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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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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral (possibly: Echinopora sp.) at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral (possibly: Echinopora sp.) at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral (possibly: Echinopora sp.) at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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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Unidentified Brain Coral competing for space with Branching Acropora Coral in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Competition for living space among coral species is intense in a coral reef.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endangered and protected Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, surviving in the northernmost point of the species' range.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver viewing endangered and diseased Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) photographed offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This is the northernmost colony of this species found to date in the east coast of the U.S. Protected species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (Diploria strigosa) suffering from White Plague, a disease that has ravaged coral reefs in the Western Atlantic. Photo taken in Juno Beach, Florida, USA
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral aquaculture. Corals (Acropora sp.), being propagated on a reef in Palau, Micronesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (Colpophyllia sp.), showing close detail. Photo taken off Bonaire, Netherland Antilles, Caribbean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lettuce Coral (Turbinaria sp.). Photo was taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / 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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Parasitic Copepod attached just behind the pectoral fin of a Coral Goby (Bryaninops amplus). Bali, Indonesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lace Coral (Stylaster sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lace Coral (Distichopora violacea). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lace Coral (Stylaster sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lace Coral (Stylaster sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lace Coral (Stylaster sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lace Coral (Stylaster sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lace Coral (Distichopora sp.) and Yellow Zoanthids (Parazoanthus sp.). Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lace Coral (Stylaster sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lace Coral (Stylaster sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo was taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mushroom Coral (Fungia sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgonian Fan Coral detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Faviid Coral (Faviidae sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Acroporid Coral (Astreopora myriophthalma) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Acropora Coral (Acropora millepora) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Acropora Coral (Acropora sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mussid Coral (Lobophyllia sp.) detail. 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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Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mushroom Coral (Fungia sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Acropora Coral (Acropora sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cauliflower Coral (Pocillopora meandrina) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mussid Coral (Lobophyllia sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mussid Coral (Symphyllia sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Acroporid Coral (Astreopora myriophthalma) - detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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