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
Species: Purple urchin, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03404
Format: Film 2:3
Keywords: air bladder, algae, animal, animal in kelp, blade, bubble, california, channel islands, channel islands national marine sanctuary, creature, echinoderm, float, forest, frond, frond stipe pneumatocyst detail, gas, giant kelp, habitat, invertebrate, kelp, kelp forest, leaf, macrocystis, macrocystis pyrifera, marine, marine algae, marine invertebrate, marine plant, national marine sanctuaries, nature, ocean, oceans, outdoors, outside, pacific, pacific ocean, plant, pneumatocyst, pneumatocysts, purple urchin, santa barbara island, sea, sea urchin, seaweed, strongylocentrotus purpuratus, underwater, usa, wildlife
Categories:
- Animal > Marine Invertebrate > Echinoderm > Sea Urchin
- Gallery > Kelp Forest
- 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
- Natural World > Habitat > Kelp Forest > Animal In Kelp
- Plant > Marine Plant > Giant Kelp > Frond / Stipe / Pneumatocyst / Detail
- Subject > Technique > Underwater
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