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Sea urchins cling to a shallow reef in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Image ID: 35323
Location: British Columbia, Canada | Sea Urchin Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Image ID: 33648
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico | Wolf eel, although similar in shape to eels, is cartilaginous and not a true fish. Its powerful jaws can crush invertibrates, such as spiny sea urchins. It can grow to 6 feet (2m) in length.
Image ID: 13702
Species: Wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus |
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Juvenile garibaldi and purple urchins, Coronado Islands.
Image ID: 02513
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Flower sea urchin with pedicellariae visible.
Image ID: 27528
Species: Flower sea urchin, Toxopneustes roseus
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs.
Image ID: 21612
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA |
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Sea urchins cling to a shallow reef in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Image ID: 35457
Location: British Columbia, Canada | Sea Urchin Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Image ID: 33647
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico | Sea Urchin Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Image ID: 33649
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico |
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A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs.
Image ID: 21609
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs.
Image ID: 21622
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs.
Image ID: 21640
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA |
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Flower sea urchin with pedicellariae visible.
Image ID: 27533
Species: Flower sea urchin, Toxopneustes roseus
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Diver and Sea Urchins, Laguna Beach.
Image ID: 36268
Location: Laguna Beach, California, USA | Unidentified sea urchin.
Image ID: 16421
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast.
Image ID: 03404
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs.
Image ID: 21652
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs.
Image ID: 21660
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA |
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A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs.
Image ID: 21661
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs.
Image ID: 21662
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | Wolf eel, although similar in shape to eels, is cartilaginous and not a true fish. Its powerful jaws can crush invertibrates, such as spiny sea urchins. It can grow to 6 feet (2m) in length.
Image ID: 11847
Species: Wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus |
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Wolf eel, although similar in shape to eels, is cartilaginous and not a true fish. Its powerful jaws can crush invertibrates, such as spiny sea urchins. It can grow to 6 feet (2m) in length.
Image ID: 11848
Species: Wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus | California sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers are related to sea stars and sea urchins. The sharp looking spines are soft to the touch and disappear into the skin when disturbed. If this visual defense doesnt work, the sea cucumber will expel its respiratory system. When this occurs in the wild it can regrow the lost organs.
Image ID: 13732
Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus | California sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers are related to sea stars and sea urchins. The sharp looking spines are soft to the touch and disappear into the skin when disturbed. If this visual defense doesnt work, the sea cucumber will expel its respiratory system. When this occurs in the wild it can regrow the lost organs.
Image ID: 13733
Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus |
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Unidentified sea urchin.
Image ID: 16423
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Purple sea urchins on rocky reef amid kelp forest.
Image ID: 03111
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast.
Image ID: 03403
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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Purple and red urchins.
Image ID: 04725
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Strogylocentrotus franciscanus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Purple sea urchin, spawning.
Image ID: 05346
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | Purple urchin attacked by starfish, Coronados.
Image ID: 01984
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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