Purple urchin consume kelp holdfast, Macrocystis pyrifera, #03404

Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast. Santa Barbara Island, California, USA, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, natural history stock photograph, photo id 03404
Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast. Santa Barbara Island, California, USA

Species: Purple urchin, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03404
Format: Film 2:3
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