Alex Mustard / Flamingo tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on a seafan (Gorgonia ventalina) Cyphomas feed on corals and concentrate the toxic chemicals into their mantle, which they then wrap around the outside of it...

Norbert Wu / Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalina) showing deep purple tone where the Sea Fan has released protective compounds, Saba, Caribbean

Alex Mustard / Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swimming over Common sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina) on a coral reef. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea

Franco Banfi / Flamingo tongue cowrie (Cyphoma gibbosum) on Common sea fan (Gorgonia ventalina) Santa Lucia, Camaguey, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

Franco Banfi / Branches of a gorgonian coral (Plexaurella sp) and Common sea fan (Gorgonia ventalina) Santa Lucia, Camaguey, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

Franco Banfi / Azure vase sponge (Callyspongia plicifera) and Common sea fan (Gorgonia ventalina) Santa Lucia, Camaguey, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

Alex Mustard / Hamners tritonia (Tritonia hamnerorum) nudibranchs feeding on a common sea fan (Gorgonia ventalina). Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Common seafan (Gorgonia ventalina) with sun shining behind, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea.

Fred Bavendam / Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) on a Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalina), Bahamas, Caribbean

Doug Perrine / Yellow tube sponge {Aplysina fistularis} and Sea fan coral {Gorgonia ventalina} Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Chris Newbert / Giant Basket Star (Astrophyton muricatum) juvenile on Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalina), Belize

Alex Mustard / Flamingo tongue cowrie (Cyphoma gibbosum) resting on a Common sea fan (Gorgonia ventalina), Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea.