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Marine Life Identification

Marine LifeMarine Life Identification

Naming Names: A Diver’s Guide to Taxonomy

As kids most of us learned the common names of many of the plants and animals we encountered in our…
Marty Snyderman
Marty SnydermanJuly 20, 2012
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification

She Seas Sea Stars: Sea Stars Exposed

Lying on or crawling ever so slowly across the bottom, the sea star looks deceptively simple and slightly out of…
Bonnie J. Cardone
Bonnie J. CardoneJuly 18, 2012
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification

Spiny Skinned and Symmetrical: California’ s Sea Urchins

My introduction to sea urchins -- on my first scuba dive -- was a learning experience. I learned how easily…
Bonnie J. Cardone
Bonnie J. CardoneJuly 5, 2012
CnidariaMarine LifeMarine Life Identification

Aggregating Anemones: Gangsters of the Sea?

Imagine what Hollywood would do with a film about anemones. Take aggregating anemones for example. They are relatively small, but…
Bonnie J. Cardone
Bonnie J. CardoneApril 26, 2012
FishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification

Giant Sea Bass: Are They Really Back From the Brink?

My first giant sea bass encounter occurred off San Nicolas Island in the 1970s. I sensed something overhead and looked…
Bonnie J. Cardone
Bonnie J. CardoneApril 3, 2012
Marine LifeMarine Life IdentificationSharks & Rays

Swell Sharks

What can I say? I am a sucker for cute and interesting faces underwater (other than divers, of course). And…
Dale Sheckler
Dale ShecklerJanuary 31, 2012
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification

Bat Rays

One fine summer day years ago, a friend and I took a small boat to a shallow cove off Anacapa,…
Bonnie J. Cardone
Bonnie J. CardoneDecember 13, 2011
ImagingMarine LifeMarine Life Identification

Nudis and Branchers

Ever see pictures of a critter that seems to have evolved from that box where all the holiday decorations are…
Craig Hoover
Craig HooverNovember 29, 2011
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification

Thornback Rays

I couldn't believe my luck. I had just reached the bottom at 20 feet and was cruising toward the kelp…
Bonnie J. Cardone
Bonnie J. CardoneNovember 1, 2011
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification

Encounters with Pacific Electric Rays Can Be Shocking — But They Don’t Have to Be

Last August, a Pacific electric ray sought out the company of divers on more than one dive on Farnsworth Bank's…
Bonnie J. Cardone
Bonnie J. CardoneOctober 13, 2011
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