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Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) feeding on Seal entrails from Great White Shark predation. Also known as Southern Blackbacked Gull. Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa. Also found in Southern and Northern Australia
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Scuba Diver examining giant Sea Pen (Pteroeides sp.). Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Pen (Sarcoptilus grandis). Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Pen (Sarcoptilus grandis). Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Pen (Sarcoptilus grandis) in tannin stained water. Port Davey, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Banded Sea Snake (Laticauda colubrina) searching for prey. Also known as Banded Sea Krait. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis). Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis). Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver photographing Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) searching for prey. Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Banded Sea Snake (Laticauda colubrina) on ocean surface. Also known as Banded Sea Krait. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) searching for prey. Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Turtlehead Sea Snake (Emydocephalus annulatus) searching for prey. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) searching for prey. Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver photographing Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) searching for prey. Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-kneed Sea Spider (Calipallenid pycnogonid) on Sponge. Also known as Pycnogonida. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-kneed Sea Spider (Calipallenid pycnogonid) on bryozoa. Also known as Pycnogonida. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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Yellow-kneed Sea Spider (Calipallenid pycnogonid) on Sponge. Also known as Pycnogonida. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Spider (Pseudopallene ambigua) - male carrying eggs under abdomen. Also known as Pycnogonida. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-kneed Sea Spider (Calipallenid pycnogonid) on bryozoa. Also known as Pycnogonida. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Spider (Pseudopallene ambigua) on Bryozoan (Orthoscuticella ventricosa). Also known as Pycnogonida. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow Kneed Sea Spider (Calipallenid pycnogonid) on Sponge. Also known as Pycnogonida. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-kneed Sea Spider (Calipallenid pycnogonid) on Sponge. Also known as Pycnogonida. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Spider (Pseudopallene ambigua) on Bryozoan (Orthoscuticella ventricosa). Also known as Pycnogonida. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) - covered in Crinoid Feather Stars and surrounded by Whip Corals. Found throughtout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) - covered in and surrounded by Crinoid Feather Stars. Found throughtout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Sea Sponge (Euryspongia sp.). Found on moderately sheltered reefs throughout temperate Australian waters. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (Aplysilla rosea). Found on sheltered reefs throughout tropical and temperate Australian waters. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (Aplysilla rosea). Found in tropical and temperate seas worldwide. Photo was taken on a jetty pylon in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
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Sea Sponge (Possibly: Callyspongia sp.). Photographed on a jetty pylon in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Auistralia.
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Sea Sponge (Aplysilla rosea). Found on shaded reef, rock wall and jetty pylons throughout Australia. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Temperate Pink Sea Sponge (Aplysilla rosea), and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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A variety of Sea Sponges attached to a timber pylon beneath Blairgowrie Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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A variety of Sea Sponges attached to a timber pylon beneath Blairgowrie Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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A variety of Sea Sponges and Tunicates attached to a timber pylon beneath Blairgowrie Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scattered Pore Rope Sponge (Aplysina fulva), spawning (reproducing) by releasing sperm and/or eggs into the water column. Photo taken off Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean.
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Yellow Tube Sponge (Aplysina fistularis), spawning (reproducing) by releasing sperm and/or eggs into the water column. Photo taken off Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean.
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Linckia Sea Star (Linckia multifora). Also known as Linckia Starfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Linckia Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) amongst fire Coral. Also known as Linckia Starfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fromia Sea Star (Fromia indica) amongst Acropora Coral. Also known as Fromia Starfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fromia Sea Star (Fromia polypora). Also known as Fromia Starfish. Southern Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Linckia Sea Star (Linckia multifora) -regenerating from a single arm. Also known as Linckia Starfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Biscuit Star (Tosia queenslandensis). Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Eastern Australia
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) - detail of Sea Star venomous spines. Wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Corals. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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