Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus pelagicus), male mating with female. Also known as Blue Manna Crab. This specie is highly sought after by Commercial fishery. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Boxer Crab (Lybia tessellata), female with eggs. Note: stinging Sea Anemones held in claws for use as defence. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Rock Crab (Plagusia dentipes), feeding on an Octopus that it just captured. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Nudibranch (Hypselodoris bennetti) - mating pair. Also known as Sea Slug. Found in Eastern Australia, especially around Sydney. Photo taken at Nelson Bay. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Nudibranch (Mexichromis multituberculata), laying an egg-ribbon. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Nudibranch or Sea Slug (Polycera hedgpethi), mating pair. Found on sheltered coastal reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Nudibranch (Chromodoris annae), preparing to mate. Also known as Sea Slug. Found throughout the West Pacific, including Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Nudibranch (Chromodoris annae), preparing to mate. Also known as Sea Slug. Found throughout the West Pacific, including Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Nudibranch (Gymnodoris aurita), feeding on a Nudibranch of a different species. Found throughout the West Pacific. Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Nudibranch (Ceratosoma sp.), with a Commensal Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Nudibranch (Ceratosoma sp.), with a Commensal Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis), making egg ribbon. Found throughout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Wentletrap Snail (Epitonium billeeanum), on Tubastraea coral, with its egg capsules clearly visible. This snail feeds on Tubastraea corals and is found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Egg Cowrie (Ovula ovum), feeding on Leather Soft Coral (Sarcophyton sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Drupe Sea Snail (Drupella sp.) - feeding on Coral (Galaxea sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Bottletail Squid (Sepiadarium kochi), swimming in mid water at night. Note funnel used to propel the animal through the water. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo was taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Bottletail Squid (Sepiadarium kochi), swimming in mid water at night. Note funnel used to propel the animal through the water. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo was taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Cushion Sea Star (Oreaster reticulatus), feeding on a dead fish on the bottom of the Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida, United States. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Milk Conch (Strombus costatus), a mating pair photographed off Singer Island, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Horse Conch (Triplofusus giganteus), laying eggs on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, United States. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Parasitic Copepod attached just behind the pectoral fin of a Coral Goby (Bryaninops amplus). Bali, Indonesia. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
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