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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral spawning at surface. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral reproduction. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral reproduction. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral reproduction. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral reproduction. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral reproduction. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral reproduction. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Peter Harrison / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral reproduction. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Corallimorpharian (Discosoma cf. rhodostoma). Anatomically like hard coral, but resembles anenome in appearance. Often seen carpeting reef flats and slopes of Indo Pacific. Can inflict a painful sting on humans. Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Coral Triangle.
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Corallimorpharian (Discosoma sp.). Anatomically like hard coral, but resembles anenome in appearance. Often seen carpeting reef flats and slopes throughout the Indo Pacific. Can inflict a painful sting on humans. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
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Javanese Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera javanica). Also known as Eagle Ray. Java, Indonesia
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School of Pacific Cownose Rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri). Found in the waters of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru. Photo taken at Galapagos Islands.
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School of Pacific Cownose Rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri). Found in the waters of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru. Photo taken at Galapagos Islands.
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School of Pacific Cownose Rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri). Found in the waters of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru. Photo taken at Galapagos Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Box Crab (Calappa sp.). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Box Crab (Calappa calappa). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to Japan and Hawaii. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Spider Crab (Achaeus japonicus) - on whip coral. Also known as Decorator Crab. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
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Spider Crab (Achaeus japonicus). Also known as Decorator Crab. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Spider Crab (Achaeus japonicus) - on whip coral. Also known as Decorator Crab. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
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Hermit Crab (Calcinus morgani). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Zebra Urchin Crab (Zebrida adamsii) - on Fire Uchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Harlequin Crab (Lissocarcinus laevis), sheltering by a Sea Anemone. This free swimming commensal crab lives in association with Sea Anemones and Soft Corals throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
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Pair of Zebra Urchin Crab (Zebrida adamsii) - on Fire Uchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Harlequin Crab (Lissocarcinus laevis), sheltering by a Sea Anemone. This free swimming commensal crab lives in association with Sea Anemones and Soft Corals throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
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Commensal Whip Spider Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) - on Whip Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Spotted Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) - in carpet of Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Candy Crab (Hoplophrys oatesii), decorated in soft coral, in which it is living on. Also known as Soft Coral or Dendronephthya Crab. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Candy Crab (Hoplophrys oatesii), decorated in soft coral, in which it is living on. Also known as Soft Coral or Dendronephthya Crab. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Candy Crab (Hoplophrys oatesii), decorated in soft coral, in which it is living on. Also known as Soft Coral or Dendronephthya Crab. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis sp.), living with its sponge "hat". Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis sp.), living with its sponge "hat". Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis sp.), living with its sponge "hat". Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis sp.), living with its sponge "hat". Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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