Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Pink sea fan / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) with attached eggs of a Common squid (Loligo vulgaris), eggcase of a Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), and Spiny starfish (Marthasterias...
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Alex Mustard / A diver exploring a coral reef with formation of brown tube sponges (Agelas conifera) red rope sponges (Amphimedon compressa) and deepwater sea fans (Iciligorgia nodulifera) East End, Grand Cayman, Ca...
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Roberto Rinaldi / Yellow fan coral / Seafan (Paramuricea clavata) amongst mass of invasive algae (Caulerpa taxifolia) with Rainbow wrasse fish (Coris julis), Strait of Messina, Southern Italy
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Jeff Rotman / Gorgonian Seafan Coral (Gorgonacea) polyps open to feed at night. South China Sea, Sipadan Island, Borneo.
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Juergen Freund / Gorgonian fan coral with Featherstar / crinoid attached, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
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Juergen Freund / Gorgonian fan coral with crinoids / featherstars, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
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Juergen Freund / View of sea surface through a Whip coral forest (Junceella sp) Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
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Juergen Freund / Convict blennies / False catfish, juvenile, (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) amidst a fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,
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Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged in a fancoral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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Juergen Freund / Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) swimming around a fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged in a fancoral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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Juergen Freund / Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in its fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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Juergen Freund / Fan coral (Gorgonacea) with open polyps. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia..
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Juergen Freund / Tunicates / Ascidians / Sea squirts (Atriolum robustum) on a fan coral branch. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged in a fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in its fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,
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Juergen Freund / Whip coral (Gorgonaceae) Komodo NP, Indonesia
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Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Fan coral (Gorgonacea) in the shallows with boat shilouetted against the sunset in the background. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010
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Juergen Freund / Colorful coral reef with soft corals (Alcyonacea) and fan corals (Gorgonacea). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January
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Tim Laman / Denise's Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) camouflaging itself in a Sea Fan. Yellow colour form. Pisang Islands, West of Fak Fak Peninsula. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007
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Sue Daly / Close up of polyps and tentacles of Sea fan (Gorgonia sp) Cebu, Philippines, March
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Keys simnia (Neosimnia spelta) on a Yellow gorgonia (Eunicella cavolini) Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Blanket stars (Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae) climbing Fan coral (Paramuricea placomus) to position themselves in water current, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Pitkin / Gorgonian coral (Paramuricea clavata) on rock face covered with Yellow encrusting anemones (Parazoanthus axinellae) sponges and corals, 'Horsehead', Lavezzi Islands, Corsica, France, September 2008
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Juergen Freund / Orange elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes), with other sponges and gorgonians, Indo-pacific
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Georgette Douwma / Coral hind (Cephalopholis miniata) lying in ambush amongst soft corals. Andaman Sea, Thailand.
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Georgette Douwma / Seafan {Gorgonacea} Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Georgette Douwma / Seafan {Gorgonacea} Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Chris Newbert / Reef scenic at one-hundred-twenty feet, showing Soft Corals, Sea Fans, Crinoids, Leather Corals, Sea Whips and Sponges, Solomon Islands
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Fred Bavendam / Butterfly Perch (Caesioperca lepidoptera) swimming amidst Gorgonian Sea Whips, fans and various kinds of sponges at 40 meters depth, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
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Fred Bavendam / Butterfly Perch (Caesioperca lepidoptera) and diver swimming amidst Gorgonian Sea Whips, Fans and various kinds of Sponges at 40 meters depth, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
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Michele Westmorland / Scuba Diver at the entrance of Siaes Tunnel with overhanging Gorgonian sea fan, Palau, Micronesia 2010 model released
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Michele Westmorland / Scuba Diver at the entrance of Siaes Tunnel with overhanging Gorgonian sea fan, Palau, Micronesia 2010 model released
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Sue Daly / Ship wreck with Pink Sea Fan / Warty Coral (Eunicella verrucosa). Wreck Forth, Herm, British Channel Islands, July.
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Sue Daly / Pink Sea Fan / Warty Coral (Eunicella verrucosa). Grune du Nord, Sark, British Channel Islands, August.
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Pink sea fan / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa), Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Pink sea fan / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) with attached eggs of a Common squid (Loligo vulgaris), eggcase of a Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), and Spiny starfish (Marthasterias...
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Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / Coral (Paragorgia arborea) Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway. Photo taken in cooperation with GEOMAR coldwater coral research project
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Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / Coral (Paragorgia arborea) Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway. Photo taken in cooperation with GEOMAR coldwater coral research project
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Sue Daly / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) Channel Islands, UK July
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Sue Daly / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) with fish, Channel Islands, UK July
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Sue Daly / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) Channel Islands, UK July
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Sue Daly / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) and Red sea fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) soft coral, Channel Islands, UK June
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Sue Daly / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) and Red sea fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) soft coral, Channel Islands, UK June
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Alex Mustard / Red clingfish (Arcos rubiginosus) pair blend in with their host, a deepwater sea fan (Iciligorgia nodulifera) East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.
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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.
