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Egg Cowrie (Ovula ovum), feeding on Leather Soft Coral (Sarcophyton sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Commensal Anemone Shrimp (Thor amboinensis), resting on Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sinuosa). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Shrimp (Hamopontonia corallicola), on a Mushroom Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Shrimp (Vir philippinensis), resting on Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sinuosa). 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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Commensal Shrimp (Vir philippinensis), resting on Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sinuosa). 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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Commensal Shrimp (Vir philippinensis), resting on Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sinuosa). 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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Commensal Shrimp (Vir philippinensis), resting on Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sinuosa). 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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Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whip Coral (Ellisella sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fern Coral (Clavularia sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soft Coral (Sarcophyton sp.) detail. Also known as Mushroom Leather Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fan Coral (Unidentified 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 Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fan Coral (Acalycigorgia sp.) - showing polyp detail. 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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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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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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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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Undersea drop off covered in colourful soft corals. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Photo taken September 2014
© Bob Halstead / 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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Scuba Diver exploring Dendronephthya Soft Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with huge yellow Dendronephthya Soft Coral Tree. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring Coral reef with Gorgonian Fan Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with a huge red Dendronephthya Soft Coral tree. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with Round Batfish (Platax teira). Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring reef decorated in Whip Corals and Crinoid Feather Stars. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with Potato Cod (Epinephelus tukula). Also known as Potato Grouper and Potato Groper. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with a giant Gorgonian Fan Coral tree. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring Acropora Coral reef with schooling Fairy Basslets. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with Gorgonian Fan Coral decorated with Crinoid Feather Stars. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring Acropora Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring a Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver observing Feather Stars (Oxycomanthus bennetti). Also known as Crinoids. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with schooling Round Batfish (Platax teira). Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with huge Gorgonian Fan Coral. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with huge Dendronephthya Soft Coral tree. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with mating Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Endangered species.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with schooling Hussar Snapper (lutjanus adetii). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring Staghorn Coral (Acropora formosa) reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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