Purple urchin, Macrocystis pyrifera, #03403

Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast. Santa Barbara Island, California, USA, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, natural history stock photograph, photo id 03403

Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast. Santa Barbara Island, California, USA

Species: Purple urchin, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03403
Format: Film 2:3

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Categories:

Animal > Marine Invertebrate > Echinoderm > Sea Urchin
Location > Oceans > Pacific > California (USA) / Baja California (Mexico) > Channel Islands > Santa Barbara Island
Location > Protected Threatened and Significant Places > National Marine Sanctuaries > Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary > Santa Barbara Island
Location > USA > California > Santa Barbara Island
Plant > Marine Plant > Giant Kelp > Frond / Stipe / Pneumatocyst / Detail
Subject > Technique > Underwater

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