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Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Invertebrate Photo. Image ID: 25648 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica	Bryozoan grows on a 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. Invertebrate Picture. Image ID: 25395 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis 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. Stock Photography of Invertebrate. Image ID: 25393 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Polyp of a strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph). Photograph of Invertebrate. Image ID: 01039 Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA	Aggregating anemone opens its arms to passing ocean currents in an attempt to snag passing bits of food or unwary prey. Invertebrate Photos. Image ID: 00314 Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima Location: Laguna Beach, 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. Invertebrate Image. Image ID: 25394 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Brown pelicans feeding on krill. Professional stock photos of Invertebrate. Image ID: 03171 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico	Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's pink throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Pictures of Invertebrate. Image ID: 25660 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica	Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean. Invertebrate Photo. Image ID: 26817 Species: Fried-egg jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica Location: San Diego, California, USA

Reef with gorgonians and marine invertebrates, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. Invertebrate Picture. Image ID: 27510 Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico	Panamic crown of thorns sea star. Stock Photography of Invertebrate. Image ID: 27527 Species: Panamic crown of thorns sea star, Acanthaster ellisii Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico	Freediving photographer in a cloud of salps, gelatinous zooplankton that drifts with open ocean currents. Photograph of Invertebrate. Image ID: 27012 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Red gorgonian polyps. The red gorgonian is a colonial organism composed of thousands of tiny polyps. Each polyp secretes calcium which accumulates to form the structure of the colony. The fan-shaped gorgonian is oriented perpendicular to prevailing ocean currents to better enable to filter-feeding polyps to capture passing plankton and detritus passing by. Invertebrate Photos. Image ID: 03480 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Egg-yolk jellyfish, fried egg jelly. Invertebrate Image. Image ID: 14035 Species: Fried egg jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica	Plumose anemone. Professional stock photos of Invertebrate. Image ID: 14043 Species: Plumose anemone, Metridium senile

Purple-striped jelly. Pictures of Invertebrate. Image ID: 14061 Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata	Sea nettles. Invertebrate Photo. Image ID: 14081 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens	Sea nettles. Invertebrate Picture. Image ID: 14083 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens

Sea nettles. Stock Photography of Invertebrate. Image ID: 14084 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens	Sea nettles. Photograph of Invertebrate. Image ID: 14087 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens	Purple-striped jelly. Invertebrate Photos. Image ID: 14923 Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata

Sea nettles. Invertebrate Image. Image ID: 14928 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens	Epaulette shark. The epaulette shark is primarily nocturnal, hunting for crabs, worms and invertebrates by crawling across the bottom on its overlarge fins. Professional stock photos of Invertebrate. Image ID: 14958 Species: Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum	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. Pictures of Invertebrate. Image ID: 23420 Species: Red gorgonian, 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. Invertebrate Photo. Image ID: 23421 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher 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. Invertebrate Picture. 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. Stock Photography of Invertebrate. 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. Photograph of Invertebrate. 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. Invertebrate Photos. Image ID: 23431 Species: Red gorgonian, 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. Invertebrate Image. Image ID: 23432 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA