Juergen Freund / Brown tube sponge (Agelas tubulata) in the reef, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Split-level image of corals and island, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Orange striped triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus) hunting over coral reef, Bali, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Barramundi cod (Cromileptes altivelis) Komodo NP, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Shoal of schooling Golden sweepers (Parapriacanthus ransonneti) on colourful coral reef, Komodo NP, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Dynamited coral reef not recovering after many years of damage, Sipadan, Sabah, Malaysia, June 2009.

Juergen Freund / Schooling batfish (Platax boersii) on coral reef, Sipadan, Malaysia.

Juergen Freund / Large school of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosa) around the reef, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) Sipadan, Malaysia.

Juergen Freund / Split level view of coral reef and Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia, June 2009.

Juergen Freund / Featherstars (Crinoidea) on a Barrel sponge in coral reef, Komodo NP, Indonesia, Indo-pacific.

Tim Laman / Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) in pink colouration, camouflaged within a Sea Fan. Vicinity of Gam Island, West Papua, Indonesia, May 2007

Tim Laman / Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) over a gorgonian seafan on coral reef, Bali, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Coral Gobies {Pleurosicya mossambica} in front of Fan Coral, Philippines, South Pacific

Juergen Freund / Nudibranch / sea slug (Ardeadoris egretta), Philippines

Peter Scoones / Redcoat squirrelfish {Sargocentron rubrum} Richlieux rock, Andaman sea, Thailand

Juergen Freund / Ornate ghost pipefish {Solenostomus paradoxus} sheltering in featherstar, Indo-Pacific

Juergen Freund / Fisherman collecting dynamited fish on coral reef, Philippines 2000

Juergen Freund / Blue starfish on coral reef. Philippines

Juergen Freund / Tube coral. Philippines, Pacific

Roberto Rinaldi / Yellow tube sponge (Aplysina fistularis), Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Yellow tube sponge (Aplysina fistularis), Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Crinoid feather star (Stephanometra sp), Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Triton trumpet shell (Charonia tritonis), Tubbataha reef, Palawan, Philippines.

Roberto Rinaldi / Damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon sp) inbetween branches of a gorgonian seafan, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Tunicates on coral, Philippines