Juergen Freund / Flexible Leather Coral (Sinularia flexibilis) spawning during the annual mass coral spawning event, in November, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Franco Banfi / Close up detail of soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.) Maldives, Indian Ocean

Georgette Douwma / Yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus) swimming over coral reef with soft corals. Egypt, Red Sea.

Georgette Douwma / Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) with soft corals and sweepers. Egypt, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April. Highly commended in the British Wildlife Photograph...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Great spider crab (Hyas araneus) on Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, feeding in a current, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Alex Mustard / Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) lying motionless and camouflaged in soft corals. West Palm Beach, Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), growing on rock faces below the kelp, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011. Did you know? Soft co...

Jeff Rotman / Alcyonarian Coral (Dendronephthya spp.) polyps open and feeding. Red Sea, Egypt.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / A gully lined with the soft coral Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) growing beneath a summer canopy of kelp, Rosehearty, Moray Firth, Scotland, UK, June

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / A tiny amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) living on Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Colourful deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) a type of soft coral, growing on a wall in Conservation Bay, Loch Carron, Scotland, UK, April. Model released.