Jose Schell / Arctic fox resting portrait, Canada (Alopex / Vulpes lagopus) captive in wildlife park

Floris van Breugel / Lines adorn the fractured sandstone rocks along the Barnacle (Cirripedia) and Sea snail inhabitated shores of Palos Verdes peninsula, California, USA

David Shale / Heteropod mollusc (Atlanta peroni) from between 195-498m / 640-1634ft, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Snail fish {Careproctus sp} 0 - 1387m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Birgitte Wilms / Nudibranch laying eggs, Indonesia

Norbert Wu / Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalina) showing deep purple tone where the Sea Fan has released protective compounds, Saba, Caribbean

Fred Bavendam / Cowry living on Sea Fan (Solenocaulon sp), Bali, Indonesia

Norbert Wu / Cone Snail (Conus dalli), Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Flip Nicklin / Naked Sea Butterfly (Clione limacina) underwater portrait, Arctic

Solvin Zankl / The shells of the minute sea snail (Schwartziella ephamilla, top) and the wentletraps (Cycloscala hyalina, below) from sand sample from Raja Ampat, Indonesien. Diagonal of frame approx. 2 mm Digital f...

Solvin Zankl / The tiny shells of the minute sea snail (Schwartziella ephamilla) remained intact between all the other grains of the sand. Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Diagonal of frame approx. 2 mm Digital focus stacking...

Alex Mustard / A young veined octopus / coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) shelters in an old snail shell, while exposed on the open sand. Java Sea, Puri Jati, Bali, Indonesia, South East Asia.

David Shale / Gastropod sea snail showing opening operculum ('lid'). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.