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Maureen McEvoy
Marine Naturalist and SSI Dive Instructor, #9764
Diving Since: 1988
Classes Taught: Open Water, Advanced Open
Water, Diver Stress & Rescue, Marine Naturalist,
Dive Control Specialist, CPR & First Aid and most
specialty courses
Over 20 years experience in oceanic and dive
related research, marine education, travel and
recreation.
SCUBA experience includes 1500+ logged dives
most of which are in California cold water, kelp
environment but also include Alaska, Costa Rica,
Honduras, Belize, Dutch West Indies, Mexico,
Hawaii, Bahamas and the Virgin Islands.
Marine Naturalist and SSI Dive Instructor, #9764
Diving Since: 1988
Classes Taught: Open Water, Advanced Open
Water, Diver Stress & Rescue, Marine Naturalist,
Dive Control Specialist, CPR & First Aid and most
specialty courses
Over 20 years experience in oceanic and dive
related research, marine education, travel and
recreation.
SCUBA experience includes 1500+ logged dives
most of which are in California cold water, kelp
environment but also include Alaska, Costa Rica,
Honduras, Belize, Dutch West Indies, Mexico,
Hawaii, Bahamas and the Virgin Islands.
The Marine Discovery Series
Developed and teaches this series which is designed to help give divers and
non-divers a better understanding of the marine environment of the
California coast. Slide shows and lectures consisting of invertebrate life,
marine mammals, kelp forest ecology and fish life of the central coast are the
content of the series. Special focus is placed on environmental and marine
awareness. For more information, go to
www.MarineDiscoveryAdventures.com.
Favorite Dive Sites:
Monterey Bay Aquarium (volunteer diver)
Breakwater, Monterey, California
Pt. Lobos, Carmel, California
Channel Islands, California
Developed and teaches this series which is designed to help give divers and
non-divers a better understanding of the marine environment of the
California coast. Slide shows and lectures consisting of invertebrate life,
marine mammals, kelp forest ecology and fish life of the central coast are the
content of the series. Special focus is placed on environmental and marine
awareness. For more information, go to
www.MarineDiscoveryAdventures.com.
Favorite Dive Sites:
Monterey Bay Aquarium (volunteer diver)
Breakwater, Monterey, California
Pt. Lobos, Carmel, California
Channel Islands, California
Hermissenda crassicornis
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibrancia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Hermissenda
Species: Crassicornis
Size: up to 2" (but I swear I've seen them
bigger!)
Range: Alaska, Mexico, Japan
Natural History: Carnivorous by nature, feeds
mostly on cnidarians (hydroids, anemones).
Able to store nematocysts that they ingest from
prey in their cerata tips for later defense.
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibrancia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Hermissenda
Species: Crassicornis
Size: up to 2" (but I swear I've seen them
bigger!)
Range: Alaska, Mexico, Japan
Natural History: Carnivorous by nature, feeds
mostly on cnidarians (hydroids, anemones).
Able to store nematocysts that they ingest from
prey in their cerata tips for later defense.
Dendronotus iris
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Dendronotacea
Family: Dendronotidae
Genus: Dendronotus
Species: Iris
Size: up to 7? (200mm)
Range: Alaska to Baja
Natural History: Feeds on
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus (Tube
Anemone). Also frequently mates
on and lays eggs on
Pachycerianthus.
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Dendronotacea
Family: Dendronotidae
Genus: Dendronotus
Species: Iris
Size: up to 7? (200mm)
Range: Alaska to Baja
Natural History: Feeds on
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus (Tube
Anemone). Also frequently mates
on and lays eggs on
Pachycerianthus.
Triopha catalinae (juv)
Triopha catalinae
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Favorite Sea Critters: Nudibranchs!
