A blue topsnail (Calliostoma ligatum) crosses the patchy terrain of an orange puffball sponge (Tethya aurantium). 2015. Carmel, CA, USA.
A bumpy back of yellow tubercles gives a sea lemon nudibranch (Peltodoris nobilis) its knobby texture. 2018. Monterey, CA, USA
A juvenile sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi) hides out in an abandoned worm tube blending in within a bed of sand dollars. 2017. Monterey, CA, USA