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Fan Coral (Siphonogorgia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Soft Coral (Anthelia sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flower Soft Coral (Xenia sp.), close detail of polyps. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flower Soft Coral (Xenia sp.), close detail of polyps. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flower Soft Coral (Xenia sp.), close detail of polyps. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Fan Coral (Acabaria sp.). 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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Soft Coral (Siphonogorgia sp.), showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Fan Coral (Acabaria sp.). 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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Soft Coral (Anthelia sp.), showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Semperina cf. rubra), showing close detail of feeding polyps. Found in the Western Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Semperina cf. rubra), showing close detail of feeding polyps. Found in the Western Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Close detail showing the polyps of a Gorgonian Fan Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fern Coral (Clavularia sp.). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Semperina cf. rubra), showing close detail of feeding polyps. Found in the Western Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral (Euphyllia ancora). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Sarcophyton sp.) detail. Also known as Mushroom Leather Coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.). Kimbe bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Whip Coral (Junceela sp.). Kimbe bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whip Corals (Junceella fragilis). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Fan Coral (possibly: Plexauridea sp.). Kimbe bay, Papua new Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver exploring a tropical reef covered in Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a large Gorgonia Coral. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a large Gorgonia Coral. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a large Gorgonia Coral. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a large Gorgonia Coral and Sea Sponge. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a large Gorgonia Coral. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a large Gorgonia Coral. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a large Gorgonia Coral. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver exploring a tropical reef consisting of Crinoid Feather Stars attached to Gorgonia Coral. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Close detail of Wire Coral (Cirrhipathes anguina). Also known as Whip Coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef. Photo taken in Fiji.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Mother with newborn calf. Indo-Pacific. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Mother with newborn calf. Indo-Pacific. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pod of Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Indo-Pacific. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Mother with newborn calf. Indo-Pacific. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pod of Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Indo-Pacific. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Mother with newborn calf. Indo-Pacific. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Mother with newborn calf. Indo-Pacific. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Vertebrate of a beached Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Indo-Pacific. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pod of Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris). Also known as Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphin. Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pod of Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris). Also known as Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphin. Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) - leaping out of the water in the wild. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia. Found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans throughout the world.
© Karen Willshaw / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) - leaping out of the water in the wild. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia. Found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans throughout the world.
© Karen Willshaw / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) underwater. Also known as Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin. Found in tropical waters around the world. Photo taken Hawaii, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) underwater. Also known as Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin. Found in tropical waters around the world. Photo taken Hawaii, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) breaching. Note cookie cutter shark bite on side. Also known as Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin. Found in tropical waters around the world. Photo taken Hawaii, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) breaching. Also known as Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin. Found in tropical waters around the world. Photo taken Hawaii, USA
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