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Venus comb murex. Scientists speculate that the distinctively long and narrow spines are a protection against fish and other mollusks and prevent the mollusk from sinking into the soft, sandy mud where it is commonly found.
Image ID: 12970
Species: Venus comb murex, Murex pecten | Sea Urchin Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Image ID: 33648
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico | North American porcupine.
Image ID: 12147
Species: North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum |
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Freckled porcupinefish.
Image ID: 12909
Species: Freckled porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus | North American porcupine.
Image ID: 15935
Species: North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum | North American porcupine.
Image ID: 15944
Species: North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum |
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North American porcupine.
Image ID: 15934
Species: North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum | Red barrel flower bloom, cactus detail, spines and flower on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Image ID: 24303
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Longhorn cowfish.
Image ID: 07836
Species: Longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta |
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The three-spined stickleback is found in freshwater, brackish and marine waters.
Image ID: 10286
Species: Three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus | Red barrel cactus detail, spines on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Image ID: 24308
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Image ID: 26773
Species: Teddy-bear Cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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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 | Long-spine porcupine fish, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez.
Image ID: 32596
Location: Los Islotes, Baja California, Mexico |
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Long-spine porcupine fish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Image ID: 27481
Species: Long-spine porcupine fish, spiny balloonfish, Diodon holocanthus
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Long-spine porcupine fish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Image ID: 27483
Species: Long-spine porcupine fish, spiny balloonfish, Diodon holocanthus
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Image ID: 11981
Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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Red barrel flower bloom, cactus detail, spines and flower on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Image ID: 24309
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Orangespine unicornfish.
Image ID: 11814
Species: Orangespine unicornfish, Naso lituratus | Lionfish.
Image ID: 11820
Species: Lionfish, Pterois miles |
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Lionfish.
Image ID: 11821
Species: Lionfish, Pterois miles | Teddy-Bear cholla blooms in spring. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Image ID: 11934
Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Teddy-Bear cholla blooms in spring. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Image ID: 11935
Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Image ID: 11979
Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Image ID: 11980
Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Image ID: 11982
Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Image ID: 11983
Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Image ID: 11984
Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | North American porcupine.
Image ID: 12146
Species: North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum |