Only a few centimeters long, a bull sculpin (Enophrys taurina) rests between swimming bouts spent searching for food among the sand grains of its sea bottom habitat. 2017. Monterey, CA, USA

A blue topsnail (Calliostoma ligatum) crosses the patchy terrain of an orange puffball sponge (Tethya aurantium). 2015. Carmel, CA, USA.

A bumpy back of yellow tubercles gives a sea lemon nudibranch (Peltodoris nobilis) its knobby texture. 2018. Monterey, CA, USA