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Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) - with excruded sticky defensive threads called Cuvierian tubules. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata) - detail of papillae and tube feet. Papua New Guinea
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) - with excruded sticky defensive threads called Cuvierian tubules. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata). Papua New Guinea
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata). Papua New Guinea
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Stichopus sp.). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© 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
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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 (Colochirus robustus), feeding. Found in Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus), feeding. Found in Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus), feeding. Found in Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Synapta sp.) - feeding. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Social Holothurian, or Sea Cucumber, (Synaptula sp.), gathered on a Tube Sea Sponge. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (possibly: Bohadschia sp.) - feeding. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© 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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Holithorian, or Sea Cucumber (Holothuria sp.), in an upright position spawning. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Apple Sea Cucumber (Pseudocholochirus violaceus), feeding on suspended plankton transported to the mouth by its feathery arms. Photo taken off Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) over stormy sea - rainbow. Also known as Southern Blackbacked Gull. Indo-Pacific
© Chris & Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver examining giant Sea Pen (Pteroeides sp.). Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Pen (Sarcoptilus grandis). Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Pen (Sarcoptilus grandis). Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Pen (Sarcoptilus grandis) in tannin stained water. Port Davey, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Pen (possibly: Veretillum sp.) - showing close detail of feeding polyps Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Banded Sea Snake (Laticauda colubrina) searching for prey. Also known as Banded Sea Krait. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis). Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis). Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver photographing Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) searching for prey. Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Banded Sea Snake (Laticauda colubrina) on ocean surface. Also known as Banded Sea Krait. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) searching for prey. Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Turtlehead Sea Snake (Emydocephalus annulatus) searching for prey. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) searching for prey. Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver photographing Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) searching for prey. Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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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Tube Sponge (Cribrochalina olemda). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tube Sponge (Cribrochalina olemda). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tube Sponge (Cribrochalina olemda). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© 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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (possibly: Callyspongia sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Unidentified Sponge. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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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Sea Star (Thromidia catalai). Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Echinaster callosus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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