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MARINE ALGAE

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on the rocks

PORIFERA

CNIDARIANS

GORGONIAS

ANNELIDS

 

MARINE INVERTEBRATES

ARTHROPODS

ECHINODERMS

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MARINE CHORDATES

TUNICATES

SHARKS

RAYS

BONEY FISH

 

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            Armed with a deep diving or technical diving certifications venture down to these depths and glimpse at marine environments only a select few ever experience hand first.  Past the barnacles of the tidal zone, beyond the bull kelp of the sub tidal zone, and beneath the kelp forests are a varied and beautiful groups of algaes,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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