Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) cleaning Three-spot Humbug (Dascyllus trimaculatus), also known as Damselfish. Bali, Indonesia
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Flag-tail Shrimp Goby (Amblyeleotris yanoi) and Shrimp (Alpheus randalli). Bali, Indonesia
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Bridled Parrotfish (Scarus frenatus) showing detail of mouth and eye. Night colour. Indo-Pacific
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Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis), cleaning a Tomato Grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati), also known as Tomato Rock Cod. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
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Biscuit Star (Tosia queenslandensis). Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Eastern Australia
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Biscuit Star (Tosia australis) - surrounded by Ascidians. Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Edithburgh, South Australia
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Biscuit Star (Pentagonaster duebeni). Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
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Jewel Anemones (Corynactis australis). Found from Port Phillip Bay, Vic, to NSW and around Tas. Also New Zealand. Photo taken off Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
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Jewel Anemones (Corynactis australis). Found from Port Phillip Bay, Vic, to NSW and around Tas. Also New Zealand. Photo taken off Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
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Jewel Anemones (Corynactis australis). Found from Port Phillip Bay, Vic, to NSW and around Tas. Also New Zealand. Photo taken off Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
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Yellow Kneed Sea Spider (Calipallenid pycnogonid) on Sponge. Also known as Pycnogonida. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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Dugong (Dugong dugon). Also known as Sea Cow. Indo-Pacific. Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Now a Protected species.
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Dugong (Dugong dugon). Also known as Sea Cow. Indo-Pacific. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Now a Protected species.
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Southern Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) - swimming mid-water at night. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Extremely venomous and dangerous temperate octopus.
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Southern Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) - on sponge. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Extremely venomous and dangerous temperate octopus.
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Southern Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) - swimming mid-water at night. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Extremely venomous and dangerous temperate octopus.
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Southern Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) - swimming mid-water at night. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Extremely venomous and dangerous temperate octopus.
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Southern Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) - swimming mid-water at night. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Extremely venomous and dangerous temperate octopus.
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Southern Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) - swimming mid-water at night. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Extremely venomous and dangerous temperate octopus.
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Southern Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) - swimming mid-water at night. Found in Southern Australia. Photo taken at Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. This octopus is extremely venomous and dangerous.
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), living in a bi-valve sea shell. Also known as Coconut Octopus, this species is often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
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Paralarval Octopus (possibly Wunderpus or a member of the genus Abdopus), swimming. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo was taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Paralarval Octopus (possibly Wunderpus or a member of the genus Abdopus), swimming. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo was taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), juvenile swimming. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo was taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), swimming. This octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a discarded bottle and using a piece of glass as a door. Also known as Coconut Octopus. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus). Also known as Coconut Octopus. Often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus). Also known as Coconut Octopus. Often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), swimming. This octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). This octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Coastal Seascape with a double rainbow taken at dusk. Sawtell, New South Wales, Australia
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Sawtell Rock Pool at dusk with a blazing sunset. Sawtell, New South Wales, Australia
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Early morning Coastal Seascape, just prior to sunrise. Beach. New South Wales, Australia.
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A Surfer with board under arm, prepares to enter the surf from a rocky coastal headland, situated at Sawtell, near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Brighton Beach famous bathing boxes, or boatsheds, situated on Brighton beach near Melbourne. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
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Port Campbell National Park, showing sea stacks, Tom and Eva, named after the two teenage survivors of the Loch Ard shipwreck. Previously known as Island Archway, but renamed after the land bridge collapsed in 2009. Vic, Australia.
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Half under and half over water picture of tropical island and Acropora Coral reef. Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Half under and half over water picture of tropical island and Acropora Coral reef. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Half under and half over water picture of Scuba Diver hand feeding tropical fish. Lord Howe Island lagoon, Lord Howe Island, South Pacific, Australia
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Half under and half over water picture of Acropora Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Underwater seascape - sandy sea floor and ocean surface. Coral Sea, Australia
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Underwater seascape - sandy sea floor and ocean surface. Coral Sea, Australia
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Scuba Diver beneath breaking wave over Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Stormy ocean seascape and sky. Indo-Pacific.
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Diver snorkeling through penetrating sunrays. Swallows Cave, Tonga.
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