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Flower Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus). Also known as Toxic or Venomous Sea Urchin. This Urchin has sharp toxic spines and has caused fatalities. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Flower Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus), close detail of venomous spines. Also known as Toxic or Venomous Sea Urchin. This Urchin has sharp toxic spines and has caused fatalities. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flower Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus), close detail of venomous spines. Also known as Toxic or Venomous Sea Urchin. This Urchin has sharp toxic spines and has caused fatalities. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Urchin (Tripneustes gratilla). Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Sea Urchin (Diadema savignyi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, East Africa, outh Pacific Islands and Japan. Photo taken at Solitary Islands Marine Park, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Sea Urchin (Diadema savignyi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, East Africa, outh Pacific Islands and Japan. Photo taken at Solitary Islands Marine Park, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fire Urchin (Astropyga radiata). Also known as Red Urchin and False Fire Urchin. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fire Urchin (Astropyga radiata). Also known as Red Urchin and False Fire Urchin. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fire Urchin (Astropyga radiata), expelling waste from the central sac. Also known as Red Urchin and False Fire Urchin. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fire Urchin (Astropyga radiata). Also known as Red Urchin and False Fire Urchin. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fire Urchin (Astropyga radiata). Also known as Red Urchin and False Fire Urchin. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Allied Cowry (Cypraea sp.) on Dendronephthya Soft Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Textile Cone (Conus textile). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Toe-nail Cowry (Calpurnus verrucosus) on Soft coral (Sarcophyton sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spindle Cowry (Possibly: Phenacovolva tokioi). Also known as Ovulid Cowry. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tiger Cowrie (Cypraea tigris). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ovulid Cowry (Crenavolva rosewateri) feeding upon Gorgonian Fan Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bubble Snails (Hydatina physis). New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ovulid Cowry (Crenavolva tigris) on Gorgonian Coral. New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Eye detail of Scorpion Shell (Lambis scorpius). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scorpion Shell (Lambis scorpius). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Snail (Bullina lineata). New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Snails (Haminoea cymbalum). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bubble Snail (Hydatina physis). New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Goby (Pleurosicya sp.) on Spindle Cowrie (Phenacovolva sp.). Also known as Ovulid Cowry. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Spindle Cowry (Phenacovolva angasi) on Gorgonian coral. Also known as Ovulid Cowry. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Bi-valve spawning releasing egg and sperm bundles. Photo taken in Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus) - amongst sea sponges and tunicates. Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tasmania. Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus). Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tasmania. Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spindle Cowry (Phenacovolva sp.) - a cluster of 3 on Gorgonian coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flame File Shell (Lima sp.). Also known as Flame Scallop and Electric Scallop. Found on rocky and coral reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Wentletrap Snail (Epitonium billeeanum), on Tubastraea coral, with its egg capsules clearly visible. This snail feeds on Tubastraea corals and is found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Egg Cowrie (Ovula ovum), feeding on Leather Soft Coral (Sarcophyton sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Drupe Sea Snail (Drupella sp.) - feeding on Coral (Galaxea sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mitre Shell (possibly: Cancilla sp.), with a tiny Sea Anemone attached to its shell. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Close detail showing the eyes of the mollusc Stromb Shell (Strombus sp.). Found throughout tropical Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Live Murex Shell (Murex ternispina). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo was taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus), covered in sea sponge. Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tasmania. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus), covered in sea sponge. Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tasmania. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Highly prized by commercial fishery, this Mussel is cultivated in most southern Australian states. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Highly prized by commercial fishery, this Mussel is cultivated in most southern Australian states. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Highly prized by commercial fishery, this Mussel is cultivated in most southern Australian states. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sundial Shell (Architectonica perspectiva). Found in sandy hapitats throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo was taken at Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sundial Shell (Architectonica perspectiva). Found in sandy hapitats throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo was taken at Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Harp Shell (Harpa sp.). Found in sandy hapitats throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo was taken at Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Parasitic Shell (Thyca crystallina) on Blue Linckia Sea Star (Linckia laevigata). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Live Murex Shell (Murex pecten). Uncommon. Indo-West Pacific
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Live Helmet Shell (Cassis cornuta) eating a Sea Urchin (Tripneustes gratilla). Indo-Pacific
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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