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Fan Coral (Acalycigorgia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Flower Soft Coral (Xenia sp.), close detail of polyps. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Flower Soft Coral (Xenia sp.), close detail of polyps. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Flower Soft Coral (Xenia sp.), close detail of polyps. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Sea Fan Coral (Acabaria sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Soft Coral (Siphonogorgia sp.), showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Sea Fan Coral (Acabaria sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Soft Coral (Anthelia sp.), showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Close detail showing the polyps of a Gorgonian Fan Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Fern Coral (Clavularia sp.). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Coral (Euphyllia ancora). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Sarcophyton sp.) detail. Also known as Mushroom Leather Coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Red Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Undersea drop off covered in colourful soft corals. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Photo taken September 2014
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Close detail of Wire Coral (Cirrhipathes anguina). Also known as Whip Coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef. Photo taken in Fiji.
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Scuba Diver exploring Dendronephthya Soft Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with huge yellow Dendronephthya Soft Coral Tree. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver exploring Coral reef with Gorgonian Fan Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with a huge red Dendronephthya Soft Coral tree. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver with Round Batfish (Platax teira). Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver exploring reef decorated in Whip Corals and Crinoid Feather Stars. Indo-Pacific
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Scuba Diver with Potato Cod (Epinephelus tukula). Also known as Potato Grouper and Potato Groper. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with a giant Gorgonian Fan Coral tree. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring Acropora Coral reef with schooling Fairy Basslets. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with Gorgonian Fan Coral decorated with Crinoid Feather Stars. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring Acropora Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring a Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver observing Feather Stars (Oxycomanthus bennetti). Also known as Crinoids. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver with schooling Round Batfish (Platax teira). Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver with huge Gorgonian Fan Coral. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with huge Dendronephthya Soft Coral tree. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver with mating Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Endangered species.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with schooling Hussar Snapper (lutjanus adetii). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver exploring Staghorn Coral (Acropora formosa) reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring undersea sand flats. Coral Sea, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with schooling Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum). Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with tropical fish, exploring Coral reef. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver with Potato Cod (Epinephelus tukula). Also known as Potato Grouper and Potato Groper. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver and huge yellow Gorgonian Fan Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring Staghorn Coral (Acropora sp.) reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring Staghorn Coral (Acropora sp.) reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Divers exploring a tropical coral reef. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Divers exploring a tropical coral reef. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver exploring a tropical coral reef, wearing an underwater communications breathing mask. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver wearing an underwater communications breathing mask. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver exploring a tropical coral reef, wearing an underwater communications breathing mask. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci), feeding on Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus). Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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