Juergen Freund / Coral reef landscape with abundant whip corals, Blue sea stars and hard coral, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 2009.

Juergen Freund / View of sea surface through a Whip coral forest (Junceella sp) Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Two whip coral gobies (Bryaninops yongei) on a black coral sea whip. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Whip coral (Gorgonaceae) Komodo NP, Indonesia

Doug Perrine / Red whip coral {Ellisella sp} Bahamas

Chris Newbert / Underwater reef scene with Sea Whips, Gorgonian Whip Coral, blossoming Soft Corals, Guard Plate Coral, and schools of Pseudanthias, Red Sea, Egypt

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

Alex Mustard / Black sea rod / Caribbean sea whip (Plexaura homomalla) on a shallow reef with sun shing through the water, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Georgette Douwma / Sea Whip (Ellisella ceratophyta) on coral reef. Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Whip coral forest (Junceella sp) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Black coral shrimp (Tozeuma armatum) camouflaged on whip coral, Batangas, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Two whip corals intertwined, Komodo NP, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Whip coral on coral reef, Komodo NP, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) bending in the current, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Whip coral forest (Junceella sp) Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Black coral shrimp (Tozeuma armatum) camouflaged against black whip coral, Komodo NP, Indonesia, Indo-pacific.

Juergen Freund / Tiny reef crab on a whip coral, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Zanzibar whipcoral shrimp (Dasycaris zanzibarica) on whip coral, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Deatil of blue polyps on Whip coral, Sipadan, Malaysia

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, Indo-pacific.

Juergen Freund / Spider crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) on whip coral. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Zanzibar whip coral shrimp (Dasycaris zanzibarica) camouflaged on a strand of Whip coral, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia, September

David Shale / Deepsea Whip coral (Gorgonacea) from mid Atlantic Ridge,

Georgette Douwma / Sea whips (Junceella fragilis) on coral reef. Philippines

Tim Laman / A school of Rigid shrimpfish (Aeoliscus strigatus), hover for protection around a whip coral covered in crinoid feather stars. Bali, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Whip coral covered in colonial sea anemones, Indo-pacific

Sue Daly / Sea fan coral (Ctenocella sp) Cebu, Philippines, March

Juergen Freund / A forest of Delicate sea whip corals {Juncella fragilis} Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Shrimpfish (Aeoliscus strigatus) camouflaged amongst red whip corals (Ctenocella pectinata) Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) and various sponges on coral reef, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Whip corals / Sea whips (Ellisella sp) and featherstars (Crinoidea), on coral reef, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) and various sponges on coral reef, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Delicate sea whip corals {Junceella fragilis} Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Delicate sea whip corals {Junceella fragilis} Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals (Ctenocella pectinata) with Featherstar (Crinoidea) attached, Indo-pacific

Tim Laman / A spiraling Whip coral in front of a Sponge on coral reef wall, Borneo, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia

Tim Laman / Scalefin / Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming over reef covered in soft corals and whip coral. Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji, Pacific

Tim Laman / Whip corals growing on a reef in the Republic of Palau, Micronesia.

Tim Laman / Scalefin / Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming over reef covered in soft corals and whip coral. Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji, Pacific

Juergen Freund / Whip coral growing up through Hard coral, fight for survival, Indo-Pacific

Juergen Freund / Whip goby {Bryaninops sp} pair on whip coral with their eggs, Indo-pacific

Jurgen Freund / Whip corals (Ellisella sp), with diver in the background. Rowley Shoals, Western Australia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Red whip coral (Ctenocella pectinata). New Guinea. Indo-Pacific.

Juergen Freund / Eggs of Damselfish (Pomacentridae) along whip coral, Indo-Pacific

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Yellow seawhip coral {Stichopathes} Sulawesi, Indonesia Bunaken

Juergen Freund / Whip coral and diver (Stichopathes) Indo-Pacific

Juergen Freund / Red Fan coral and whip corals with hundreds of Fairy basslets {Pseudanthias sp} Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Pink anemone fish {Amphiprion perideraion} in sea anemone with whip corals in background, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Whip corals + huge Fan coral + Basslets {Pseudanthias sp} + diver with flashlight in background, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Red fan coral and whip corals with shoal of fairy basslets {Psuedanthias sp} and diver in background, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Whip coral {Ellisella sp} with feather stars, Indo Pacific

Chris Newbert / Sea Fan (Melithaea sp) group and Soft Corals (Dendronephthya sp) and fish, 50 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Fred Bavendam / Sea Fan (Solenocaulon sp) growing amidst small Soft Corals (Dendronephthya sp), Andaman Sea, Thailand

Juergen Freund / Whip Coral (Ctenocella sp) Indo Pacific

Roberto Rinaldi / Diver and red whip coral or gorgonian whip coral (juncella sp), Palau.

Roberto Rinaldi / Coral reef with long sea whips (Ellisella elongata) in the foreground and the silhouette of a diver in the background, Roatan, Honduras. Model released.

Roberto Rinaldi / Polyps of red Sea whip (Junceella sp), Tubbataha reef, Philippines.

Roberto Rinaldi / Diver with colourful sponges, whip corals and pink jewel anemones, Tasmania, Australia.

Roberto Rinaldi / A scuba diver exploring underwater with Whip corals (Gorgonacea sp) and Orange finger sponges (Neoesperiopsis rigida), Tasmania, Australia

Roberto Rinaldi / Pink Jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis) growing on whip corals, Tasmania, Australia

Roberto Rinaldi / Red whip coral (Junceella sp), Malaysia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Spiral whip / wire coral (Stichophates sp) and diver, Philippines. Model released.

Roberto Rinaldi / Red whip coral (junceella sp), tube sponges (Cribrochalina sp?) and diver, Philippines. Model released.