Sea fan gorgonian and dendronephthya soft coral on coral reef. Both the sea fan gorgonian and the dendronephthya are type of alcyonacea soft corals that filter plankton from passing ocean currents. Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31474
Format: Digital 2:3
Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31474
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: actinopterygii, alcyonacea, animal, animalia, anthias, anthiinae, anthozoa, bligh waters, carnation coral, chordata, cnidaria, coral, coral reef, dendronephthya, fiji, fiji islands, fijian islands, fish, gorgonacea, gorgonian, island, lyretail anthias, marine, marine invertebrate, nature, nephtheidae, oceania, octocorallia, pacific ocean, perciformes, pseudanthias squamipinnis, reef, school, sea fan, serranidae, soft coral, south pacific, tree coral, tropical, underwater, vatu i ra, vatu i ra passage, viti levu
Categories:
- Animal > Marine Invertebrate > Coral > Soft Coral
- Location > Oceans > Pacific > Fiji Islands
- Subject > Technique > Underwater
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