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| Kelp holdfast attaches the plant to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current. Image ID: 34211 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Kelp holdfast attaches the plant to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current. Image ID: 34213 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. 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: 34214 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 34215 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater. Image ID: 34216 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. 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: 34217 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater. Image ID: 34218 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Garibaldi and invasive Sargassum. Image ID: 34220 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Garibaldi and invasive Sargassum. Image ID: 34221 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Invasive Sargassum, Catalina. Image ID: 34222 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Garibaldi and invasive Sargassum. Image ID: 34223 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Invasive Sargassum, Catalina. Image ID: 34224 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Invasive Sargassum, Catalina. Image ID: 34225 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Invasive Sargassum, Catalina. Image ID: 34226 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 34227 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 34354 Species: Clown nudibranch, Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae Location: British Columbia, Canada | California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, Catalina Island. 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. Catalina Island, California, USA. Image ID: 34622 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, Catalina Island. 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. Catalina Island, California, USA. Image ID: 34624 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35354 Species: Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae Location: British Columbia, Canada | Garibaldi fish on kelp forest reef, underwater. Image ID: 25409 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Brown gorgonians, Catalina. Image ID: 00567 Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Blacksmith. Image ID: 01026 Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Bluebanded goby, Catalina. Image ID: 04742 Species: Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Garibaldi. Image ID: 02506 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Garibaldi. Image ID: 02507 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Diver and garibaldi. Image ID: 02989 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Diver and garibaldi, Catalina. Image ID: 01969 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Bluebanded goby, Catalina. Image ID: 05149 Species: Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Catalina Island, West End. Image ID: 25985 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Catalina Island, West End. Image ID: 25986 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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