Reproduction / Mating photos

Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26836  

Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26837  

Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26838  

Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26839  

Diver along chain of pelagic zooplankton, open ocean, underwater.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26840  

Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26841  

Pelagic tunicate reproduction, large single salp produces a chain of smaller salps as it reproduces while adrift on the open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26842  

Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26843  

Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26844  

Diver along chain of pelagic zooplankton, open ocean, underwater.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26845  

Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27011  

Freediving photographer in a cloud of salps, gelatinous zooplankton that drifts with open ocean currents.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27013  

Squid egg casings. Each casing housings hundreds of tiny squid eggs. After the female squid has planted her egg casings to the sandy bottom, she will die.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Image ID: 14931  

Horn shark eating opalescent squid eggs, Loligo opalescens.
Species: Horn shark, Heterodontus francisci
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 01069  

Squid mating and laying eggs, eggs on sandy bottom.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 02547  

Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05338  

Purple sea urchin, spawning, releasing gametes into the ocean currents. Once adult purple sea urchins have reached sexual maturity, females and males release gametes into the ocean, a mode of external fertilization. The fertilized egg later settles, and begins growing into an adult.
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Image ID: 05346  

Squid, mating and laying eggs.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05379  

Salp (pelagic tunicate), open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07008  

Simnia and egg cluster on gorgonian.
Species: Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis
Location: Anacapa Island, California
Image ID: 07025  

California bat ray eating squid eggs, Loligo opalescens.
Species: California bat ray, Myliobatis californica
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 01243  

Squid eggs.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 01278  

Proliferating anemone with attached juveniles, growing on kelp stipe.
Species: Proliferating anemone, Epiactis prolifera
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02478  

Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02515  

Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02516  

Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02517  

Squid egg casings on sand.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 02549  

Kellets whelk laying eggs.
Species: Kellet's whelk, Kelletia kelleti
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 02553  

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.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 03114