Giant Kelp Photos, Macrocystis pyrifera

Photos of Animals in Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera

Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California, Mola mola
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California
Salema schooling amid kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Xenistius californiensis, Catalina Island
California bat ray in kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Myliobatis californica, San Clemente Island
Garibaldi in kelp forest, Hypsypops rubicundus, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Jack mackerel schooling amid kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus, San Clemente Island
Drift kelp, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Diego, California
Pacific white sided dolphin, Kelp carry, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, San Diego, California
Pacific torpedo ray in kelp forest, filming lights, Macrocystis pyrifera, Tetronarce californica, Torpedo californica, Santa Rosa Island
Tracy glides through the kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Jack mackerel and kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus, San Clemente Island
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California
Half-moon perch schooling under offshore drift kelp, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, Medialuna californiensis, San Diego, California
Kelp fronds with encrusting bryozoans, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Juvenile rockfish hiding amidst kelp holdfast, offshore drift kelp, open ocean, San Diego, California
Blacksmith amidst kelp forest, Chromis punctipinnis, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island
Drift kelp, open ocean, San Diego, California
Proliferating anemone with attached juveniles, growing on kelp stipe, Epiactis prolifera, Monterey, California
Kelp fronds with encrusting bryozoans, Macrocystis pyrifera, Membranipora
Giant black seabass in kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Stereolepis gigas, San Clemente Island
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