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Early growth stage of Mushroom Coral (Fungiidae sp.) showing stalked base. Indo-Pacific
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Mushroom Coral (Fungia sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Mushroom Coral (Ctenactis sp.) and Acropora Corals (Acropora sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Acropora Coral (Acropora sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Acropora Corals (Acropora sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Coral, showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (Platygyra sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral (Alveopora sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mussid Coral (Lobophyllia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea faukneri) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, usually in caves and on vertical walls.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mussid Coral (Lobophyllia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia
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Coral (Acropora sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia
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Mushroom Coral (Fungia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia
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Mushroom Coral (Fungia 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 Coral (Fungia sp.) - individual corals clustered together on the reef. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea faukneri). Close detail of the polyps showing a baitfish captured and entangled in the stinging tentacles of the polyps. The polyps will eventually devour the fish. Photo taken on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Coral (Alveopora sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral (Tubastraea micrantha) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Acropora Coral (Acropora sp.) - living and growing in the middle of a Brain Coral (possibly: Leptoria sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (possibly: Platygyra sp.) - showing detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (possibly: Leptoria sp.) - showing detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mushroom Coral (Fungia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral (Favia 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 Coral (Fungia 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 Coral (Fungia 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 Coral (Fungia 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 Coral (Fungia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sinuosa). Found throughout Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral (Lobophyllia sp.) - showing close detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (possibly: Leptoria sp.) - showing close detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (Symphyllia sp.), showing close detail of the coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (Platygyra sp.), showing close detail of the coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (Platygyra sp.), showing close detail of the coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (Platygyra sp.), showing close detail of the coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hard Coral (Acropora sp.), showing close detail of the coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hard Coral (Acropora sp.), showing close detail of the coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hard Coral (Acropora sp.), showing close detail of the coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hard Coral (Pocillopora eydouxi). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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Blotched Bigeye (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus), sheltering in Acropora Coral. Found in the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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Mushroom Coral (Fungia sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (possibly: Leptoria sp.) and Blue Linckia Sea Star. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater Seascape showing Cabbage Coral (Turbinaria reniformis) reef. Also known as Scroll Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater coral reef seascape, showing a variety of Acropora hard corals. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Photo taken January 2015.
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.), showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, usually living in the shade of caves and on vertical walls.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral (Tubastraea micrantha) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
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