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Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Highly prized by commercial fishery, this Mussel is cultivated in most southern Australian states. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Live Murex Shell (Murex pecten). Uncommon. Indo-West Pacific
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Live Helmet Shell (Cassis cornuta) eating a Sea Urchin (Tripneustes gratilla). Indo-Pacific
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Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus). Also known as King Scallop. Highly prized by commercial fishery. Southern Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus). Also known as King Scallop. Highly prized by commercial fishery. Southern Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus). Also known as King Scallop. Highly prized by commercial fishery. Southern Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brachiopod (Magellania flavenscens). Also known as Lamp Shell. Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Triton Trumpet Shell (Charonia tritonis), predating on a Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci). Found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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Triton Trumpet Shell (Charonia tritonis), predating on a Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci). Found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Close detail of the eyes of a Spider Shell (Lambis scorpius). Also known as Scorpion Shell. Found throughout tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Close detail of the mantle of a Coral-boring Scallop (Pedum spondyloideum), showing the eyes. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Topshell (Alcyna sp.). Photo was taken off Yap, Micronesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Close detail of the mantle of a Coral-boring Scallop (Pedum spondyloideum), showing the eyes. Photo taken at Mabul Island, Malaysia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cowry (Cribrarula sp.). Photo taken off Komodo, Indonesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of claw-like Holdfasts attached to rocky substrate. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Peacock Algae (Dictyota dichotoma). Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Algae (Distromium flabellatum). Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Sea Alga (Champia compressa). Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Sea Alga (Champia compressa). Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Single-celled Green Algae (Valonia ventricosa). Also known as Sailor's Eyeball. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Peacock Algae (Dictyota dichotoma). Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Funnelweed (Padina gymnospora). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Turtleweed (Chlorodesmis fastigiata). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Grass (Possibly: Cymodocea serrulata). Lizard Island, North Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coralline Alga (Halimeda opuntia). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coralline Alga (Halimeda capiosa). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coralline Alga (Halimeda capiosa). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Grapes Algae (Caulerpa racemosa) and Coralline Alga (Halimeda sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Grass (Halophila spinulosa). Lizard Island, North Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Neptune's necklace sea algea (Hormosira banksii) in a coastal granite boulder rock pool. Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia
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A variety of Sea Alga or Sea Algae exposed on the intertidal zone at low tide. Photo taken at Hopkins Island, off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Lettuce (Ulva australis) and a variety of other sea alga. Found in shallow moderately exposed sea beds and rocky reefs throughout temperate Australian waters. Photo taken at Hopkins Island, off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Lettuce (Ulva australis) and a variety of other sea alga. Found in shallow moderately exposed sea beds and rocky reefs throughout temperate Australian waters. Photo taken at Hopkins Island, off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Lettuce (Ulva australis) and a variety of other sea alga. Found in shallow moderately exposed sea beds and rocky reefs throughout temperate Australian waters. Photo taken at Hopkins Island, off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Banded Sweep (Scorpis aequipinnis), amongst Sea Lettuce (Ulva australis) and a variety of other sea alga. Photo taken at Hopkins Island, off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Banded Sweep (Scorpis aequipinnis), amongst Sea Lettuce (Ulva australis) and a variety of other sea alga. Photo taken at Hopkins Island, off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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