Birgitte Wilms / Diana's Hogfish (Bodianus diana) and Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp), Red Sea, Egypt

Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) schooling Pygmy Sweeper (Parapriacanthus ransonneti) and Lionfish (Pterois volitans)

Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) outcroppings and Basslet (Pseudanthias sp), Red Sea, Egypt

Chris Newbert / Sponge (Latrunculia magnifica) surrounded by Basslet (Pseudanthias sp) and Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp), Jackson Reef, Red Sea

Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) outcroppings, Sea Fan (Subergorgia sp) and Glassfish (Parapriacanthus ransonneti)

Fred Bavendam / Feather Star (Comanthina nobilis) and (Oxycomanthus bennetti) and Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp)

Fred Bavendam / Basslet (Pseudanthias sp) school, swimming around a deep bommie with Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) sponge and a gorgonian sea fan, Andaman Sea, Thailand

Juergen Freund / Soft coral {Dendronephthya sp} + Gorgonia fan Sulu-Sulawesi seas, Indo Pacific

Jeff Rotman / Close up of Prickly alcyonarian coral {Dendronephthya sp} Red Sea

Jeff Rotman / Prickly Alcyonarian coral {Dendronepthya sp} close-up, Red Sea

Alex Mustard / A colourful coral pinnacle, with orange scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swarming over red and orange soft corals (Dendronephthya sp. and Scleronephthya sp.) and hard corals, in a current....

Alex Mustard / Colourful coral reef scene with Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), soft corals (Dendronepthya sp.) and hard corals (Acropora sp.). Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea