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Kelp Forest Pictures, Macrocystis pyrifera

Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest. San Nicholas Island, California, USA, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera.  Copyright Phillip Colla, Oceanlight.com
Northern kelp crab
Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest. San Nicholas Island, California, USA, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera. Copyright Phillip Colla, Oceanlight.com

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Date: 16 Oct 2004
Location: California USA
Credit: Phillip Colla / Oceanlight.com
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