower stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Seven-Tree Island, Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
243 Scalyhead sculpin (Artedius harringtoni), Dodd Narrows, Southern Gulf Islands |
242 Opalescent nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis), Takush Harbour, Smith Inlet, Queen Charlotte Strait |
241 Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), Seven-Tree Island, Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
240 Kelp greenling, female (Hexagrammos decagrammus), Copper Cliffs, Quadra Island |
239 Purple sea star (Pisaster ochraceus), Whiskey Point, Quadra Island |
238 Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), Steep Island, Discovery Passage |
237 Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger), Quadra Island area, Discovery Passage |
236 Life on the reef (seaweed, snails, barnacles, hydroids, tunicates, etc), Hunt Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait |
235 Giant sea cucumber (Parastichopus californicus) and orange burrowing sea cucumbers (Cucumaria miniata), Browning Passage |
234 Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
233 Kelp greenling, female (Hexagrammos decagammus), Whiskey Point, Quadra Island |
232 Hooded nudibranch (Melibe leonina), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
231 Feather-duster tubeworms ((Eudistylia vancouveri), Race Rocks, Strait of Juan de Fuca |
230 Basket star on sponge (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
229 Grunt sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
228 Glove sponge (Amphilectus digitatus), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
227 Fish-eating anemone, close-up (Urticina piscivora), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
226 Fish-eating anemone (Urticina piscivora), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
225 Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Crocker Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait |
224 Gooseneck barnacles (Pollicipes polymerus), Nakwatko Rapids, Slingsby Channel |
223 Short plumose anemones (Metridium senile), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
222 Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) on soft coral (Eunephtya rubiformis), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
221 Mussels, hydroids, paddle tunicates, red seaweed, feather-duster tubeworm, soft coral, Browning Pass |
220 Red Irish Lord sculpin (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) in soft coral, Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
219 Black-eyed hermit crab (Pagurus armatus) and moonsnail, Sunday Island near Namu, Fitz Hugh Sound |
218 Giant plumose anemone (Metridium farcimen), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
217 Orange-peel nudibranch/sea slug (Tochuina tetraquetra), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
216 Wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus), Crocker Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait |
215 Crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi) and soft coral (Eunephtya rubiformis), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
214 Glove sponge on wall (Amphilectus digitatus), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
213 Crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
212 Feather star/crinoid (Florometra serratissima), Sunday Island near Namu, Fitz Hugh Sound |
211 Peach ball sponge (Suberites sp.), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
210 Basket sea star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) and diver, Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
209 Green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis), red sea urchins (S. franciscanus), Whiskey Point, Quadra Island |
208 Black rockfish (Sebastes melanops), shipwreck Vanlene, Austin Island, Barkley Sound |
207 Calcareous tubeworm (Serpula columbiana), Calvert Island, Fitz Hugh Sound, Queen Charlotte Sound |
206 Cryptic kelp crab (Pugettia richii) on orange hydroids, Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
205 Yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), Lou's Hole, Slingsby Channel |
204 Giant plumose anemones (Metridium farcimen), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
203 Aeolid nudibranch with eggs (Flabellina verrucosa), Copper Cliffs, Quadra Island |
202 Striped sunstar in kelp (Solaster stimpsoni), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
201 "The Emerald Princess", a bronze mermaid sculpture by Simon Morris, placed in 1989 in Saltery Bay, Powell River |
