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| Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific. Image ID: 32998 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France | Pink Soft Corals and Pristine Hard Corals on South Pacific Reef, Fiji. Large coral head is Platygyra lamellina. Image ID: 31416 Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Dendronephthya Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Brain corals on tropical coral reef, Mount Mutiny, Bligh Waters, Fiji. Left brain coral is Symphllia, right bain coral is Platygyra lamellina. Image ID: 31371 Species: Brain Coral, Symphyllia, Platygyra lamellina Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji |
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| Fishing Longline, Wrapped and Embedded in Coral Head, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 32955 Location: Clipperton Island, France | Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 32980 Species: Porites arnaudi Location: Clipperton Island, France | Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 32999 Species: Porites arnaudi Location: Clipperton Island, France |
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| Steephead parrotfish, Chlorurus microrhinos, grazing on coral reef. Image ID: 31560 Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Coral Bommie, cylinder of hard coral, viewed from below. Image ID: 31588 Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | 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. Image ID: 30922 Species: California sheephead wrasse, Garibaldi, California golden gorgonian, Semicossyphus pulcher, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Enormous pristine 1000-year-old Porites coral head, boulder coral, Fiji. Image ID: 31546 Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Enormous pristine 1000-year-old Porites coral head, boulder coral, Fiji. Image ID: 31548 Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific. Image ID: 32963 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France |
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| Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific. Image ID: 33019 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France | 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. Image ID: 23421 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | California Golden gorgonian, red gorgonian, sheephead. Image ID: 02533 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Lophogorgia chilensis, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| 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. Image ID: 30903 Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific. Image ID: 32956 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France | Enormous Porites lobata coral head, overturned by storm surge, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 32967 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France |
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| Enormous Porites lobata coral head, overturned by storm surge, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 32995 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France | Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific. Image ID: 33041 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France | Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 32973 Species: Porites arnaudi Location: Clipperton Island, France |
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| Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific. Image ID: 32983 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France | Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 33004 Species: Porites arnaudi Location: Clipperton Island, France | Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific. Image ID: 33010 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France |
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| Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 33015 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France | Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 33031 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France | Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 33035 Species: Porites lobata Location: Clipperton Island, France |
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| Fishing Longline, Wrapped and Embedded in Coral Head, Clipperton Island. Image ID: 33038 Location: Clipperton Island, France | Brain corals on tropical coral reef, Fiji. Left brain coral is Symphllia, right bain coral is Platygyra lamellina. Image ID: 31702 Species: Brain Coral, Symphyllia, Platygyra lamellina Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji | Coral head, Fiji. Image ID: 31711 Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji |
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