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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), calf. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), mother with calf. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), mother with calf. Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), mother with calf and escort male. Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), calf. Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), mother with calf. Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Found seasonally throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stinging Hydroid (Aglaophenia cupressina). Also known as Fire Hydroid. Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hydroid (Gymnangium gracilicaule). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stinging Hydroid (Aglaophenia cupressina). Also known as Fire Hydroid and Fireweed. Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hydroid (Ralpharia magnifica) - colony. Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hydroid (Ralpharia magnifica) - colony. Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hydroid (Ralpharia magnifica) - colony. Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stinging Hydroid (Macrorhynchia philippina). Also known as Fire Hydroid. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stinging Hydroid (Aglaophenia cupressina). Also known as Fire Hydroid. Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stinging Hydroid (Possibly: Macrorhynchia sp). Also known as Fire Hydroid. Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stinging Hydroid (Macrorhynchia philippina). Also known as Fire Hydroid. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hydroid (Gymnangium gracilicaule) amongst Sea Tunicates. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Drifting Siphonophores, also known as Blue Button Jellyfish (Porpita porpita). Previously thought to be Hydrozoan polyps, but now believed to be highly modified Single Hydroid polyps. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stinging Hydroid (Aglaophenia cupressina). Also known as Fire Hydroid and Fireweed. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stinging Hydroid (Aglaophenia cupressina). Also known as Fire Hydroid and Fireweed. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Venus Girdle Comb Jelly (Cestum veneris). Also known as Cestid Comb Jelly. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Jimble Box Jellyfish (Carybdea rastoni). Also known as Sea Wasp. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown Jellyfish (Netrostoma setouchina). Indo-Pacific
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Venus Girdle Comb Jelly (Cestum veneris). Also known as Cestid Comb Jelly. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA
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Ranston's Box Jellyfish (Carybdea rastoni). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA
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Stinging Jellyfish (Mastigias papua). Also known as Lagoon Jellyfish. Found in bays and harbours throughout the South Pacific. Photo taken at Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stinging Jellyfish (Mastigias papua). Also known as Lagoon Jellyfish. Found in bays and harbours throughout the South Pacific. Photo taken at Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crowned Jellyfish (Cephea cephea). Also known as Cauliflower Jellyfish. Found in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific to Northern Australia.
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Crowned Jellyfish (Cephea cephea). Also known as Cauliflower Jellyfish. Found in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific to Northern Australia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, (Lepidochelys kempii). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Also known as Atlantic Ridley and Gulf Ridley. The most severely endangered marine turtle in the world. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, (Lepidochelys kempii). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Also known as Atlantic Ridley and Gulf Ridley. The most severely endangered marine turtle in the world. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, (Lepidochelys kempii). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Also known as Atlantic Ridley and Gulf Ridley. The most severely endangered marine turtle in the world. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, (Lepidochelys kempii). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Also known as Atlantic Ridley and Gulf Ridley. The most severely endangered marine turtle in the world. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, (Lepidochelys kempii). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Also known as Atlantic Ridley and Gulf Ridley. The most severely endangered marine turtle in the world. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, (Lepidochelys kempii). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Also known as Atlantic Ridley and Gulf Ridley. The most severely endangered marine turtle in the world. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, (Lepidochelys kempii). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Also known as Atlantic Ridley and Gulf Ridley. The most severely endangered marine turtle in the world. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, (Lepidochelys kempii). Photo taken Palm Beach, Florida, USA. The Kemp's Ridley is the world's rarest sea turtle with approximately only 1,500 adult females left worldwide. It is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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