Alex Mustard / Split level image of Leather corals (Sarcophyton sp.) flourishing in shallow water close to uninhabited coral islands. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean...
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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...
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Juergen Freund / Flexible Leather Coral (Sinularia flexibilis) spawning during the annual mass coral spawning event, in November, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Georgette Douwma / Leather Coral (Sinularia flexibilis). Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
Chris Newbert / Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) on reef, Indonesia
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Constantinos Petrinos / Giant frogfish {Antennarius commerson} on Mushroom Leather coral, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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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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Chris Newbert / Feather Star (Colobometra perspinosa) on Sea Fan (Melithaea sp) and Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) 70 Feet Deep, Solomon Islands
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Michael Pitts / Mushroom leather coral feeding at night, Yap. Micronesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Banded sea krait {Laticauda colubrina} Sulawesi Indonesia prized for skin in Philippines - leather snakeskin industry
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Pascal Kobeh / Greasy grouper (Epinephelus tauvina) sheltering in Mushroom leather coral (Sarcophyton sp). Flores Sea, Indonesia.
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Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Leather coral (Alcyoniidae sp) Xiaoliuqiu Island, Taiwan
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Georgette Douwma / Luzon starfish (Echinaster luzonicus) lying on leather coral. West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.
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Linda Pitkin / Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.), on a rock with soft corals and Yellow Sea Cucumbers (Colochirus robustus), Triton Bay, near Kaimana, West Papua, Indonesia
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David Fleetham / Warted egg cowries (Calpurnus verrucosus) are pictured on Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp), on which they feed. Komodo, Indonesia.
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Alex Mustard / Solar powered nudibranch (Phyllodesmium longicirrum) feeding on a Mushroom leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea
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Franco Banfi / Mushroom leather coral (Sarcophyton sp) Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sulu Sea, Cagayancillo, Palawan, Philippines
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Constantinos Petrinos / Giant flathead (Cymbacephalus beauforti) lying on a Finger Leather Coral (Sinularia polydactyla) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Giant flathead (Cymbacephalus beauforti) lying on a Finger Leather Coral (Sinularia polydactyla) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Giant flathead (Cymbacephalus beauforti) lying on a Finger Leather Coral (Sinularia polydactyla) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Mushroom leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.) and colony of Xenia Soft Corals (Xenia sp.) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Linda Pitkin / Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.), and soft coral (Dendronephthya sp) Kawe Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2016
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Linda Pitkin / Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp.) and Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.), beneath mangroves (Rhizophora sp.) Mangrove Ridge, Yanggefo Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2016
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Linda Pitkin / Pinnate batfish (Platax pinnatus), with soft corals including Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.), in mangroves (Rhizophora sp.). Mangrove roots encrusted with tunicates. Yanggefo Island, Raja Ampat, West...
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Alex Mustard / Crocodile fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) sets an ambush by hiding in a leather coral (Sarcophyton sp) on a coral reef, Blue Magic, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Georgette Douwma / Cabbage leather coral (Sinularia dura) West Papua, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Cabbage leather coral (Sinularia dura) West Papua, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Mushroom coral (Fungia sp) lying on leather coral. Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Juergen Freund / Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.) spawning during the annual 'mass' coral spawning event, 4 to 5 days after the full moon in November., Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Pete Oxford / Diver and fish over Leather coral (Alcyonacea) reef, Fiji, South Pacific, July 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Leather coral (Alcyonacea) some polyps out, some retracted. Fiji, South Pacific.
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Pete Oxford / Diver and shoal of fish over Leather coral (Alcyonacea) reef, Fiji, South Pacific, July 2014.
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Pascal Kobeh / Saddled pufferfish (Canthigaster valentini) near leather coral (Lobophytum) at night, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Pascal Kobeh / Saddled pufferfish (Canthigaster valentini) near leather coral (Lobophytum ) at night, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Pascal Kobeh / Blackspotted pufferfish (Arothron nigropunctatus) on a Leather coral, Mayotte. Indian Ocean.
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Pascal Kobeh / Honeycomb moray (Gymnothorax favagineus) with sea urchins spines on its head among mushroom leather coral (Sarcophyton ), Daymaniyat islands, Oman. Gulf of Oman.
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Pascal Kobeh / Divers swimming on top of a reef with Mushroom leather coral (Sarcophyton ) and hard corals tables (Acropora ), Daymaniyat islands, Oman. Gulf of Oman. October 2010.
