San Nicholas Island Photo

San Nicholas Island   >             photos@oceanlight.com   +1-760-707-7153 Guadalupe fur seals, two males fighting, Islas San Benito. Image ID: 02296   Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico   California sea lion. Image ID: 02959   Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Nicholas Island, 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: 10218   Species: Northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Encrusting bryozoans colonize a giant kelp pneumatocyst (bubble). Approximately 3 inches (8cm). Image ID: 10207   Species: Kelp encrusting bryozoan, Membranipora, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Norris topsnail (aka, kelp snail), clings to a kelp pneumatocyst (bubble) at the base of a stipe/blade, midway in the water column. Image ID: 10214   Species: Norris' top snail, Norrisia norrisi, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, 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   Kelp canopy. Image ID: 02124   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Aggregating anemones. Arrayed in a clonal group, all of these anemones are genetically identical. San Nicholas Island. Image ID: 10150   Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Aggregating anemones. Arrayed in a clonal group, all of these anemones are genetically identical. San Nicholas Island. Image ID: 10151   Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Aggregating anemones. Arrayed in a clonal group, all of these anemones are genetically identical. San Nicholas Island. Image ID: 10152   Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   A cluster of lightbulb tunicates cling to the rocky reef. Image ID: 10174   Species: Lightbulb tunicate, Clavelina huntsmani Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Feather duster worm extends from its hole in the reef to capture food floating by in the current, San Nicholas Island Island. Image ID: 10179   Species: Feather duster worm, Eudistylia polymorpha Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Feather duster worm extends from its hole in the reef to capture food floating by in the current. Its hole is nestled between several holdfast stipes of giant kelp. San Nicholas Island Island. Image ID: 10181   Species: Feather duster worm, Eudistylia polymorpha, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Sunflower star (sun starfish), dorsal surface detail. Image ID: 10182   Species: Sunflower star, Pycnopodia helianthoides Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Catalina triopha nudibranch. Image ID: 10187   Species: Clown nudibranch, Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Nudibranch. Image ID: 10188   Species: Sea lemon, Anisodoris nobilis Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Christmas tree worm. Image ID: 10204   Species: Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus spinosus Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Encrusting bryozoans colonize a giant kelp blade. Approximately 2 inches (5cm) across. Image ID: 10205   Species: Kelp encrusting bryozoan, Membranipora, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Encrusting bryozoans colonize a giant kelp pneumatocyst (bubble). Approximately 3 inches (8cm). Image ID: 10209   Species: Kelp encrusting bryozoan, Membranipora, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Norris topsnail (aka, kelp snail), clings to a kelp pneumatocyst (bubble) at the base of a stipe/blade, midway in the water column. Image ID: 10212   Species: Norris' top snail, Norrisia norrisi, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, 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: 10215   Species: Northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, 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: 10216   Species: Northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, 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: 10220   Species: Northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, 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: 10223   Species: Northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Feather duster worm extends from its hole in the reef to capture food floating by in the current, San Nicholas Island Island. Image ID: 10180   Species: Feather duster worm, Eudistylia polymorpha Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Encrusting bryozoans colonize a giant kelp blade. Approximately 2 inches (5cm) across. Image ID: 10206   Species: Kelp encrusting bryozoan, Membranipora, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Encrusting bryozoans colonize a giant kelp pneumatocyst (bubble). Approximately 3 inches (8cm). Image ID: 10208   Species: Kelp encrusting bryozoan, Membranipora, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Encrusting bryozoans colonize a giant kelp pneumatocyst (bubble). Approximately 3 inches (8cm). Image ID: 10210   Species: Kelp encrusting bryozoan, Membranipora, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Encrusting bryozoans colonize a giant kelp pneumatocyst (bubble). Approximately 3 inches (8cm). Image ID: 10211   Species: Kelp encrusting bryozoan, Membranipora, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA   Norris topsnail (aka, kelp snail), clings to a kelp pneumatocyst (bubble) at the base of a stipe/blade, midway in the water column. Image ID: 10213   Species: Norris' top snail, Norrisia norrisi, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA

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Updated: January 21, 2021