Folly Cove - Gloucester, MA

Dive #313 & 314: Our first dive was on the left wall and featured a few stalked jellyfish, some interesting skeleton shrimp behavior (eggs on one, another munching on a dead isopod), a huge egger lobster, and some large pink anemones out on the wall. The second dive was on the right side and included a skate, lots of flounder, a surprisingly cooperative rock gunnel, and a lion's mane jelly hanging just under the surface.

Horseshoe crab

Horseshoe crab

Placida dendritica

Placida dendritica

Acadian Hermit Crab in the sand

Acadian Hermit Crab in the sand

Stalked jellyfish

Stalked jellyfish

Rock gunnel

Rock gunnel

Rock gunnel

Rock gunnel

Close-up of the next generation of skeleton shrimp

Close-up of the next generation of skeleton shrimp

Wider shot of skeleton shrimp eggs

Wider shot of skeleton shrimp eggs

Skeleton shrimp munching on a dead isopod

Skeleton shrimp munching on a dead isopod

Skeleton shrimp munching on a dead isopod

Skeleton shrimp munching on a dead isopod

Crab with its leg stuck in a clam...

Crab with its leg stuck in a clam...

Palio dubia in an unusual dark coloration

Palio dubia in an unusual dark coloration

Those little bumps on the bell of the jelly are parasites. The dark dots are their huge eyes!

Those little bumps on the bell of the jelly are parasites. The dark dots are their huge eyes!

Lion's Mane Jelly in the sunlight

Lion's Mane Jelly in the sunlight

There were two translucent fish near the jelly - this one managed to elude the tentacles' deadly sting. The other, not so much.

There were two translucent fish near the jelly - this one managed to elude the tentacles' deadly sting. The other, not so much.

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