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Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island, California
Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head.
Species: Luminescent parazoanthid, Zoanthid anemone, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37293  
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32998  
Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island, California
Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head.
Species: Luminescent parazoanthid, Zoanthid anemone, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37294  
Pink Soft Corals and Pristine Hard Corals on South Pacific Reef, Fiji. Large coral head is Platygyra lamellina, Dendronephthya, Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island
Pink Soft Corals and Pristine Hard Corals on South Pacific Reef, Fiji. Large coral head is Platygyra lamellina.
Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31416  
Brown gorgonian and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef below kelp forest, Catalina Island. Gorgonians are filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, Muricea californica, Muricea fruticosa
Brown gorgonian and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef below kelp forest, Catalina Island. Gorgonians are filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: Brown gorgonian, California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Muricea fruticosa
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37292  
Fishing Longline, Wrapped and Embedded in Coral Head, Clipperton Island
Fishing Longline, Wrapped and Embedded in Coral Head, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32955  
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island, Porites arnaudi
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites arnaudi
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32980  
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island, Porites arnaudi
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites arnaudi
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32999  
California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, Muricea californica, San Clemente Island
California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 37057  
Sheephead wrasse, Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica, San Clemente Island
Sheephead wrasse, Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 37093  
Swimmer over coral head in warm clear waters of Moorea lagoon, French Polynesia
Swimmer over coral head in warm clear waters of Moorea lagoon, French Polynesia.
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 40669  
Steephead parrotfish, Chlorurus microrhinos, grazing on coral reef, Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Steephead parrotfish, Chlorurus microrhinos, grazing on coral reef.
Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31560  
Coral Bommie, cylinder of hard coral, viewed from below, Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji
Coral Bommie, cylinder of hard coral, viewed from below.
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31588  
California golden gorgonian, Garibaldi and Sheephead wrasse fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
California golden gorgonian, Garibaldi and Sheephead wrasse fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: California golden gorgonian, California sheephead wrasse, Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30922  
Enormous pristine 1000-year-old Porites coral head, boulder coral, Fiji, Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago
Enormous pristine 1000-year-old Porites coral head, boulder coral, Fiji.
Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31546  
Enormous pristine 1000-year-old Porites coral head, boulder coral, Fiji, Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago
Enormous pristine 1000-year-old Porites coral head, boulder coral, Fiji.
Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31548  
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32963  
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33019  
California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23421  
California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30903  
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32956  
Enormous Porites lobata coral head, overturned by storm surge, Clipperton Island, Porites lobata
Enormous Porites lobata coral head, overturned by storm surge, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32967  
Enormous Porites lobata coral head, overturned by storm surge, Clipperton Island, Porites lobata
Enormous Porites lobata coral head, overturned by storm surge, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32995  
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33041  
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island, Porites arnaudi
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites arnaudi
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32973  
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32983  
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island, Porites arnaudi
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites arnaudi
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33004  
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33010  
Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island, Porites lobata
Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33015  
Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island, Porites lobata
Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33031  
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