Search results for Coral

Golden Damselfish, Fiji.
Species: Golden damselfish, Amblyglyphidodon aureus
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 34779  

Pink Soft Coral (Gersemia Rubiformis), and Plumose Anemones (Metridium senile) cover the ocean reef, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Species: Pink soft coral, Plumose anemone, Gersemia rubiformis, Metridium senile
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35260  

Pink Soft Coral, Gersemia Rubiformis, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Species: Pink soft coral, Gersemia rubiformis
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35278  

Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, and yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island.
Species: Red gorgonian, Hydrocoral, Givens Zoanthid, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus, Epizoanthus giveni
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37251  

The rare yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, in large aggregations on the Yellow Wall at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island.
Species: Givens Zoanthid, Epizoanthus giveni
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37270  

Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, and yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island.
Species: Red gorgonian, Hydrocoral, Givens Zoanthid, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus, Epizoanthus giveni
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37271  

Red gorgonian and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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: Red gorgonian, California golden gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 38499  

Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, and yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 39540  

Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji.
Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 41031  

Beautiful Dendronephthya soft corals display incredible color on Fijian coral reefs. They swell when the current is running and extend outward to capture passing plankton and food.
Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 41032  

Tracy over a beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji.
Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Anthias, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 41033  

Sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji.
Species: Gorgonian, Black sun coral, Gorgonacea, Tubastrea micrantha
Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 41034  

Spectacularly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji.
Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Black sun coral, Dendronephthya, Tubastrea micrantha
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji
Image ID: 41036  

Table coral. Hard corals are the builders of enormous coral reefs. Fijian Islands.
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 41037  

Hard corals are the builders of enormous coral reefs. Fijian Islands.
Species: Black sun coral, Tubastrea micrantha
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 41038  

Gorgonians and a variety of Hard Corals flourish on a spectacular coral reef, Fiji Islands.
Species: Gorgonian, Gorgonacea
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 41039  

Plexauridae sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents.
Species: Gorgonian, Gorgonacea
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 41040  

Beautiful Fijian Coral Reef with a Mix of Hard and Soft Corals.
Species: Black sun coral, Tubastrea micrantha
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 41042  

Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji.
Species: Crinoid feather star, Crinoidea
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 41089  

Manta Ray Feeding on Plankton, Fiji.
Species: Giant manta ray, Manta birostris
Location: Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31323  

Branching whip coral (Ellisella sp) captures passing planktonic food in ocean currents, Fiji.
Species: Anthias, Branching whip coral, Ellisella, Pseudanthias
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 31324  

Bright red Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and yellow sarcophyton leather coral on pristine coral reef, Fiji.
Species: Gorgonian, Sarcophyton soft coral, Sea fan, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae, Sarcophyton
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31325  

Sinularia flexibilis finger leather soft coral, Fiji.
Species: Sinularia soft coral, Sinularis flexibilis
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31326  

Symphyllia brain coral on tropical coral reef, Fiji.
Species: Brain coral, Symphyllia
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31327  

Beautiful tropical reef in Fiji. The reef is covered with dendronephthya soft corals and sea fan gorgonians, with schooling Anthias fishes swimming against a strong current.
Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias
Location: Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31328  

Acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight.
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31331  

Red whip coral, Ellisella ceratophyta, Mount Mutiny, Bligh Waters, Fiji.
Species: Gorgonian, Whip coral, Ellisella ceratophyta, Gorgonacea
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31332  

Sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents.
Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea
Location: Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31333  

Colorful Dendronephthya Soft Corals and Black Coral, Fiji.
Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya
Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31334  

Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji.
Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya
Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31335