Bryozoan grows on a red gorgonian on rocky reef, Lophogorgia chilensis

Bryozoan grows on a red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. San Clemente Island, California, USA, Lophogorgia chilensis, natural history stock photograph, photo id 26406
Bryozoan grows on a red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. San Clemente Island, California, USA

Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 26406
Format: Digital 2:3
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