Purple Urchin Photos, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Photos of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Purple urchin
Juvenile garibaldi and purple urchins, Coronado Islands, Hypsypops rubicundus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple sea urchins on rocky reef amid kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple and red urchins, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple sea urchin, spawning, releasing gametes into the ocean currents. Once adult purple sea urchins have reached sexual maturity, females and males release gametes into the ocean, a mode of external fertilization. The fertilized egg later settles, and begins growing into an adult, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Purple urchin attacked by starfish, Coronados, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
Purple and red urchins, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple and red urchins, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple and red urchins, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple urchin and strawberry anemones on rocky California reef, Corynactis californica, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Purple and red urchins, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple and red urchins, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple and red urchins, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple and red urchins, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Purple and black sea urchins on a rocky reef. The urchins will clear all kelp off a reef if their population is not held in balance by predictors. Santa Barbara Island, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Sea otter rests on the ocean surface, grasping a purple sea urchin it has just pulled up off the ocean bottom and will shortly eat. Monterey, Enhydra lutris, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Sea otter rests on the ocean surface, grasping a purple sea urchin it has just pulled up off the ocean bottom and will shortly eat. Monterey, Enhydra lutris, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
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