Roberto Rinaldi / Weedy seadragon (Phylloperyx taeniolatus) head portrait, Australia
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Roberto Rinaldi / Weedy seadragon (Phylloperyx taeniolatus) with diver watching nearby, Australia. Model released
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David Shale / Solenosmilia sp and eunicid polychaete and bamboo coral. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Pencil urchin (Cidaroid). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Pencil urchin (Cidaroid). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Black coral (Antipatharia) with tendrils extruded to catch prey. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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Solvin Zankl / Black Dragonfish (Malacosteus niger)
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David Shale / Deepsea Dragonfish {Eustomias monodactylus} with bioluminescent lure, from between 498 and 805m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean
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Warwick Sloss / Eggs attached to the underbelly of the male Weedy sea dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) wild-caught but filmed in captive conditions under licence, from the coast around south Australia
David Shale / Deepsea fish {Stomias boa} with lure and light organs, deep sea Atlantic ocean
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Norbert Wu / Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques) spectacular example of camouflage, for both protection and ambush feeding endemic to South Australia
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Fred Bavendam / Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques) eggs, freshly laid on the tail of a male, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
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Fred Bavendam / Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques) male carrying eggs that a female has recently deposited onto his tail, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
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Norbert Wu / Black Sea Dragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus) fishing lure in front of mountain, attracts prey, deep sea
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Norbert Wu / Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques) in reef, South Australia, Australia
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Norbert Wu / Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques), South Australia, Australia
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Norbert Wu / Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques), South Australia, Australia
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Roberto Rinaldi / Weedy seadragon (Phylloperyx taeniolatus) close up of male's tail carrying eggs, Australia
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Roberto Rinaldi / Weedy seadragon (Phylloperyx taeniolatus) head portrait, Australia
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Roberto Rinaldi / Weedy seadragon (Phylloperyx taeniolatus) close up of male's tail carrying eggs, Australia. Note the eyes of the baby seadragons developing inside the eggs.
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Roberto Rinaldi / Weedy seadragon (Phylloperyx taeniolatus) with driver watching nearby, Australia. Model released
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Roberto Rinaldi / Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) Australia
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David Shale / Gravid Squat Lobster (Galatheid) protecting eggs with tail. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Gravid Squat Lobster (Galatheid). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sponge with zoanthid endosymbionts. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sponge with zoanthid endosymbionts. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Solitary coral (Scleractinia). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Solitary coral (Scleractinia). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Solenosmilia sp and eunicid polychaete and bamboo coral. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Solenosmilia sp and eunicid polychaete and bamboo coral. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral and detail of euryalid ophiuroid serpent star. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral and euryalid ophiuroid serpent star. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral and euryalid ophiuroid serpent star. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral and euryalid ophiuroid serpent star. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sea urchin (echinoidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sea urchin (echinoidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sea urchin (echinoidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sea urchin (echinoidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sea spider (Collossendeis sp). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sea spider (Collossendeis sp). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sea spider (Collossendeis sp.). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Scale Worm (Polychaetae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Scale Worm (Polychaetae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Scale Worm (Polychaetae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Scale Worm (Polychaetae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Detail of purple octocoral (Alcyonaria). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral (Alcyonaria). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral and limb of euryalid ophiuroid serpent star. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral and limb of euryalid ophiuroid serpent star. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Head detail of deep sea Polychaete. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Polychaete worm. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sea Pen Pennatulid. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Sea Pen Pennatulid. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Pencil urchin (Cidaroida, Perischoechinoidea). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Pencil urchin (Cidaroida, Perischoechinoidea). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral and euryalid ophiuroid serpent star. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral and euryalid ophiuroid serpent star. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral and euryalid ophiuroid serpent star. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Purple octocoral and euryalid ophiuroid serpent star. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Primnoid octocoral (Narella sp.). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Primnoid octocoral (Narella sp.). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Primnoid octocoral (Narella sp.). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Deep sea isopod. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Deep sea isopod. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Hermit crab with anemone. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Hermit crab with anemone. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Hermit crab with anemone. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Pycnogonid (Hedgpethia sp.) on coral. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Pycnogonid (Hedgpethia sp.) on coral. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Pycnogonid (Hedgpethia sp.) on coral. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Pycnogonid (Hedgpethia sp.) on coral. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Deepsea Glass Sponge (Hexactinellida). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Ghost Lobster (Thalassinidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Ghost Lobster (Thalassinidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Ghost Lobster (Thalassinidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Ghost Lobster (Thalassinidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Ghost Lobster (Thalassinidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Gastropod shell. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Gastropod sea snail showing opening operculum ('lid'). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Gastropod shell. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Gastropod (Fusitriton) head detail. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Gastropod (Fusitriton) sea snail with epiphytes. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Flatworm Platyhelminth. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Flatworm Platyhelminth. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Detail of Flatworm Platyhelminth on coral. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Detail of Flatworm Platyhelminth on coral. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Detail of Flatworm Platyhelminth. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Echinoid sea urchin. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Trochid gastropod - Otukaia (Calliostomatidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Trochid gastropod - Otukaia (Calliostomatidae). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Solenosmilia coral and eunicid polychaete. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Solenosmilia coral and eunicid polychaete and bamboo coral. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Colonial stalked Ascidian sea-squirt. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Colonial stalked Ascidian sea-squirt. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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David Shale / Colonial stalked Ascidian sea-squirt. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.