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Brown gorgonians on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. Gorgonians are filter-feeding temperate colonial species that live 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: 25398
Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Brown gorgonians, Catalina.
Image ID: 00567
Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Brown gorgonians on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. Gorgonians are filter-feeding temperate colonial species that live 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: 23550
Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Brown gorgonians on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. Gorgonians are filter-feeding temperate colonial species that live 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: 23588
Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Brown gorgonians.
Image ID: 05331
Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying gorgonian, brown gorgonian.
Image ID: 02530
Species: Zoanthid anemone, Parazoanthus lucificum, Muricea fruticosa
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying brown gorgonian.
Image ID: 05341
Species: Zoanthid anemone, Parazoanthus lucificum, Muricea fruticosa
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying brown gorgonian.
Image ID: 05342
Species: Zoanthid anemone, Parazoanthus lucificum, Muricea fruticosa
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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