Alex Mustard / Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) young hides amongst the branches of a black coral bush (Antipathes sp) Sangeang Island, Sumbawa, Indonesia, Flores Sea.

Alex Mustard / A shoal of Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) below a black coral bush (Antipathes sp.). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, November.

Georgette Douwma / Kaleidoscopic image of Black coral (Antipathes dichotoma), West Papua, Indonesia.

Pascal Kobeh / Giant seafan (Annella mollis) and Black coral (Antipathes sp) on coral reef drop off. Diver exploring in background. Moheli, Comoros. 2016.

Pascal Kobeh / Gorgonian pandalid shrimp / Dragon shrimp (Miropandalus hardingi) on a gorgonian coral (Antipathes lentipinna), Sulu sea, Philippines

Georgette Douwma / Black coral (Antipathes dichotoma) bushes on coral reef. West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-Pacific.

Linda Pitkin / Banded tozeuma shrimp (Tozeuma armatum) on Black Coral (Antipathes sp.), Triton Bay, near Kaimana, West Papua, Indonesia

Linda Pitkin / Banded tozeuma shrimp (Tozeuma armatum) on Black Coral (Antipathes sp.), Triton Bay, near Kaimana, West Papua, Indonesia

Linda Pitkin / Ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) swimming over Black coral (Antipathes sp.), Triton Bay, near Kaimana, West Papua, Indonesia

Alex Mustard / Rich reef scene, showing marine life thriving in a cavern on a coral reef, with large sponges and Black coral (Antipathes sp.), Sixbar grouper (Cephalopholis sexaculata) and Whitetip soldierfish (Myri...

Franco Banfi / Reef covered with soft coral,( Dendronephthya sp) and Black coral, (Antipathes sp) with shoal of Jewel fairy basslet (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) South Point dive site, Sanganeb reef, Sudan, Red Sea

Constantinos Petrinos / Rosy spindle cowrie (Phenacovolva rosea) on Branching Black Coral (Antipathes sp) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.