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Fieldtrip on R/V Yellowfin off San Pedro, Los Angeles Co., CA, March 1, 2013

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-	Van Veen grab in the harbor	-
-	-	The most interesting animal we found in the mud was a large amphiurid brittle star, which was "spectacular in size" according to Dr. Gordon Hendler, ophiuroid expert and echinoderm curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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-	Cancer gracilis (Graceful rock crab) - see here for how to distinguish this relatively small member of this important genus from young specimens of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab).	-
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