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| Polyp of a strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph). Image ID: 01039 Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA | Red gorgonian polyps. The red gorgonian is a colonial organism composed of thousands of tiny polyps. Each polyp secretes calcium which accumulates to form the structure of the colony. The fan-shaped gorgonian is oriented perpendicular to prevailing ocean currents to better enable to filter-feeding polyps to capture passing plankton and detritus passing by. Image ID: 03480 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Purple-striped jelly. Image ID: 14061 Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata |
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| Sea nettles. Image ID: 14081 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens | Sea nettles. Image ID: 14083 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens | Sea nettles. Image ID: 14084 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens |
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| Sea nettles. Image ID: 14087 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens | Purple-striped jelly. Image ID: 14923 Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata | Sea nettles. Image ID: 14928 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens |
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| California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. 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: 23421 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Aggregating anemone detail. Image ID: 00290 Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA | Purple-striped jellyfish. Image ID: 01034 Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Chestnut cowrie with mantle extended, feather duster worm. Image ID: 01061 Species: Chestnut Cowrie, Date Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea, Eudistylia polymorpha Location: Santa Cruz Island, California, USA | Ocean sunfish with mouth for slurping zooplankton, open ocean. Image ID: 03319 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA | Polyp of a strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph). Image ID: 00597 Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica Location: Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Chestnut cowry, mantle exposed. Image ID: 00624 Species: Chestnut Cowrie, Date Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA | Chestnut cowrie with mantle extended. Image ID: 01062 Species: Chestnut Cowrie, Date Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA | Jellyfish. Image ID: 02489 Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Juvenile garibaldi and purple urchins, Coronado Islands. Image ID: 02513 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Califonia cone, Coronado Islands. Image ID: 02551 Species: California cone, Conus californicus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Flamingo tongue snail. Image ID: 02554 Species: Flamingo tongue cowrie, Cyphoma gibbosum Location: Roatan, Honduras |
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| Flamingo tongue snail. Image ID: 02567 Species: Flamingo tongue cowrie, Cyphoma gibbosum Location: Roatan, Honduras | California Golden gorgonian polyps. The golden gorgonian is a colonial organism composed of thousands of tiny polyps. Each polyp secretes calcium which accumulates to form the structure of the colony. The fan-shaped gorgonian is oriented perpendicular to prevailing ocean currents to better enable to filter-feeding polyps to capture passing plankton and detritus passing by. Image ID: 03481 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Purple-striped jellyfish. Image ID: 03778 Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Red gorgonian, polyp detail. Image ID: 07005 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph). Image ID: 00578 Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica Location: Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California, USA | Chestnut cowrie with mantle extended. Image ID: 01035 Species: Chestnut Cowrie, Date Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA |
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| Anemone mouth. Image ID: 02484 Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA | Strawberry anemones (club-tipped anemones, more correctly corallimorphs). Image ID: 02487 Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica Location: Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California, USA | Orange cup coral. Image ID: 02559 Species: Orange cup coral, Balanophyllia elegans Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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