Geologic Studies of Benthic Habitats

Photographs of Seabed Habitat and Fauna

Click on specific habitat/sediment types or faunal categories to view thumbnail and jpeg images of the seabed features.

For information on USGS station and quadrangle numbers, date, location (longitude and latitude), and water depth, look up the image number in the photo attribute table (pdf format).

You will need to download the free Adobe Reader in order to look at the photo attribute table.

Photo credits: Page Valentine and Dann Blackwood, USGS

Habitat/Sediment type

boulders

burrowed mud

cobbles and boulders

gravel

gravelly sand

mud

muddy gravel

muddy sand

rippled muddy sand

rippled sand

sand

sandy gravel

shell deposit

Fauna
algae anemone barnacles brown sea squirt bryozoa burrowing anemone cancer crab cod dead mollusc shells finger sponge flounder funnel worm goosefish gray sea squirt hermit crab	herring egg bed lobster magenta calcareous algae mussels ocean pout orange sponge red hake redfish sand dollar sand lance scallop sculpin sea cucumber sea pen	sea urchin shrimp skate spider crab sponge stalked ascidian starfish trawl marks white brachiopod white sponge white worm tubes wolffish yellow sponge

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