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Guadalupe fur seals, two males fighting, Islas San Benito.
Species:
Guadalupe fur seal
,
Arctocephalus townsendi
Location:
San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito)
,
Baja California
,
Mexico
Image ID:
02296
California sea lion.
Species:
California sea lion
,
Zalophus californianus
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
02959
Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species:
Northern kelp crab
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Pugettia producta
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10218
Norris topsnail (aka, kelp snail), clings to a kelp pneumatocyst (bubble) at the base of a stipe/blade, midway in the water column.
Species:
Norris' top snail
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Norrisia norrisi
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10214
Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species:
Northern kelp crab
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Pugettia producta
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10219
Kelp canopy.
Species:
Giant kelp
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
02124
Aggregating anemones. Arrayed in a clonal group, all of these anemones are genetically identical. San Nicholas Island.
Species:
Aggregating anemone
,
Anthopleura elegantissima
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10150
Aggregating anemones. Arrayed in a clonal group, all of these anemones are genetically identical. San Nicholas Island.
Species:
Aggregating anemone
,
Anthopleura elegantissima
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10151
Aggregating anemones. Arrayed in a clonal group, all of these anemones are genetically identical. San Nicholas Island.
Species:
Aggregating anemone
,
Anthopleura elegantissima
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10152
A cluster of lightbulb tunicates cling to the rocky reef.
Species:
Lightbulb tunicate
,
Clavelina huntsmani
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10174
Feather duster worm extends from its hole in the reef to capture food floating by in the current, San Nicholas Island Island.
Species:
Feather duster worm
,
Eudistylia polymorpha
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10179
Feather duster worm extends from its hole in the reef to capture food floating by in the current. Its hole is nestled between several holdfast stipes of giant kelp. San Nicholas Island Island.
Species:
Feather duster worm
,
Eudistylia polymorpha
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10181
Sunflower star (sun starfish), dorsal surface detail.
Species:
Sunflower star
,
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10182
Catalina triopha nudibranch.
Species:
Clown nudibranch
,
Triopha catalinae
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10187
Nudibranch.
Species:
Sea lemon
,
Anisodoris nobilis
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10188
Christmas tree worm.
Species:
Christmas tree worm
,
Spirobranchus spinosus
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10204
Norris topsnail (aka, kelp snail), clings to a kelp pneumatocyst (bubble) at the base of a stipe/blade, midway in the water column.
Species:
Norris' top snail
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Norrisia norrisi
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10212
Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species:
Northern kelp crab
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Pugettia producta
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10215
Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species:
Northern kelp crab
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Pugettia producta
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10216
Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species:
Northern kelp crab
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Pugettia producta
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10220
Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species:
Northern kelp crab
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Pugettia producta
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10223
Feather duster worm extends from its hole in the reef to capture food floating by in the current, San Nicholas Island Island.
Species:
Feather duster worm
,
Eudistylia polymorpha
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10180
Norris topsnail (aka, kelp snail), clings to a kelp pneumatocyst (bubble) at the base of a stipe/blade, midway in the water column.
Species:
Norris' top snail
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Norrisia norrisi
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10213
Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species:
Northern kelp crab
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Pugettia producta
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10217
Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species:
Northern kelp crab
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Pugettia producta
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10221
Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species:
Northern kelp crab
,
Macrocystis pyrifera
,
Pugettia producta
Location:
San Nicholas Island
,
California
Image ID:
10222
Natural History Photography Blog posts (2) related to
San Nicholas Island
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Anisodoris nobilis
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