uriman25's Identifications

This was just inside the outer entrance to a large cave in one of the seastacks at the south end of Sand Dollar Beach on 12 Dec 2008.

Aside from Corynactis, present are: the blue encrusting sponge Acanthancora cyanocrypta, the deep violet keratose sponge Aplysilla polyraphis, the red encrusting sponge Hymedesmia, the little white calcareous vase sponges Leucilla nuttingi. The white crust at lower center are the calcareous tubes of little spirorbid worms.