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Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) over stormy sea - rainbow. Also known as Southern Blackbacked Gull. Indo-Pacific
© Chris & Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com |
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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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Sea Pen (possibly: Veretillum sp.) - showing close detail of feeding polyps Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© 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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Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) - covered in Crinoid Feather Stars and surrounded by Whip Corals. Found throughtout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tube Sponge (Cribrochalina olemda). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tube Sponge (Cribrochalina olemda). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tube Sponge (Cribrochalina olemda). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) and Creinoid. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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A variety of Crinoid Feather Stars using a Barrel Sponge, (Xestospongia testudinaria), as a feeding platform. A typical reef scene that can be found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (possibly: Callyspongia sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Unidentified Sponge. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Pentaceraster sp: possibly regulus). Found throughout Indo-Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Pentaceraster sp: possibly regulus) - showing detail of upper centre. Found throughout Indo-Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Pentaceraster sp: possibly regulus) - showing detail of upper centre. Found throughout Indo-Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Creeping-comb Jelly Platyctenes (Coeloplana astericola) - living on Sea Star (Echinaster luzonicus). Note shrimp also living on Sea Star. Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, including Breat Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Thromidia catalai). Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Echinaster callosus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Echinaster callosus), showing detail of central upper part of animal. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Echinaster callosus), showing detail of central upper part of animal. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Choriaster granulatus). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orange Marble Sea Star (Fromia monilis). Also known as Orange Marble Starfish. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Fromia sp.). Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orange Marble Sea Star (Fromia monilis). Also known as Orange Marble Starfish. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Astropecten sp.). Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci), showing detail of venomous spines and tube feet. Wounds from the spines can be very painful. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Urchin (Possibly: Astropyga radiata). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Urchin (Diadema palmeri). Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Urchin (Parasalenia gratiosa). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Detail of a Flower Sea Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus). Also known as Toxic or Venomous Sea Urchin. This Urchin has sharp toxic spines and has caused fatalities. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling juvenile Cardinalfish sheltering within the spines of Sea Urchin (Possibly: Astropyga radiata). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Detail of Flower Sea Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus). Also known as Toxic or Venomous Sea Urchin.This Urchin has sharp toxic spines and has caused fatalities. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Urchin (Echinothrix calamaris). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fire Urchin (Astropyga radiata). Also known as Red Urchin and False Fire Urchin. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Urchin (Echinothrix calamaris). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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