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Didemnum (and Sargassum and Wakame) seem to be covering a lot of the riprap habitat on the N side of the channel that formerly had a wide variety of native kelp sp's. Many more purple urchins present than last year.

At first I thought this was a Dall’s dwarf turban but now I see that it is not - any ideas? It is more red than a smooth brown turban and also lacks the green hole in the center of the shell on the underside - after spending more time looking at this I’m thinking it is a brown tegula

The eggs of Tylodina fungina (light yellow) were located on the sponge Aiolochroia thiona at a depth of 20 feet. Size and water temperature were not measured.

Note that I previously identified this sponge as Aplysina gerardogreeni, but was informed by Tom Turner, a SoCal expert in sponges, that this sponge is Aiolochroia thiona.