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.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30910
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.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30911
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.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30915
Small waterfall amidst a grotto of ferns, moss and algae. This small oasis exists year round as a result of water seeping from the red sandstone walls of Zion Canyon.
Location: Zion National Park, Utah
Image ID: 12480
Small waterfall amidst a grotto of ferns, moss and algae. This small oasis exists year round as a result of water seeping from the red sandstone walls of Zion Canyon.
Location: Zion National Park, Utah
Image ID: 12481
Penpoint gunnel. Gunnels assume the color of whatever kelp species they eat, this one eats green-colored algae.
Species: Penpoint gunnel, Apodichthys flavidus
Image ID: 13716
Penpoint gunnel. Gunnels assume the color of whatever kelp species they eat, this one eats green-colored algae.
Species: Penpoint gunnel, Apodichthys flavidus
Image ID: 13717
Queen conch shell covered with algae growth. Conch is a large common univalve mollusk (snail), animal is crawling across sand.
Species: Queen conch, Strombus gigas
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 10844