Alex Mustard / Colourful reef scene with Leather corals (Sarcophyton sp.), Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp.) Seafans (Melithea sp.) and fish, including Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) and Scalefin anthi...

Alex Mustard / Common ghostgoby (Pleurosicya mossambica) with another fish in its mouth on soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.). Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea

Alex Mustard / Busy coral reef community feeding on plankton, with Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp.) and Fire corals (Millepora dichotoma), making up classic Red Sea scen...

Alex Mustard / Busy coral reef community feeding on plankton, with Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp.) and Fire corals (Millepora dichotoma) Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai...

Georgette Douwma / Coral reef scenery with a pair of Red Sea raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus), Pygmy sweepers (Parapriacanthus guentheri) and soft corals (Dendronephthya sp) Egypt, Red Sea.

Georgette Douwma / Lyretail anthias / Goldies (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) over coral reef with soft corals (Dendronephthya sp) Egypt, Red Sea.

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

Georgette Douwma / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) with Blueline snappers (Lutjanus kasmira). Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Detail of a soft coral (Dendronephthya sp). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Georgette Douwma / Tree coral (Dendronephthya sp) on sandy sea bed. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) on reef, Indonesia

Jeff Rotman / Thorny Sea Horses (Hippocampus histrix) on Alcyonarian coral (Dendronephthya sp.). Israel, Red Sea.