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Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, expanding into sub-tropical zones. Also known as Ornate Ghost Pipefish.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling juvenile Striped Catfish (Plotosus lineatus). Found through the Indo-West Pacific, extending to sub-tropical regions. Seen in large schools, adults seperate at night to feed. Also known as Coral Catfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Striped Catfish (Plotosus lineatus). Found through Indo-West Pacific, extending to sub-tropical regions. Often seen in large schools, but adults seperate at night to feed. Also known as Coral Catfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling juvenile Striped Catfish (Plotosus lineatus). Found through Indo-West Pacific, extending to sub-tropical regions. Seen in large schools, but adults seperate at night to feed. Also known as Coral Catfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Striped Catfish (Plotosus lineatus). Found through Indo-West Pacific, extending to sub-tropical regions. Often seen in large schools, but adults seperate at night to feed. Also known as Coral Catfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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School of Blotched Bigeye (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus). Also known as Glassy, Big-eye Snapper and Duskyfin Bigeye. Found throughout Indo-C. Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef. Photo taken Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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Schooling Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus). Also known as Horse-eye Jack. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Yellow-striped Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, from Red Sea to Hawaii and the Tuamotus, north to Japan and Lord Howe Island. Photo taken in Papua New Guinea.
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Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout South-East Asia and Indo-East Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef. Photo taken at Ningaloo Reef, WA, Australia.
© Hayley Versace / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgonian Wrapper Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis), on whip coral. 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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Corallimorpharian (Amplexidiscus fenestrafer). Found on shallow reef flats throughout the Indo-West pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia graeffei) - juvenile with feeding mouth extended. Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Commensal Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) around the feeding mouth of Sea Cucumber (Synapta maculata). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Thelenota ananas). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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Black Sea Urchin (Diadema savignyi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, East Africa, outh Pacific Islands and Japan. Photo taken at Solitary Islands Marine Park, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Sea Urchin (Diadema savignyi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, East Africa, outh Pacific Islands and Japan. Photo taken at Solitary Islands Marine Park, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Parasitic Shell (Thyca crystallina) on Blue Linckia Sea Star (Linckia laevigata). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Triton Trumpet Shell (Charonia tritonis), predating on a Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci). Found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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Triton Trumpet Shell (Charonia tritonis), predating on a Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci). Found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Close detail of the eyes of a Spider Shell (Lambis scorpius). Also known as Scorpion Shell. Found throughout tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Giant Shovelnose Ray (Rhinobatos typus). Also known as Common Shovelnose Ray, Shovelnose Shark and Guitarfish. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including tropical Australian waters. Photo taken at Queensland Southern Coast, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Shovelnose Ray (Rhinobatos typus). Also known as Common Shovelnose Ray, Shovelnose Shark and Guitarfish. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including tropical Australian waters. Photo taken at Queensland Southern Coast, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Shovelnose Ray (Rhinobatos typus). Also known as Common Shovelnose Ray, Shovelnose Shark and Shovelnose Guitarfish. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including tropical Australian waters. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Shovelnose Ray (Rhinobatos typus). Also known as Common Shovelnose Ray, Shovelnose Shark and Shovelnose Guitarfish. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including tropical Australian waters. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Shovelnose Ray (Rhinobatos typus). Also known as Common Shovelnose Ray, Shovelnose Shark and Shovelnose Guitarfish. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including tropical Australian waters. Photo taken at New South Wales, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta), on a Sea Star. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta), on a Sea Star. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Commensal Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani), female on venomous Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Commensal Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani), male and female on venomous Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani), male and female on venomous Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani), female on venomous Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani), male and female on venomous Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani), male and female on venomous Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani), male and female on venomous Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani), male and female on venomous Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani), male and female on venomous Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani), male and female on venomous Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Anemone Shrimp (Thor amboinensis), resting on a Sea Anenome. 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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