Eagle Rock Photos

Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head.
Species: Luminescent parazoanthid, Zoanthid anemone, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37293  

Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head.
Species: Luminescent parazoanthid, Zoanthid anemone, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37294  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37134  

Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, near Eagle Rock, Catalina Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Image ID: 37135  

Garibaldi in kelp forest, near Eagle Rock, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37136  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37139  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37140  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37141  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37142  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37143  

Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying brown gorgonian. Eagle Rock.
Species: Luminescent parazoanthid, Zoanthid anemone, Muricea fruticosa, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05341  

Kelp holdfast secures the kelp to the submarine rocky reef near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37133  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37137  

Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37138  

Juvenile sheephead swims above dead/dying brown gorgonian covered with yellow parasitic zoanthid anemones. Eagle Rock.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Luminescent parazoanthid, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 07006  

Aerial Photo of the West End of Catalina Island, California. Lush kelp forests line the rocky coastline here. Eagle Rock appears at the right.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 39482  

Catalina Island, showing kelp beds around Eagle Rock and West End.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 26026  

Eagle Rock.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05519  

Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying gorgonian, brown gorgonian. Eagle Rock.
Species: Luminescent parazoanthid, Zoanthid anemone, Muricea fruticosa, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 02530  

Juvenile sheephead swims above dead/dying brown gorgonian covered with yellow parasitic zoanthid anemones. Eagle Rock.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Luminescent parazoanthid, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 07007  

Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying brown gorgonian. Eagle Rock.
Species: Luminescent parazoanthid, Zoanthid anemone, Muricea fruticosa, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05342