Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast.
Species: Purple Urchin, Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03403
Lat/Long: 33.48587, -119.03648 (Coordinates: 33° 29' 9.13" N, 119° 02' 11.33" W)
Format: Film 2:3
Species: Purple Urchin, Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03403
Lat/Long: 33.48587, -119.03648 (Coordinates: 33° 29' 9.13" N, 119° 02' 11.33" W)
Format: Film 2:3
Keywords: air bladder, algae, animal, blade, bubble, california, channel islands, channel islands national marine sanctuary, creature, echinoderm, float, frond, frond stipe pneumatocyst detail, gas, giant kelp, invertebrate, kelp, leaf, macrocystis, macrocystis pyrifera, marine algae, marine invertebrate, marine plant, national marine sanctuaries, nature, ocean, oceans, pacific, plant, pneumatocyst, pneumatocysts, purple urchin, santa barbara island, sea urchin, seaweed, strongylocentrotus purpuratus, underwater, usa, wildlife
Categories:
- Animal > Marine Invertebrate > Echinoderm > Sea Urchin
- Location > Oceans > Pacific > California (USA) / Baja California (Mexico) > Channel Islands > Santa Barbara Island
- Location > Protected Threatened and Significant Places > National Marine Sanctuaries > Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary > Santa Barbara Island
- Location > USA > California > Santa Barbara Island
- Plant > Marine Plant > Giant Kelp > Frond / Stipe / Pneumatocyst / Detail
- Subject > Technique > Underwater
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