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| Wolf eel, although similar in shape to eels, is cartilaginous and not a true fish. Its powerful jaws can crush invertibrates, such as spiny sea urchins. It can grow to 6 feet (2m) in length. Image ID: 13702 Species: Wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus | Juvenile garibaldi and purple urchins, Coronado Islands. Image ID: 02513 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21612 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA |
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| A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21609 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21622 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21640 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA |
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| A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21652 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21660 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21661 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA |
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| A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21662 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | Wolf eel, although similar in shape to eels, is cartilaginous and not a true fish. Its powerful jaws can crush invertibrates, such as spiny sea urchins. It can grow to 6 feet (2m) in length. Image ID: 11847 Species: Wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus | Wolf eel, although similar in shape to eels, is cartilaginous and not a true fish. Its powerful jaws can crush invertibrates, such as spiny sea urchins. It can grow to 6 feet (2m) in length. Image ID: 11848 Species: Wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus |
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| California sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers are related to sea stars and sea urchins. The sharp looking spines are soft to the touch and disappear into the skin when disturbed. If this visual defense doesnt work, the sea cucumber will expel its respiratory system. When this occurs in the wild it can regrow the lost organs. Image ID: 13732 Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus | California sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers are related to sea stars and sea urchins. The sharp looking spines are soft to the touch and disappear into the skin when disturbed. If this visual defense doesnt work, the sea cucumber will expel its respiratory system. When this occurs in the wild it can regrow the lost organs. Image ID: 13733 Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus | Christmas anemone, feeds on small crabs, urchins and fish, may live 60 to 80 years. Image ID: 16965 Species: Christmas anemone, Urticina crassicornis |
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| Christmas anemone, feeds on small crabs, urchins and fish, may live 60 to 80 years. Image ID: 16966 Species: Christmas anemone, Urticina crassicornis | Christmas anemone, feeds on small crabs, urchins and fish, may live 60 to 80 years. Image ID: 16967 Species: Christmas anemone, Urticina crassicornis | Christmas anemone, feeds on small crabs, urchins and fish, may live 60 to 80 years. Image ID: 16971 Species: Christmas anemone, Urticina crassicornis |
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| Urchins on rock, black and white / grainy. Image ID: 16418 Location: Isla Lobos, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Urchins on rock, black and white / grainy. Image ID: 16419 Location: Isla Lobos, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Urchins on sand, black and white / grainy. Image ID: 16420 Location: Isla Lobos, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Unidentified sea urchin. Image ID: 16421 Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Unidentified sea urchin. Image ID: 16423 Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Purple sea urchins on rocky reef amid kelp forest. Image ID: 03111 Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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| Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast. Image ID: 03403 Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast. Image ID: 03404 Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Purple and red urchins. Image ID: 04725 Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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| Purple sea urchin, spawning. Image ID: 05346 Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | Purple urchin attacked by starfish, Coronados. Image ID: 01984 Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Red urchin on rocky California reef. Image ID: 03801 Species: Red urchin, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus Location: California, USA |
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