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Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Habitat Photo. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	A kelp forest, with sunbeams passing through kelp fronds. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a terrestrial forest. Habitat Picture. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	A SCUBA diver swims through a giant kelp forest which is tilted back by strong ocean currents. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a terrestrial forest. Stock Photography of Habitat. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Photograph of Habitat. Image ID: 03267 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola	Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Habitat Photos. Image ID: 02435 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA	Blue shark and offshore drift kelp. Habitat Image. Image ID: 01078 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA

Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. Professional stock photos of Habitat. Image ID: 01081 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA	Blue shark underneath offshore drift kelp, open ocean. Pictures of Habitat. Image ID: 01153 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA	Red Irish Lord. The red irish lord lurks in shallow habitats where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, barnacles, mussels and small fishes. Habitat Photo. Image ID: 13689 Species: Red Irish Lord, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus

Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater. Habitat Picture. Image ID: 23419 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Stock Photography of Habitat. Image ID: 23420 Species: Red gorgonian, Giant kelp, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Photograph of Habitat. Image ID: 23421 Species: California golden gorgonian, California sheephead, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. Giant kelp can grow up to 2' in a single day given optimal conditions. Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Habitat Photos. Image ID: 23424 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Habitat Image. Image ID: 23425 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Giant kelp plants lean over in ocean currents, underwater. Individual kelp plants grow from the rocky reef, to which they are attached, up to the ocean surface and form a vibrant community in which fishes, mammals and invertebrates thrive. Professional stock photos of Habitat. Image ID: 23426 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found through California's Southern Channel Islands. Pictures of Habitat. Image ID: 23428 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Habitat Photo. Image ID: 23431 Species: Red gorgonian, Giant kelp, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater. Habitat Picture. Image ID: 23432 Species: Garibaldi, California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA

Kelp canopy. Stock Photography of Habitat. Image ID: 00250 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Jack mackerel schooling amid kelp forest. Photograph of Habitat. Image ID: 00256 Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	California bat ray in kelp forest. Habitat Photos. Image ID: 00267 Species: California bat ray, Myliobatis californica, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Kelp canopy. Habitat Image. Image ID: 00600 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Kelp canopy. Professional stock photos of Habitat. Image ID: 00601 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Kelp canopy. Pictures of Habitat. Image ID: 00602 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Habitat Photo. Image ID: 00617 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Habitat Picture. Image ID: 00628 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	coralline algae reef. Stock Photography of Habitat. Image ID: 00729 Species: Coralline algae, Porolithon Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA

Salema schooling amid kelp forest. Photograph of Habitat. Image ID: 01022 Species: Salema, Xenistius californiensis, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Kelp plants with fronds extended in current. Habitat Photos. Image ID: 01050 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Garibaldi in kelp forest. Habitat Image. Image ID: 01055 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA