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Steller Sea Lions and Bald Eagles atop Norris Rocks, Hornby Island and Vancouver Island, panoramic photo, Eumetopias jubatus
Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island, California
Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island, California
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, near Eagle Rock, 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
Garibaldi in kelp forest, near Eagle Rock, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying brown gorgonian. Eagle Rock, Muricea fruticosa, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island
Kelp holdfast secures the kelp to the submarine rocky reef near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Juvenile sheephead swims above dead/dying brown gorgonian covered with yellow parasitic zoanthid anemones. Eagle Rock, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
Aerial Photo of the West End of Catalina Island, California. Lush kelp forests line the rocky coastline here. Eagle Rock appears at the right
Catalina Island, showing kelp beds around Eagle Rock and West End
Eagle Rock, Catalina Island
Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying gorgonian, brown gorgonian. Eagle Rock, Muricea fruticosa, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island
Juvenile sheephead swims above dead/dying brown gorgonian covered with yellow parasitic zoanthid anemones. Eagle Rock, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying brown gorgonian. Eagle Rock, Muricea fruticosa, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island
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