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Image ID: 461W017, Purple Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

A dense cluster of Purple Sea Urchins. As urchins spread over reefs, the gnaw away all the kelp and displace almost every other species, creating underwater deserts called urchin barrens.

Photographed at Shag Rock, Santa Barbarbra Island in Southern California on September 7, 2021 with a Nikon D300 with 60mm macro lens, two YS90DX strobes on manual,


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