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Proliferating anemone with attached juveniles, growing on kelp stipe.
Species: Proliferating anemone, Epiactis prolifera
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 00573  

Pacific torpedo ray in kelp forest, filming lights.
Species: Pacific torpedo ray, Macrocystis pyrifera, Tetronarce californica, Torpedo californica
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California
Image ID: 01009  

Nudibranch on calcareous coralline algae.
Species: Opalescent nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01064  

Tracy glides through the kelp forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01104  

Giant kelpfish amidst kelp.
Species: Giant kelpfish, Heterostichus rostratus, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01291  

Jack mackerel and kelp.
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01499  

Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01920  

Half-moon perch, offshore drift kelp.
Species: Halfmoon perch, Medialuna californiensis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01933  

California Golden gorgonian in kelp forest.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Macrocystis pyrifera, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03486  

Red gorgonian on rocky reef below kelp forest.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03827  

California Golden gorgonian in kelp forest.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Macrocystis pyrifera, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01280  

Half-moon perch school below offshore drift kelp, open ocean.
Species: Halfmoon perch, Medialuna californiensis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 09989  

Ocean sunfish hovers near drift kelp to recruite juvenile fish to remove parasites, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 10001  

Garibaldi swims over a kelp covered reef.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 10192  

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  

A freediving spearfisherman glides quietly through the kelp forest in search of game fish to hunt. The most skilled spearfishermen forego the use of SCUBA, which is noisy underwater and scares away fish. Instead, they practice breathhold techniques to move silently through the water. San Clemente Island.
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 10235  

North Pacific Yellowtail school under a patch of drift kelp, open ocean.
Species: North pacific yellowtail, Yellowtail, Kingfish, Seriola lalandi
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07000  

Palm kelp, Isla Afuera. Southern sea palm.
Species: Southern sea palm, Eisenia arborea
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 01287  

Half-moon perch schooling under offshore drift kelp, open ocean.
Species: Halfmoon perch, Macrocystis pyrifera, Medialuna californiensis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02747  

Anemone mouth detail.
Species: Tealia anemone, Urticina lofotensis
Location: Santa Cruz Island, California
Image ID: 00572  

Kelp fronds with encrusting bryozoans.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03402  

Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast.
Species: Purple urchin, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03404  

Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (air bladders).
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03410  

Kelp forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03424  

Blacksmith schooling amid kelp forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Chromis punctipinnis, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 05123  

Anemone on kelp.
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 00574  

Green sea anemone.
Species: Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Image ID: 12858  

Green sea anemone.
Species: Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Image ID: 12859  

Drift kelp has washed ashore on a sandy California beach. Winter brings large surf and increased wave energy which often rips giant kelp from the ocean bottom, so that it floats down current, often washing ashore.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Image ID: 14884  

Kelp holdfast and substrate.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00622