Tubastreas with polyps extended - Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

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Orange hard corals expanded for nighttime feeding, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

Yellow stalked ascidian, Marion Reef, Coral Sea Australia

Crinoid with red encrusting sponge, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

Aeolid nudibranch on calcerous algae, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

Large unidentified deep water corallomorph, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

A black Crinoid edged with gold in the branches of a red thread gorgonian (Elisella), Astrolabe Reef, Kandavy, Fiji

A bright brown and gold crinoid on hard coral in the shallow water above a dropoff.

Tridacha clam in shallow coral garden, Swain Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Tridacna clam in a background of convoluted hard coral, Marion reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Mouth of large anemone, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

Mouth of unidentified corallomorph, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

Nocturnal colony of anemones, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

Unusual form of nocturnal soft coral fond on wall of underwater cave, sometimes called cob coral.

Deep-water gorgonian off Astrolabe Reef. Fiji

Gorgonian with polyps, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

Red thread gorgonian and silver crinoid, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

Golden crinoid, Marion reef, Coral Sea, Australia

'Burning Bush Coral', Siphonogorgia? Double O Arch, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

A slipper lobster blends with its environment, night dive, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

A colorful tridacna clam, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

Red ellisella or thread gorgonian, with white polyps, Laboratory Point, Astrolabe Reef, Kandavu, Fiji

Detail of crown-of-thorns starfish, unnamed pinnacle, Marion Reef, Coral Sea, Australia


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