Search results for Purple Sea Urchin

Purple sea urchins on rocky reef amid kelp forest.
Species: Purple urchin, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03111  

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.
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Image ID: 05346  

Purple urchin attacked by starfish, Coronados.
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 01984  

Purple sea urchins on rocky reef amid kelp forest.
Image ID: 05113  

Purple sea urchins on rocky reef amid kelp forest.
Image ID: 05270  

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.
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10142  

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.
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 15067  

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.
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 15068