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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a discarded bottle and using a piece of glass as a door. Also known as Coconut Octopus. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus). Also known as Coconut Octopus. Often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a discarded tea cup and using a scallop shell as a door. Also known as Coconut Octopus. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus). Also known as Coconut Octopus. Often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus). Also known as Coconut Octopus. Often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a shell and using a scallop shell as a door. Also known as Coconut Octopus. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus). Also known as Coconut Octopus. Often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a shell and using another shell as a door. Also known as Coconut Octopus. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a discarded coconut shell and using a sea shell as a door. Also known as Coconut Octopus. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a shell and using another shell as a door. Also known as Coconut Octopus. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), swimming. This octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), swimming. This octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), swimming. This octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), swimming. This octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). This octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), swimming. This octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). This octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Maori Octopus (Octopus maorum). Found throughout the temperate waters of southern Australia and New Zealand. Photo taken beneath Rye Pier, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Maori Octopus (Octopus maorum). Found throughout the temperate waters of southern Australia and New Zealand. Photo taken beneath Rye Pier, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Maori Octopus (Octopus maorum). Found throughout the temperate waters of southern Australia and New Zealand. Photo taken at Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Maori Octopus (Octopus maorum). Found throughout the temperate waters of southern Australia and New Zealand. Photo taken at Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Greater Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Extremely venomous and dangerous tropical octopus. Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Water Strider, showing impact of leg tension on pond surface. Water Striders belong to the insect Family: Gerridae, and are also known as Water Skimmers, Pond Skaters and Water Spiders. Photo taken in Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Water Strider, showing impact of leg tension on pond surface. Water Striders belong to the insect Family: Gerridae, and are also known as Water Skimmers, Pond Skaters and Water Spiders. Photo taken in Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Thorny Oyster (Spondylus varius). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Halimeda Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus sp.) - male and female pair. Found throughout tropical Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus), male carrying eggs in pouch. Also known as Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, extending into sub-tropical zones. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Halimeda Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus sp.). Found throughout tropical Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus). Also known as Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, extending into sub-tropical zones. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Destruction. A Fishing Net caught up on a tropical coral reef, situated off Anilao, Philippines.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef destruction. A Fishing net, also known as ghost net, caught up on a tropical coral reef. Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pelagic Tunicate or Salp (Cyclosalpa sp.). Photo taken off Thailand, Andaman Sea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pelagic Tunicates or Salps (Salpa maxima). Photo taken off Thailand, Andaman Sea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pelagic Tunicate or Salp (Salpa maxima). Photo taken off Thailand, Andaman Sea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Solitary Anemone (Alicia rhadina). This unusual anemone usually feeds at night, capturing drifting plankton with its stinging tentacles. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tube Anemone (Ceranthid sp.). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Anemone (possibly: Dofleinia armata). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Anemone (Unidentified species). Found in Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Anemone (Stichodactylidae sp.) - showing close detail of the mouth. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tube Anemone (Ceranthid sp.). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgonian Wrapper Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis), on whip coral. 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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Eastern Clownfish (Amphiprion percula), in Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla gigantea). Fish are found from northern Papua New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Anemone Indo-West Pacific.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Corallimorpharian (Amplexidiscus fenestrafer). Found on shallow reef flats throughout the Indo-West pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tubed Sea Anemone (Ceranthid sp.). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus), feeding. Found in Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus), feeding. Found in Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus), feeding. Found in Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Synapta sp.) - feeding. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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