Macrocystis kelp grows up from rocky reef, Macrocystis pyrifera

Macrocystis kelp growing up from a rocky reef, the kelp's holdfast is like a root cluster which attaches the kelp to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current. San Clemente Island, California, USA, Macrocystis pyrifera, natural history stock photograph, photo id 37053Add To Light Table
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Macrocystis kelp growing up from a rocky reef, the kelp's holdfast is like a root cluster which attaches the kelp to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current. San Clemente Island, California, USA

Stock Photo: 37053
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA
Format: Digital 3:4
Other Names: kelp forest, seaweed, sea weed, sea grass, sargazo gigante, harina de kelp, giant kelp, harina de la macroalga, gedroogde kelp, zeewier, reuzenkelp, braendeltang, macroalga marina, Phaeophyceae
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