Juergen Freund / Chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) with red whip coral. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Doug Perrine / Red whip coral {Ellisella sp} Bahamas

Juergen Freund / Whip coral {Stichopathes sp} Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo Pacific

Alex Mustard / Zanzibar whip coral shrimp (Dasycaris zanzibarica) on whip coral. Ambon Bay, Ambon, Maluku Archipelago, Indonesia. Banda Sea, tropical west Pacific Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Red sea whip coral (Ellisella sp) Lighthouse Reef, Cabilao Island, Bohol, Central Visayas, Philippines, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Red whip coral (Ctenocella sp.) with a school of fish above. Fiabacet Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea, Tropcial West Pacific Ocean

Ingo Arndt / Fan Coral (Ctenocella pectinata) from Lizard Island, Australia in collection at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Fan Coral (Ellisella sp) from Chagos Archipelago, in a collection at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.

Georgette Douwma / Gorgonian / Sea whip coral (Ellisella ceratophyta), West Papua, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Gorgonian / Sea whip coral (Ellisella ceratophyta), coral reef, West Papua, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Gorgonian / Sea whip coral (Ellisella ceratophyta), West Papua, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Gorgonian / Sea whip coral (Ellisella ceratophyta), close up, West Papua, Indonesia.