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Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island, California
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island, California
Pink Soft Corals and Pristine Hard Corals on South Pacific Reef, Fiji. Large coral head is Platygyra lamellina, Dendronephthya, Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island
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
Fishing Longline, Wrapped and Embedded in Coral Head, Clipperton Island
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island, Porites arnaudi
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island, Porites arnaudi
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
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
Steephead parrotfish, Chlorurus microrhinos, grazing on coral reef, Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Coral Bommie, cylinder of hard coral, viewed from below, 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, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
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, Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago
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, Porites lobata
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, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Enormous Porites lobata coral head, overturned by storm surge, Clipperton Island, Porites lobata
Enormous Porites lobata coral head, overturned by storm surge, Clipperton Island, Porites lobata
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island, Porites arnaudi
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island, Porites arnaudi
Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific, Porites lobata
Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island, Porites lobata
Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island, Porites lobata
Massive round Porites lobata coral heads, Clipperton Island, Porites lobata
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