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Drift kelp Giant kelp holdfast	Macrocystis pyrifera Kelp forest		L. lepus barnacles
	Lytechinus anamesus eating kelp The Photographer	Sygnathus californiensis kelp pipefish Selected Credits

"There is the sea, great and broad, in which are swarms without number, animals small and great..."

Psalm 104:25

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