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Soft corals (gorgonians, dendronephthya) and hard corals cover a pristine and beautiful south Pacific coral reef, Fiji.
Image ID: 31418
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Black Sun Coral, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Tubastrea micrantha
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | 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.
Image ID: 31421
Species: Gorgonian, Sea Fan, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji.
Image ID: 31425
Species: Gorgonian, Anthias, Sea Fan, Pseudanthias, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Fiji |
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Sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji.
Image ID: 31428
Species: Gorgonian, Anthias, Sea Fan, Pseudanthias, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Fiji | Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji.
Image ID: 31435
Species: Gorgonian, Anthias, Sea Fan, Pseudanthias, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Fiji | Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji.
Image ID: 31437
Species: Gorgonian, Anthias, Sea Fan, Pseudanthias, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Fiji |
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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.
Image ID: 31438
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea
Location: Fiji | Plexauridae 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.
Image ID: 31439
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Sea Fan, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Fiji | Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with gorgonian sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji.
Image ID: 31441
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Anthias, Black Sun Coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias, Gorgonacea, Tubastrea micrantha
Location: Fiji |
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Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island.
Image ID: 32056
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island.
Image ID: 32207
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, Catalina 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.
Image ID: 34219
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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Garibaldi 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.
Image ID: 30864
Species: Garibaldi, California golden gorgonian, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Garibaldi and red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Image ID: 30870
Species: Garibaldi, Red gorgonian, Hypsypops rubicundus, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef below kelp forest, 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, 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.
Image ID: 30909
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Blacksmith Chromis 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.
Image ID: 30956
Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji.
Image ID: 31350
Species: Gorgonian, Anthias, Sea Fan, Pseudanthias, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji.
Image ID: 31440
Species: Gorgonian, Sea Fan, Anthias, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae, Pseudanthias
Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji |
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Sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents.
Image ID: 31443
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea
Location: Fiji | 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.
Image ID: 31444
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea
Location: Fiji | Crinoid clinging to gorgonian sea fan, Fiji.
Image ID: 31445
Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Gorgonian, Sea Fan, Crinoidea, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Fiji |
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Sarcophyton leather coral and sea fan gorgonian on pristine coral reef, Fiji.
Image ID: 31446
Species: Sarcophyton Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Sea Fan, Sarcophyton, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Fiji | 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.
Image ID: 31447
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Sea Fan, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Fiji | Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island.
Image ID: 32038
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
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Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island.
Image ID: 32039
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island.
Image ID: 32041
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island.
Image ID: 32118
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
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Sea fan gorgonian on coral reef, Grand Cayman Island.
Image ID: 32121
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island.
Image ID: 32128
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island.
Image ID: 32181
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
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