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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.) - showing polyp detail. Also known as Turret Coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually in caves and on vertical walls. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.) - showing polyp detail. Also known as Turret Coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually in caves and on vertical walls. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.) - showing polyp detail. Also known as Turret Coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually in caves and on vertical walls. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.) - showing polyp detail. Also known as Turret Coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually in caves and on vertical walls. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.) - showing polyp detail. Also known as Turret Coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually in caves and on vertical walls. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.) - showing polyp detail. Also known as Turret Coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually in caves and on vertical walls. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.) - showing polyp detail. Also known as Turret Coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually in caves and on vertical walls. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral (possibly: Symphyllia sp.) - showing close detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral (uncertain species) - showing close detail. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cup Coral (uncertain of species) - showing close detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis). Found throughout Australia, except inland desert areas. Also Philippines, New Guinea and New Zealand. Photo taken Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis). Found throughout Australia, except inland desert areas. Also Philippines, New Guinea and New Zealand. Photo taken Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) male and female with chick. Found throughout Australia, except inland desert areas. Also Philippines, New Guinea and New Zealand. Photo taken Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis). Found throughout Australia, except inland desert areas. Also Philippines, New Guinea and New Zealand. Photo taken Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) feeding on a beetle. Found throughout Australia, except inland desert areas. Also Philippines, New Guinea and New Zealand. Photo taken Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Upside Down Jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.). Unlike other jellyfish that hunt for food, this jellyfish depends on unicellular algae, zooxanthellae, for nutrition. The jellyfish sits upside down so the algae absorbs sunlight. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopeia andromeda). Unlike other jellyfish that hunt for food, this jellyfish depends on unicellular algae, zooxanthellae, for nutrition. The jellyfish sits upside down so the algae absorbs sunlight. Philippines. Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Luminescent Jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca). Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Luminescent Jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca). Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Luminescent Jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca). Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Phillipine Sail-finned Water Dragon (Hydrosaurus pustulatus). Philippines. Vulnerable species.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Phillipine Sail-finned Water Dragon (Hydrosaurus pustulatus). Philippines. Vulnerable species.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Painted Crayfish (Panulirus versicolor). Also known as Painted Spiny Lobster. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Painted Rock Lobster (Panulirus versicolor). Common throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Painted Crayfish (Panulirus versicolor), or Painted Spiny Lobster. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken in Philippines.
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Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage, in this instance a discarded Nappy or Diaper, resting on an underwater coral reef off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flat Worm (Pseudoceros sapphririnus). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Bobbit Worm (Eunice aphroditois). Also known as Predatory Polychaete Worm. Found protruding from sand and muddy sea floor throughout the Indo-Pacific, but not common. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bobbit Worm (Eunice aphroditois). Also known as Predatory Polychaete Worm. Found protruding from sand and muddy sea floor throughout the Indo-Pacific, but not common. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bobbit Worm (Eunice aphroditois). Also known as Predatory Polychaete Worm. Found protruding from sand and muddy sea floor throughout the Indo-Pacific, but not common. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bristle Worm (Choeia fusca). This Polychaete Worm has fine bristles that can penetrate the skin. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Feather Duster Tubeworm (Sabellastarte sp.). Also known as Fan Worm. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Feather Duster Tubeworm (Sabellastarte sp.). Also known as Fan Worm. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Feather Duster Tubeworm (Sabellastarte sp.). Also known as Fan Worm. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tangled Tube Worm (Filograna implexa) - colony. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Feather Duster Worm (possibly: Sabellastarte sp.), in Coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Feather Duster Worm (Protula magnifica), in Coral (Euphyllia ancora). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis pristis). Also known as Sawtooth Shark and Carpenter Shark. Found in estuaries and shallow bays throughout the Atlantic, Indo Pacific and East Pacific. Photo taken in Philippines. Critically Endangered.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Chromodoris willani). Also known as Sea Slug. Found throughout the tropical West Pacific. Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Chromodoris dianae). Also known as Sea Slug. Found throughout the West Pacific, including Philippines and Indonesia. Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Halgerda batangas). Also known as Sea Slug. Found in Philippines & Indonesia to Qld, Australia, PNG & Fiji. Photo taken in the Philippines. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Halgerda batangas). Also known as Sea Slug. Found in Philippines & Indonesia to Qld, Australia, PNG & Fiji. Photo taken in the Philippines. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Halgerda batangas). Also known as Sea Slug. Found in Philippines & Indonesia to Qld, Australia, PNG & Fiji. Photo taken in the Philippines. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Flabellina sp.). Also known as Sea Slug. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken in the Philippines. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Janolus sp.). Also known as Sea Slug. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken in the Philippines. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Flabellina sp.). Also known as Sea Slug. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken in the Philippines. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Chromodoris geometrica). Also known as Sea Slug. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken in the Philippines. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Hare (Aplysia parvula). Also known as Sea Slug or Nudibranch. Found in the West Pacific. Photo taken in the Philippines. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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