2013 01-31 Zuma

Gelatinous zooplankton everywhere in the plankton net and all over the beach. Gray whales near the shore. Surfing sea lions. A spectacular, sunny day in January.

A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfing a glassy wave.
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A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfing a glassy wave.
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A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfing a glassy wave.
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A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfing a glassy wave.
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A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfing a glassy wave. A leaping fish, perhaps a surf smelt or a grunion, jumped and left a splash in front of the sea lion.
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A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfing a glassy wave.
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A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfing a glassy wave.
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A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfing a glassy wave.
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A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfing a glassy wave.
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A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfing a glassy wave.
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Image 1 of 3: A southbound gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) breaches in the morning.
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Image 2 of 3: A southbound gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) breaches in the morning.
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Image 3 of 3: A southbound gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) breaches in the morning.
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A southbound gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus).
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A southbound gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus).
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A Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica) glides up the face of a glassy wave.
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Spouts from a group of inshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
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Juvenile Heermann's gull, Larus heermanni.
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Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) glides up a wave. Its long vibrissae and its ear hole are visible.
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A chubby Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) ducks uner a clear turquoise wave.
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A few pseudoconchs (false shells) of the pelagic mollusc Corolla.
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This gelatinous marble is Pleurobrachia bachei, a member of a special phylum of animals known as the Ctenophores, sometimes called sea gooseberries or comb jellies.
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A few pseudoconchs (false shells) of the pelagic mollusc Corolla.
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One of the rarest gelatinous animals found today was the heteropod mollusk Firoloida desmaresti.
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A few pseudoconchs (false shells) of the pelagic mollusc Corolla.
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A handful of calycaphoran siphonophores, probably Diphyes dispar.
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A handful of calycaphoran siphonophores, probably Diphyes dispar.
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A handful of calycaphoran siphonophores, probably Diphyes dispar.
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Masses of salps (Salpa fusiformis) and other gelatinous species stranded by the tides.
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A handful of calycaphoran siphonophores, probably Diphyes dispar from our plankton net.
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Masses of stranded planktonic gelatinous zooplankton coat the tideline up and down Zuma Beach.
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Rimicola muscarum clingfish eggs on Macrocystis 2013 01-31 Zuma-018
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Rimicola muscarum clingfish eggs on Macrocystis 2013 01-31 Zuma-026
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