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Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill.
Image ID: 25648
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones.
Image ID: 33455
Species: Strawberry Anemone, Acorn Barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones.
Image ID: 33473
Species: Strawberry Anemone, Acorn Barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Brown pelicans feeding on krill.
Image ID: 03171
Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's pink throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill.
Image ID: 25660
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A blue whale eating krill. This blue whale is seen feeding and surfacing amid krill with its throat fully engorged with krill and water. It will push the water back out with its tongue, trapping the krill in its baleen which acts like a filter. Aerial photo, Baja California.
Image ID: 05837
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean.
Image ID: 02247
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Sally Lightfoot crab.
Image ID: 01896
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Red rock shrimp.
Image ID: 08641
Species: Red Rock Shrimp, Lysmata californica |
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Cleaner shrimp.
Image ID: 09467
Species: Cleaner shrimp, Lysmata amboinensis | 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.
Image ID: 10218
Species: Northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA | Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach.
Image ID: 06068
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA |
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Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach.
Image ID: 06077
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA | Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula.
Image ID: 07023
Species: Acorn barnacle, Acorn Barnacle, Megabalanus californicus, Corynactis californica
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Krill. Likely Euphausia pacifica. A thin cloud of pink krill gathers at the ocean surface, where it is likely to be preyed upon by sharks, fish, birds and whales.
Image ID: 27015
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool.
Image ID: 06062
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA | Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool.
Image ID: 06065
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA | Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles.
Image ID: 16604
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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Krill. A thin cloud of pink krill gathers at the ocean surface, where it is likely to be preyed upon by sharks, fish, birds and whales.
Image ID: 27014
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Krill. A thin cloud of pink krill gathers at the ocean surface, where it is likely to be preyed upon by sharks, fish, birds and whales. Likely Euphausia pacifica.
Image ID: 27016
Location: San Diego, California, USA | 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.
Image ID: 10219
Species: Northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA |
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Spot prawn.
Image ID: 12872
Species: Spot prawn, Pandalus platycaros | Spot prawn.
Image ID: 12873
Species: Spot prawn, Pandalus platycaros | Spot prawn.
Image ID: 12874
Species: Spot prawn, Pandalus platycaros |
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Spot prawn.
Image ID: 12875
Species: Spot prawn, Pandalus platycaros | Spot prawn.
Image ID: 12876
Species: Spot prawn, Pandalus platycaros | Hermit crab. Hermit crabs wear shells to protect their soft abdomens, which are asymmetrical and curved to fit the spiral shape of their shell. Like all crabs, hermit crabs are decapods; they have five pairs of legs, including a pair of claws. One claw is much larger than the other, the hermit crab uses it for defense and food shredding while it uses the smaller claw for eating. The second and third pairs of legs help the crab walk, and the last two pairs hold the hermit crab in its shell.
Image ID: 13693
Species: Hermit crab, Pagurus |
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Sheep crab.
Image ID: 13996
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis | Sheep crab.
Image ID: 13997
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis | Sheep crab.
Image ID: 13998
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis |
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