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Strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph), Corynactis californica, Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California
Strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph).
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California
Image ID: 00577  
California bat ray eating squid eggs, Loligo opalescens, Myliobatis californica, La Jolla
California bat ray eating squid eggs, Loligo opalescens.
Species: California bat ray, Myliobatis californica
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 01243  
Squid eggs, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid eggs.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 01278  
Purple urchin attacked by starfish, Coronados, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
Purple urchin attacked by starfish, Coronados.
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 01984  
Proliferating anemone with attached juveniles, growing on kelp stipe, Epiactis prolifera, Monterey, California
Proliferating anemone with attached juveniles, growing on kelp stipe.
Species: Proliferating anemone, Epiactis prolifera
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02478  
Nudibranch egg mass, Monterey, California
Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02515  
Nudibranch egg mass, Monterey, California
Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02516  
Nudibranch egg mass, San Clemente Island
Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02517  
Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula.
Species: Acorn barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02543  
Squid egg casings on sand, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid egg casings on sand.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 02549  
Kellets whelk laying eggs, Kelletia kelleti, La Jolla, California
Kellets whelk laying eggs.
Species: Kellet's whelk, Kelletia kelleti
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 02553  
Squid egg masses attached to sandy bottom, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid egg masses attached to sandy bottom.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 03113  
Mating squid and egg masses attached to sandy bottom, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Mating squid and egg masses attached to sandy bottom.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 03114  
Videographer films mating squid and egg masses attached to sandy bottom, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Videographer films mating squid and egg masses attached to sandy bottom.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 03115  
California spiny lobster eating squid eggs, Loligo opalescens, Panulirus interruptus, La Jolla
California spiny lobster eating squid eggs.
Species: Spiny lobster, Loligo opalescens, Panulirus interruptus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 03116  
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03770  
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 04696  
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 04698  
Brittle stars covering sponge and rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering sponge and rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04716  
Brittle stars covering rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04721  
Brittle stars covering rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04722  
French grunt, Haemulon flavolineatum
French grunt.
Species: French grunt, Haemulon flavolineatum
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 05208  
Nudibranchs mating, Doriopsilla albopunctata, San Miguel Island
Nudibranchs mating.
Species: Doriopsilla albopunctata nudibranch, Doriopsilla albopunctata
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 05311  
Dorid nudibranch with eggs, San Diego, Diaulula sandiegensis
Dorid nudibranch with eggs, San Diego.
Species: San diego dorid, Diaulula sandiegensis
Location: California
Image ID: 05312  
Squid, mating and laying eggs, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid, mating and laying eggs.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05380  
Squid, mating and laying eggs, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid, mating and laying eggs.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05381  
Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula.
Species: Acorn barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 05395  
Squid, mating and laying eggs, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid, mating and laying eggs.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05400  
Squid egg clusters on sand, Loligo opalescens, La Jolla, California
Squid egg clusters on sand.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05402  
Moon snail sand collar (egg case), Polinices lewisii, La Jolla, California
Moon snail sand collar (egg case).
Species: Moon snail, Polinices lewisii
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05404  
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