200 Giant red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus), Quadra Island |
199 Pudget Sound king crab, adult (Lopholithodes mandtii) and giant plumose anemones, Slingsby Channel |
198 Striped sunstar (Solaster stimpsoni), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
197 Painted greenling (Oxylebius pictus), Quadra Island area |
196 Pink-mouth hydroid (Ectopleura marina) among aggregated vase sponge (Polymastia pacifica), Quadra Island |
195 Black-eyed hermit crab (Pagurus armatus), Sunday Island near Namu, Fitzhugh Sound |
194 Sea blubber jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), Eagle Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait |
193 Wolf-eel, male, female in den (Anarrhichthys ocellatus), Crocker Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait |
192 Gooseneck barnacles (Pollicipes polymerus), Nakwakto Rapids, Slingsby Channel |
191 Leather star (Dermasterias imbricata), Eagle Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait |
190 Puget Sound king crab, juvenile (Lopholithodes mandtii) and Red Irish Lord sculpin (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus), Quadra |
189 Fish-eating anemone (Urticina piscivora), Cape Calvert, Queen Charlotte Sound |
188 Oregon triton (Fusitriton oregonensis), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
186 Striped sunstar (Solaster stimpsoni), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
185 Blood star on sponge (Henricia leviuscula), Browning Wall, Queen Charlotte Strait |
184 Giant red sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus), Richmond Reef, Quadra Island |
183 Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Discovery Passage, Quadra Island area |
181 Greenmark hermit crab (Pagurus caurinus), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
180 Giant plumose anemone (Metridium farcimen), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
179 Juvenile wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
178 Sunflower star, detail (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Discovery Passage, Campbell River area |
173 Crimson anemones (Cribrinopsis fernaldi) and soft coral (Eunephtya rubiformis), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
171 Santa with "Good Fish List" in strawberry anemones (Corynactis californica), Richmond Reef, Quadra Island |
170 Comb jelly or ctenophore (Bolinopsis infundibulum), Takush Harbour, Smith Inlet, Queen Charlotte Sound |
169 Butterfly crab (Cryptolithodes typicus), Gabriola Pass, Southern Gulf Islands |
167 Brown-striped nudibranch (Armina californica), Stryker Island, Queen Charlotte Sound |
165 California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, Strait of Juan de Fuca |
164 Striped sunstar (Solaster stimpsoni), Snake Island, Nanaimo area |
157 Kelp greenling, fin and scales detail (Hexagrammos decagrammus), Quadra Island |
152 Widehand hermit crab (Elassochirus tenuimanus), Gabriola Island area |
151 Painted anemone, closed, detail (Urticina crassicornis), Gabriola Island area |
150 Hooded or lion nudibranch (Melibe leonina), Treadwell Bay, Seymour Inlet area |
149 Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger), Richmond Reef, Quadra Island area |
148 Pink-tipped surf anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima), Dodd Narrows, Southern Gulf Islands |
141 Red Irish Lord sculpin, eye (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus), Seymour Inlet |
137 Giant acorn barnacles (Balanus nubilus) and strawberry anemones (Corynactis californica), Quadra Island |
134 Tidepool sculpins (Oligocottus maculosis), Dodd Narrows, Southern Gulf Islands |
132 Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) and vermillion star (Mediaster aequalis), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
131 Red-gilled aeolid nudibranch laying eggs (Flabellina verrucosa), Plumper Rock, Telegraph Cove area |
130 Gooseneck barnacles (Pollicipes polymerus), Nakwakto Rapids, Slingsby Channel |
127 Mosshead warbonnet (Chirolophis nugator), Gabriola Pass |
126 Green sea urchins and empty urchin shell (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis), Brant Reef, Gabriola Island area |
114 Oregon triton and egg cases (Fusitriton oregonensis), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
105 Fish-eating anemone (Urticina piscivora), Cotton Channel, Fox Island Channel |
103 Opalescent nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis), Cotton Channel, Fox Island Channel |
102 Red Irish Lord sculpin, fin pattern (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus), Slingsby Channel |
