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White Skate Egg Case (Rostroraja alba). Aka MermaidÆs Purse. False Bay, South Africa.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Thornback Skate (Raja clavata), juvenile beside an unhatched egg casing of the same species. Also known as Thornback Ray Found in Europe, Atlantic coast of Africa and South Africa. Photo taken Scotland, UK.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underside of a juvenile Thornback Ray (Raja clavata). Also known as Thornback Skate. Found in Europe, Atlantic coast of Africa and South Africa. Photo taken Scotland, UK.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pink-tongued Skink (Cyclodomorphus gerrardii). Found in various habitats on coastal and mountain ranges from Blue Mountains, NSW, to Cairns, Qld. Photo taken at Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Whip-tail or Forest Skink (Emoia nativitatis). Captive specimen. Only animal known to exist. Photo taken Sept, 2013, at Christmas Island reptile breeding facility, Indian Ocean, Australia. Critically Endangered IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Whip-tail or Forest Skink (Emoia nativitatis). Captive specimen. Only animal known to exist. Photo taken Sept, 2013, at Christmas Island reptile breeding facility, Indian Ocean, Australia. Critically Endangered IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Whip-tail or Forest Skink (Emoia nativitatis). Captive specimen. Only animal known to exist. Photo taken Sept, 2013, at Christmas Island reptile breeding facility, Indian Ocean, Australia. Critically Endangered IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Blue-tailed Skink (Cryptoblepharus egeriae). Photo taken at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki). Found throughout the Southern Ocean from Antarctica north to South Shetlands. Image taken at Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
© Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snapper (Pagrus auratus). Sub-Tropical and Temperate seas of Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Snapper (Pagrus auratus). Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Snapper (Pagrus auratus). Sub-Tropical and Temperate seas of Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snapper (Pagrus auratus). Sub-Tropical and Temperate seas of Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snapper (Pagrus auratus). Sub-Tropical and Temperate seas of Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snapper (Pagrus auratus). Sub-Tropical and Temperate seas of Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snapper (Pagrus auratus). Sub-Tropical and Temperate seas of Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snapper (Pagrus auratus). Sub-Tropical and Temperate seas of Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-tail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) and schooling Snapper (Chrysophrys aurata). Sub-Tropical and Temperate seas of Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fern Coral (Clavularia sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Sarcophyton sp.) detail. Also known as Mushroom Leather Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fan Coral (Unidentified sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mushroom Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fan Coral (Acalycigorgia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (possibly: Eleutherobia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (possibly: Eleutherobia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Anthelia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fan Coral (Siphonogorgia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Anthelia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Siphonogorgia sp.), showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Semperina cf. rubra), showing close detail of feeding polyps. Found in the Western Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Semperina cf. rubra), showing close detail of feeding polyps. Found in the Western Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fern Coral (Clavularia sp.). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Semperina cf. rubra), showing close detail of feeding polyps. Found in the Western Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.). Kimbe bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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