Coral Head Photos

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.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32998  

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.
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.
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.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32955  

Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites arnaudi
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32980  

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.
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.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 37093  

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.
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.
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.
Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31546  

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.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32963  

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.
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.
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.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32956  

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.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32995  

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.
Species: Porites arnaudi
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32973  

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.
Species: Porites arnaudi
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33004  

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.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33015  

Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33031  

Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island.
Species: Porites lobata
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33035