Eelgrass provides important habitat for young fish and other small creatures, but is susceptible to storms.

A colony of bryozoans (Membranipora membranacea) on a kelp blade Kelp fronds often carry white spots. Darwin mentioned them, on kelp off Chile, in his bestseller Voyage of the Beagle. This white spot is composed of many cells, grouped around a center. Each cell contains an individual bryozoan, a Lacy Crust Bryozoan or Membranipora membranacea. A single individual is known as a zooid (which is a great scrabble word). Here you can see that the zooids are a filter-feeders, sievi

Blades and air bladders of a macrocystis kelp swirl, as waves pass above.

This pipefish and his family group live amongst the tentacles of a solitary Sun Mushroom Coral.

This shrimp, and their partner, will care for the eggs until they hatch.