Catalina Island photos

Surf grass, Phyllospadix, underwater.
Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 30963  

Marina algae, Stephanocystis dioica.
Species: Stephanocystis dioica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 30965  

Garibaldi and invasive Sargassum, Catalina.
Species: Garibaldi, Sargassum, Hypsypops rubicundus, Sargassum horneri
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 30968  

Garibaldi and invasive Sargassum, Catalina.
Species: Sargassum, Sargassum horneri
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 30969  

Garibaldi and purple Chondria acrorhizophora marine algae.
Species: Garibaldi, Chondria acrorhizophora, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 30971  

Garibaldi maintains a patch of algae (just in front of the fish) to entice a female to lay a clutch of eggs.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 30977  

Hydrocoral, Farnsworth Banks.
Species: Hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 04704  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37134  

Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, near Eagle Rock, Catalina Island. 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.
Image ID: 37135  

Garibaldi in kelp forest, near Eagle Rock, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37136  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37139  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37140  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37141  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37142  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37143  

Kelp fronds showing pneumatocysts, bouyant gas-filled bubble-like structures which float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface, where it will spread to form a roof-like canopy.
Image ID: 37146  

Kelp forest at West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37147  

Garibaldi in kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37148  

Garibaldi maintains a patch of algae (just in front of the fish) to entice a female to lay a clutch of eggs.
Image ID: 37149  

Kelp fronds showing pneumatocysts, bouyant gas-filled bubble-like structures which float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface, where it will spread to form a roof-like canopy.
Image ID: 37150  

Diver and Kelp Forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37152  

Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. 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.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37155  

Brown Gorgonian Muricea fruticosa on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. The brown 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.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37158  

Garibaldi in kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37159  

Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37163  

California reef covered with purple hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus, Allopora californica).
Species: Hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37172  

California reef covered with purple hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus, Allopora californica).
Species: Hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37173  

Farnsworth Bank reef covered with purple hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus, Allopora californica), clusters of orange bryozoans, gorgonians and kelp, Catalina Island.
Species: Hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37176  

Red gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis) on Farnsworth Banks reef.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37182  

California reef covered with purple hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus, Allopora californica).
Species: Hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37183