Santa Barbara Island photos

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A floret of colonial purple hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus, Santa Barbara Island
A floret of colonial purple hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus.
Species: Hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03442  
Cabezon, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, Santa Barbara Island
Cabezon.
Species: Cabezon, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03443  
Cabezon, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, Santa Barbara Island
Cabezon.
Species: Cabezon, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03444  
Boat Horizon at Santa Barbara Island
Boat Horizon at Santa Barbara Island.
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03744  
Boat Horizon at Santa Barbara Island
Boat Horizon at Santa Barbara Island.
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03745  
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: 04715  
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: 04717  
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: 04718  
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: 04719  
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: 04720  
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: 04723  
Kelp holdfast attaches the plant to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom.  Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current.  Santa Barbara Island, Macrocystis pyrifera
Kelp holdfast attaches the plant to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current. Santa Barbara Island.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10131  
Kelp holdfast attaches the plant to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom.  Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current.  Santa Barbara Island, Macrocystis pyrifera
Kelp holdfast attaches the plant to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current. Santa Barbara Island.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10132  
Unidentified rockfish, Santa Barbara Island
Unidentified rockfish.
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10137  
California spiny lobsters are caught in a fishermans wire trap cage on the oceans bottom.  Santa Barbara Islands, Panulirus interruptus
California spiny lobsters are caught in a fishermans wire trap cage on the oceans bottom. Santa Barbara Islands.
Species: Spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10138  
California spiny lobsters are caught in a fishermans wire trap cage on the oceans bottom.  Santa Barbara Islands, Panulirus interruptus
California spiny lobsters are caught in a fishermans wire trap cage on the oceans bottom. Santa Barbara Islands.
Species: Spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10139  
California spiny lobsters are caught in a fishermans wire trap cage on the oceans bottom.  Santa Barbara Islands, Panulirus interruptus
California spiny lobsters are caught in a fishermans wire trap cage on the oceans bottom. Santa Barbara Islands.
Species: Spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10140  
A starfish (sea star) on the sandy bottom, Pisaster giganteus, Santa Barbara Island
A starfish (sea star) on the sandy bottom.
Species: Giant sea star, Pisaster giganteus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10141  
Purple and black sea urchins on a rocky reef.  The urchins will clear all kelp off a reef if their population is not held in balance by predictors.  Santa Barbara Island, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Purple and black sea urchins on a rocky reef. The urchins will clear all kelp off a reef if their population is not held in balance by predictors. Santa Barbara Island.
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10142  
White-spotted rose anemone, Urticina lofotensis, Santa Barbara Island
White-spotted rose anemone.
Species: Tealia anemone, Urticina lofotensis
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10143  
White-spotted rose anemone, Urticina lofotensis, Santa Barbara Island
White-spotted rose anemone.
Species: Tealia anemone, Urticina lofotensis
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10144  
Sunburst anemone, sometimes considered a solitary nonclonal form of the aggregating anemone, Anthopleura sola, Santa Barbara Island
Sunburst anemone, sometimes considered a solitary nonclonal form of the aggregating anemone.
Species: Solitary anemone, Anthopleura sola
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10146  
White-spotted rose anemone, Urticina lofotensis, Santa Barbara Island
White-spotted rose anemone.
Species: Tealia anemone, Urticina lofotensis
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10147  
Tentacles of the white-spotted rose anemone, Urticina lofotensis, Santa Barbara Island
Tentacles of the white-spotted rose anemone.
Species: Tealia anemone, Urticina lofotensis
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10148  
White-spotted rose anemone, Urticina lofotensis, Santa Barbara Island
White-spotted rose anemone.
Species: Tealia anemone, Urticina lofotensis
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10149  
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10153  
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