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Schooling Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Hardyhead Baitfish around jetty pylons. Papua New Guinea
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Pinjalo Snapper (Pinjalo lewisi). Indo-Pacific
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Hardyhead Baitfish. Indo-Pacific
© Bob Halstead / 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.
© Hayley Versace / OceanwideImages.com |
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Eastern Clownfish (Amphiprion percula), in Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla gigantea). Fish are found from northern Papua New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Anemone Indo-West Pacific.
© 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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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 Sponge (possibly: Cribrochalina sp.). This Sea Sponge is usually seen hanging under ledges and on cave walls and drop-offs. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (possibly: Cribrochalina sp.). This Sea Sponge is usually seen hanging under ledges and on cave walls and drop-offs. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (possibly: Cribrochalina sp.). This Sea Sponge is usually seen hanging under ledges and on cave walls and drop-offs. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (possibly: Cribrochalina sp.). This Sea Sponge is usually seen hanging under ledges and on cave walls and drop-offs. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Vase Sponge (Amphimedon sp.) (cream color) and Sea Sponge (possibly: Phakellia sp.( (orange color), on a drop-off over-hang. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge Garden. Photo was taken at Milne bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Vase Sponge (Amphimedon sp.), on a drop-off over-hang. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (Xestospongia sp.). Photo taken in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (Phakellia flabellata). Photo taken in Kimbe bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia sp.). Photo taken in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), with Crinoid Feather Stars attached. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), with Crinoid Feather Stars attached. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Star (Gomophia sp.). Photo was taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Linckia Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) amongst fire Coral. Also known as Linckia Starfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci), feeding on Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci), feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Live Murex Shell (Murex pecten). Uncommon. Indo-West Pacific
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Live Helmet Shell (Cassis cornuta) eating a Sea Urchin (Tripneustes gratilla). Indo-Pacific
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coralline Alga (Halimeda capiosa). Hanging from a reef drop off. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) - male and female on Sea Cucumber. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides unciger) - male and female on Whip Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mantis Shrimp (Possibly: Lysiosquillina maculata) - free swimming at night. Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides unciger)on Whip Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Whip Shrimp (Dasycaris zanzibarica) on Whip Coral. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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SEQUENCE: 1a. Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus), prepares to shed its shell. Also known as Banded Boxer Shrimp. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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SEQUENCE: 1b. Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus), beginning to shed its shell. Also known as Banded Boxer Shrimp. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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SEQUENCE: 1c. Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus), emerging from its shedded shell. Also known as Banded Boxer Shrimp. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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SEQUENCE: 1d. Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus), just emerged from its shedded shell. Also known as Banded Boxer Shrimp. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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