Colorful Metridium anemones, pink Gersemia soft corals, yellow suphur sponges cover the rocky reef in a kelp forest near Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Strait. Strong currents bring nutrients to the invertebrate life clinging to the rocks.
Species: Bread crumb sponge, Giant plumose anemone, Pink soft coral, Gersemia rubiformis, Halichondria panicea, Metridium farcimen
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 34397
Lat/Long: 50.86520, -127.65240 (Coordinates: 50° 51' 54.73" N, 127° 39' 8.63" W)
Format: Digital 2:3
Species: Bread crumb sponge, Giant plumose anemone, Pink soft coral, Gersemia rubiformis, Halichondria panicea, Metridium farcimen
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 34397
Lat/Long: 50.86520, -127.65240 (Coordinates: 50° 51' 54.73" N, 127° 39' 8.63" W)
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: anemone, bread crumb sponge, british columbia, browning pass, canada, gersemia rubiformis, halichondria panicea, marine, metridum, pacific, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, queen charlotte straight, reef, soft coral, sponge, sulphur sponge, underwater, vancouver island
Categories:
- Location > World > Canada > British Columbia > Vancouver Island > Browning Pass
- Subject > Technique > Underwater
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