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Alex Mustard / Brown tube sponges (Agelas conifera) and deepwater sea fans (Iciligorgia nodulifera) with a diver in background exploring the reef, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbe...
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Alex Mustard / Red clingfish (Arcos rubiginosus) living on a deepwater sea fan (Iciligorgia nodulifera) on the reef wall, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.
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Alex Mustard / Coral reef outcrop with brown tube sponges (Agelas conifera) deepwater sea fans (Iciligorgia nodulifera) and knobby cactus coral (Mycetophyllia aliciae) East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Britis...
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Pete Oxford / Grooved Brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba, Caribbean
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Roberto Rinaldi / Yellow fan coral / Seafan (Paramuricea clavata) amongst invasive algae (Caulerpa taxifolia), Strait of Messina, Southern Italy
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Roberto Rinaldi / Diver viewing Yellow fan coral / Seafan (Paramuricea clavata) amongst mass of invasive algae (Caulerpa taxifolia), Strait of Messina, Southern Italy
David Shale / Detail of deepea seafan (Narella sp) from a coral seamount in the Indian Ocean, November 2011
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David Shale / Deepea seafan (Narella sp) from a coral seamount in the Indian Ocean, November 2011
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David Shale / Deepsea Octocoral (Chrysogorgia sp) from a coral seamount in the Indian Ocean, November 2011
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Jeff Rotman / Gorgonian Coral (Gorgonacea) polyps opening to feed at night. Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea.
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Jeff Rotman / Gorgonian Seafan Coral (Gorgonacea) polyps open to feed at night. South China Sea, Sipadan Island, Borneo.
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Georgette Douwma / Gorgonian growing on mangrove roots (Rhizophora sp.). Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Sea Whip (Ellisella ceratophyta) on coral reef. Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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Sue Daly / Pink Sea Fan / Warty Coral (Eunicella verrucosa). Channel Islands, UK, June.
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Sue Daly / Pink Sea Fan / Warty Coral (Eunicella verrucosa) and female Cuckoo Wrasse. Channel Islands, UK, July.
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Sue Daly / Pink Sea Fan / Warty Coral (Eunicella verrucosa). Channel Islands, UK, June.
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Sue Daly / Pink Sea Fan (Eunicella verrucosa). Channel Islands, UK, July.
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Sue Daly / Pink Sea Fan / Warty Coral (Eunicella verrucosa). Channel Islands, UK, June.
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Sue Daly / Pink Sea Fan / Warty Coral (Eunicella verrucosa). Channel Islands, UK, July.
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Georgette Douwma / Male scuba diver with Gorgonian (Gorganacae) and Sweepers on coral reef. Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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Pete Oxford / Venus Sea Fan (Gorgonia flabellum). Puenta Gruesa, Mahahual Penninsula, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
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Juergen Freund / RF- Gorgonian fan coral with Featherstars / crinoids attached, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Juergen Freund / Whip coral forest (Junceella sp) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
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Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
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Juergen Freund / Two whip corals intertwined, Komodo NP, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Diver amongst shoal of Glassy sweepers, gorgonian fans and soft corals in the reef, Komodo NP, Indonesia, August 2009.
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Juergen Freund / Whip coral on coral reef, Komodo NP, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) bending in the current, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
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Juergen Freund / Whip coral forest (Junceella sp) Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
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Juergen Freund / Gorgonian fan coral with diver, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
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Juergen Freund / Detail of a Gorgonian fan coral, Papua New Guinea.
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Juergen Freund / Fan coral with polyps fully extended, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Detail of a fan coral with polyps fully extended, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Large Fan coral (Gorgonacea) in the shallows. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Fan corals (Gorgonacea) and Soft corals (Alceonacea) in the reef, surrounded by reef fish. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January.
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Juergen Freund / Fan coral (Gorgonacea) in the reef, surrounded by reef fish. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Large Fan coral (Gorgonacea) and soft corals (Alceonacea) in the reef, surrounded by reef fish. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Large Fan corals (Gorgonacea). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January.
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Juergen Freund / Large Fan coral (Gorgonacea) and Soft corals (Alceonacea) in the reef, surrounded by reef fish. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January.
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Juergen Freund / Fan coral (Gorgonacea) in the reef. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Fan corals (Gorgonacea) on the coral wall. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January.
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Juergen Freund / Large Fan coral (Gorgonacea) and Soft corals (Alceonacea) in the reef, surrounded by reef fish. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / A massive Fan coral (Gorgonacea) in the shallows with the foliage of the trees visible through the water above. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February.
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Juergen Freund / Fan corals (Gorgonacea) and Soft corals (Alceonacea) in the reef, surrounded by reef fish, with a distant diver in the background. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January
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Juergen Freund / Large Fan corals (Gorgonacea) in the reef, surrounded by reef fish. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Fan corals (Gorgonacea) in the reef. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January.
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Juergen Freund / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) by a Fan coral (Gorgonacea) in the shallow mangrove area. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / A massive Fan coral (Gorgonacea) in the shallows with the foliage of the trees visible through the water above. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February.
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Juergen Freund / Fan corals (Gorgonacea) on the coral wall. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
