Search results for Coral Head

Sheephead and golden gorgonian, underwater in a kelp forest.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23586  

California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead wrasse on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. 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.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30924  

California sheephead, gorgonian.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01124  

California sheephead and gorgonian amid kelp forest.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 04647  

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  

California sheephead, gorgonian.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03456  

Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 03822  

Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 04706  

Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 04708