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Michael Pitts / Tracking shot of an Elephant ear coral (Sarcophyton trocheliophorum) growing on the side of a reef, with polyps moving in the current, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Many host goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) on leather coral. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.
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Alex Mustard / Young Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas) resting in leather corals (Sarcophyton sp) Apo Island, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Leather coral (Alcyonacea sp) Red sea.
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Juergen Freund / Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.) spawning during the annual 'mass' coral spawning event, in November, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Juergen Freund / Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.) spawning during the annual 'mass' coral spawning event, in November, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Juergen Freund / Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.) spawning during the annual 'mass' coral spawning event, in November, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Alex Mustard / A Knobby leather coral (Sinularia) spawning at night, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Arafura Sea, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Leather coral growing under mangrove roots (Rhizophora sp.). Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Leather Coral (Sinularia sp). Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Leather Coral (Sinularia flexibilis). Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Leather Coral (Sinularia flexibilis). Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) polyps close-up. Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Leather coral (Lobophytum sp) on coral reef, Komodo NP, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Mushroom leather coral (Sarcophyton sp) on coral reef, West Papua, Indonesia.
Juergen Freund / Split level of a shallow coral reef and mangroves with an abundance of leather corals. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Leather coral reflected in shallow water, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Split level of a shallow coral reef with leather corals and mangroves. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Split level of a shallow coral reef and mangroves with an abundance of leather corals. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Mushroom leather coral polyps (Sarcophyton sp.). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Leather coral (Alcyonacea) on coral reef, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Acoel flatworms (Waminoa sp) on leather coral, Komodo National Park, Indonesia
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) camouflaged on leather coral. Egypt, Red Sea
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Acoel flatworms (Waminoa sp) on leather coral, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Acoel flatworms (Waminoa sp) on leather coral, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Sue Daly / Mushroom leather coral (Sarcophyton sp) Cebu, Philippines, March
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Fred Bavendam / Scrawled Filefish (Aluterus scriptus) resting on the reef at night, Bali, Indonesia
GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Leather coral (Lobophytum sp) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Leather coral (Lobophytum sp) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) and Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) reef, Indonesia
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Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Scleronephthya sp) and Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) reef, Indonesia
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Chris Newbert / Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) and Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) on reef, Indonesia
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Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Scleronephthya sp) and Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) on reef, Indonesia
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Chris Newbert / Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) and Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp), Indonesia
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Norbert Wu / Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) polyps, Komodo Island, Indonesia
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Chris Newbert / Little Egg Cowry (Calpurnus verrucosus) pair feeding on leather coral, Papua New Guinea
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Chris Newbert / Pig Faced Leather Jacket (Paramonacanthus choirocephalus) juvenile, Papua New Guinea
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Tim Laman / Leather corals and school of Lyre-tailed Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) on coral reef in Fiji, Pacific.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Common egg ovula / Egg cowrie (Ovula ovum) feeding on Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp) Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Chris Newbert / Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) and Yellow Crinoid (Oxycomznthus sp) 40 feet deep, Papua New Guinea
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Chris Newbert / Filefish (Pervagor sp) juvenile seeking protection in Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) 30 feet deep, Papua New Guinea
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Chris Newbert / Two-banded Anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) in Magnificent Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) to the left and Anthias (Pseudanthias sp) in background, 20 feet deep, Red Se...
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Chris Newbert / Stony Coral (Lobophyllia sp) colony, Solomon Islands
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Chris Newbert / Leather Coral (Sarcophyton trocheliophorum) and Pigmy Sweeper (Parapriacanthus ransonneti), Red Sea, Egypt
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Birgitte Wilms / Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) growing close to surface, Solomon Islands
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Birgitte Wilms / Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) on coral reef with schooling fish, 50 feet deep, Solomon Islands
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Chris Newbert / Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) purple Soft Coral (Plexauridae) and Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp), Solomon Islands
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Chris Newbert / Crinoid (Comantheria sp) sitting on Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) and Red Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) 60 Feet Deep, Solomon Islands
Chris Newbert / Leather Coral (Sarcophyton trocheliophorum) colony with polyps retracted, surrounded by schooling Pygmy Sweeper (Parapriacanthus ransonneti), sponges and soft coral, Red Sea
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Chris Newbert / Crinoid (Comantheria sp) Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) and schooling fish, Papua New Guinea
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Chris Newbert / Leather Coral (Sarcophyton trocheliophorum) detail, Palau
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Chris Newbert / Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys sp) sitting on small Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) 40 feet deep, Solomon Islands
