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Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016.
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Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016.
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Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016.
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Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016.
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Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25D, 2016.
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Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016.
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Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016.
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Little Pied Cormorants (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) and Black-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax fuscescens). Found around aquatic habitats throughout Australia. Photo taken at Hopkins Island, off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Little Pied Cormorants (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos), taking off on the surface of the ocean. Found around aquatic habitats throughout Australia. Photo taken off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Little Pied Cormorants (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) and a single Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens). Found around aquatic habitats throughout Australia. Photo taken at Hopkins Island, off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Little Black Cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), taking off on the surface of an estuary. Found mostly around waterways of inland Australia, but also around coastal estuaries. Photo taken on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), Chestnut Teal (Anus castanea) and Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), resting on an estuary. Photo taken on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Little Black Cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), taking off on the surface of an estuary. Found mostly around waterways of inland Australia, but also around coastal estuaries.
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Little Black Cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), taking off on the surface of an estuary. Found mostly around waterways of inland Australia, but also around coastal estuaries.
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Little Black Cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), taking off on the surface of an estuary. Found mostly around waterways of inland Australia, but also around coastal estuaries.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Australian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) - male. Also known as Australasian Darter. Found in most wetlands throughout Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) - female. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected by commercial fishery. King Island, Australia
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) - male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected by commercial fishery. King Island, Southern Australia
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Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus pelagicus). Also known as Blue manna Crab. Sought after by Commercial fishery. York Peninsula, South Australia
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Spider Crab (Schizophrys aspera) - covered in encrusting Sponges. Edithburgh, South Australia
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Fringed Sponge Crab (Lamarckdromia globosa), with Ascidian "hat". York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sponge Crab (Austrodromidia octodentata), with Sponge "hat". York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Fringed Sponge Crab (Lamarckdromia globosa), with Ascidian "hat". York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spider Crab (Schizophrys aspera) - covered with bryozoan. Edithburgh, South Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stone Hermit Crab (Cancellus typus) - living in a hole excavated in soft stone. Edithburgh, South Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Xanthid Crab (Actaea peronii) - also known as Stone Crab, resting on encrusting ascidian (Botrylloides leachi). Found on rocky reefs throughout southern WA to Port Stephens, NSW, Australia
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Sponge Crab (Cryptodromia octodetata), with its sponge cover used to hide and protect the crab. Found in temperate Australian waters, usually under jetties. Photo taken at Edithburgh Jetty, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Sponge Crab (Cryptodromia octodetata), with its sponge cover used to hide and protect the crab. Found in temperate Australian waters, usually under jetties. Photo taken at Edithburgh Jetty, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Sponge Crab (Cryptodromia octodetata), with its sponge cover used to hide and protect the crab. Found in temperate Australian waters, usually under jetties. Photo taken at Edithburgh Jetty, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Sponge Crab (Cryptodromia octodetata), with its sponge cover used to hide and protect the crab. Found in temperate Australian waters, usually under jetties. Photo taken at Edithburgh Jetty, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Red Swimmer Crab (Nectocarcinus tuberculosus). Found on exposed reefs from Albany, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus pelagicus), male mating with female. Also known as Blue Manna Crab. This specie is highly sought after by Commercial fishery. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus pelagicus), male mating with female. Also known as Blue Manna Crab. This specie is highly sought after by Commercial fishery. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Crab (Plagusia chabrus), resting on a sea sponge. Found on coastal reefs of eastern and southern Australia, also New Zealand, South Africa and Chile. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia.
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Decorator Crab (Naxia aurita), decorated in sea algae. Found throughout temperate Australian waters on shallow reefs and seagrass beds. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Decorator Crab (Naxia aurita), decorated in sea algae and resting in seagrass. Found throughout temperate Australian waters on shallow reefs and seagrass beds. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Shore Crab (Plagusia chabrus), resting on sea sponge. Found in a variety of tropical and temperate habitat throughout Australia. Also found in New Zealand, South Africa and Chile. Photo taken at York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Shore Crab (Plagusia chabrus), resting on sea sponge. Found in a variety of tropical and temperate habitat throughout Australia. Also found in New Zealand, South Africa and Chile. Photo taken at York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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