Juergen Freund / Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) swimming around a fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged in a fancoral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in its fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Fan coral (Gorgonacea) with open polyps. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia..

Juergen Freund / Tunicates / Ascidians / Sea squirts (Atriolum robustum) on a fan coral branch. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged in a fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in its fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Fan coral (Gorgonacea) in the shallows with boat shilouetted against the sunset in the background. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Colorful coral reef with soft corals (Alcyonacea) and fan corals (Gorgonacea). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January

Tim Laman / Lionfish (Pterois) hovering in a Sea Fan in a view looking toward the surface of the water. Misool Island vicinity. Near smaller island of Fiabacet. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Denise's Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) camouflaged in a Sea Fan. Orange colour form. Vicinity of Gam Island, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, May 2007

Sue Daly / Close up of polyps and tentacles of Sea fan (Gorgonia sp) Cebu, Philippines, March