Marine Invertebrate Behavior photos

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Squid eggs following mass mating, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid eggs following mass mating.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 02992  
Photographer and colonial salp, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Photographer and colonial salp, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02994  
Strawberry anemones (club-tipped anemones or corallimorphs), Corynactis californica, Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California
Strawberry anemones (club-tipped anemones or corallimorphs).
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California
Image ID: 04713  
Brittle stars covering sponge and rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering sponge and rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04715  
Brittle stars covering sponge and rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering sponge and rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04717  
Brittle stars covering rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04718  
Brittle stars covering rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04719  
Brittle stars covering rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04720  
Brittle stars covering rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04723  
Salp chain and diver, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp chain and diver, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05344  
Squid, mating and laying eggs, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid, mating and laying eggs.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05377  
Squid, mating and laying eggs, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid, mating and laying eggs.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05378  
Simnia and egg cluster on gorgonian, Delonovolva aequalis, Anacapa Island
Simnia and egg cluster on gorgonian.
Species: Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis
Location: Anacapa Island, California
Image ID: 05386  
Squid, mating and laying eggs, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid, mating and laying eggs.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05401  
Squid egg clusters on sand, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid egg clusters on sand.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05406  
Corynactis anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph) colony covers rocky reef, Corynactis californica, San Miguel Island
Corynactis anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph) colony covers rocky reef.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 05525  
A confusing cluster of spiny brittle stars, Ophiothrix spiculata
A confusing cluster of spiny brittle stars.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Image ID: 08942  
Decorator crab, Loxorhynchus crispetus
Decorator crab.
Species: Decorator crab, Loxorhynchus crispetus
Image ID: 09002  
Strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph), Corynactis californica
Strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph).
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Image ID: 09011  
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10153  
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10154  
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10155  
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10156  
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10157  
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10158  
A cluster of vibrantly-colored strawberry anemones (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph) polyps clings to the rocky reef, Corynactis californica, Santa Barbara Island
A cluster of vibrantly-colored strawberry anemones (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph) polyps clings to the rocky reef.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10166  
A painted greenling fish nestles among the many arms of a cluster of brittle sea stars (starfish) on a rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Oxylebius pictus, Santa Barbara Island
A painted greenling fish nestles among the many arms of a cluster of brittle sea stars (starfish) on a rocky reef.
Species: Painted greenling, Ophiothrix spiculata, Oxylebius pictus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10171  
A painted greenling fish nestles among the many arms of a cluster of brittle sea stars (starfish) on a rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Oxylebius pictus, Santa Barbara Island
A painted greenling fish nestles among the many arms of a cluster of brittle sea stars (starfish) on a rocky reef.
Species: Painted greenling, Ophiothrix spiculata, Oxylebius pictus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10172  
A painted greenling fish nestles among the many arms of a cluster of brittle sea stars (starfish) on a rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Oxylebius pictus, Santa Barbara Island
A painted greenling fish nestles among the many arms of a cluster of brittle sea stars (starfish) on a rocky reef.
Species: Painted greenling, Ophiothrix spiculata, Oxylebius pictus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10173  
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03771  
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