101 Puget Sound king crab, juvenile (Lopholithodes mandtii), Salmon Rock, Home Island, Howe Sound |
099 Pink-mouth hydroid (Tubularia crocea), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
098 Maroon hermit crab (Pagurus hemphilli) on soft coral (Eunephtya rubiformis), Ann's Wall, Slingsby Channel |
095 Pink-tipped surf anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima), Dodd Narrows, Southern Gulf Islands |
092 Giant Pacific octopus, eye (Enteroctopus dofleini), Mahk Rock, Barkley Sound |
091 Pink-tipped surf anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima), Dodd Narrows, Southern Gulf Islands |
087 Scalyhead sculpin (Artedius harringtoni), Butress Island, Seymour Inlet area |
086 Red Irish Lord sculpin (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) in soft coral, Browning Wall, Queen Charlotte Strait |
078 White-spotted tealia (Urticina lofotensis), Butress Island, Slingsby Channel |
076 Blue top snail (Calliostoma ligatum), Butress Island, Slingsby Channel |
075 Wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus), Grouse Island, Campbell River area |
074 Crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi), Rosedale Reef, Juan de Fuca Strait |
071 Wreck of the Vanlene (ran aground in1972), Austin Island, Broken Group Islands, Barkley Sound |
069 Two-spotted prawn (Pandalus platyceros), Telegraph Cove Bay |
060 Gooseneck barnacles (Pollicipes polymerus), Nakwakto Rapids, Slingsby Channel |
055 California sea cucumber (Parastichopus californicus), Seven-Tree Island, Queen Charlotte Strait |
054 Purple sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) and Christmas or painted tealias (Urticina crassicornis), Skookumchuk Narrows |
053 Strawberry anemones (Corynactis californica), Discovery Passage off Quadra Island |
051 Bering hermit crab (Pagurus beringanus) inside blue top snail shell, April Point, Discovery Passage off Quadra Island |
050 Green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis), Seymour Narrows, Discovery Passage |
049 Alabaster nudibranch (Dirona albolineata), Seapool Rocks, Barkley Sound |
048 Christmas or painted tealia (Urticina crassicornis), Dodd Narrows, Southern Gulf Islands |
047 Yellow boring sponge (Cliona celata), Bowyer Reef, Howe Sound |
046 Copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) and Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger), Juan de Fuca Strait |
043 Blood star (Henricia leviuscula), Discovery Passage off Quadra Island |
041 Blood star on sponge (Henricia leviuscula), Browning Wall, Queen Charlotte Strait |
040 Delicate-plumed hydroid species (Plummularia sp.), Browning Wall, Queen Charlotte Strait |
038 Fish-eating tealia (Urticina piscivora), Browning Islet, Queen Charlotte Strait |
037 Armed hermit crab (Pagurus armatus), Juan de Fuca Strait |
036 Soft coral (Eunephtya rubiformis) reflected in diver's mask, Hunt Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait |
035 Red Irish Lord sculpin (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus), Browning Passage, Queen Charlotte Strait |
034 Purple-ringed top snail (Calliostoma annulatum) and strawberry anemones, Renate Reef, Barkley Sound |
030 Striped nudibranch (Armina californica), Limberg Point, Strait of Georgia |
029 Aggregate vase sponge (Leucilla nuttinga) and strawberry anemones (Corynactis californica), Grouse Island, Campbell River |
021 Sea pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi), Seven-Tree Island, Browning Islet, Queen Charlotte Strait |
019 Plumose anemone (Metridium farcimen) and Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger), Tyler Rock, Barkley Sound |
018 Purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), Browning Islet, Queen Charlotte Strait |
017 Painted or Christmas tealia (Urticina crassicornis), Hurst Island, Queen Charlotte Strait |
016 Red Irish Lord sculpin, eye (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus), Stubbs Island, Vancouver Island |
015 Opalescent nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis), Renate Reef, Barkley Sound |
010 Puget Sound king crab, face (Lopholithodes mandtii), Staples Cut, Deserters Group Islands, Queen Charlotte Strait |
008 Purple-ringed top snail (Calliostoma annulatum), Tyler Rock, Barkley Sound |
007 Hedgehog hydroid (Hydractinia milleri), Deserters Group Islands, Queen Charlotte Strait |
006 Red-gilled aeolid nudibranch (Flabellina verrucosa), Deserters Group Islands, Queen Charlotte Strait |
003 Pacific octopus, eye (Enteroctopus dofleini), Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, Victoria area |
001 Dironid nudibranch or sea slug (Janolus fuscus), Renate Reef, Barkley Sound |