Underwater Coral Close-Ups

Intricate details of coral formations and unique sea life. Bright colors and textures highlight the complexity of the marine environment.

Leaf Scorpionfish in reef Tuamotu French Polynesia

Sea Fan Polyp (Gorgonia Sp.), Philippines, Pacific Ocean

A yellow crinoid feather star against red fan coral, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Sun Starfish

Orange jewel anemone (Corynactis viridis) Sea anemone. Dive site Maharees Islands, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, Irish Sea, North Atlantic, Ireland, Europe

Screw table on coral reef, Spirographis spallanzani, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Europe

coral skeleton, west indies

Giant plumose anemones on the seafloor, Puget Sound, Washington.

Azure Vase Sponge (Callyspongia plicifera), West Caicos, British West Indies, Caribbean

Brain Coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis), Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

Grooved serpent coral (Pachyseris speciosa), Daedalus Reef dive site, Egypt, Red Sea, Africa

Cryptic Phyllodesmium Nudibranch. Date:

Tube Anemone - on black sand - Magic Crack dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Date:

Actinia, Alicia mirabilis, Puolo Bay, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

Gorgonian Sea Fan, a soft Coral (Subergorgia mollis), Indo-Pacific, grows perpendicular to Current

Washington State, Olympic National Park, Shi Shi Beach, Giant Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)

Crab

False Irish Moss (Mastocarpus stellatus) fronds, growing in rockpool, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, may

Yellow calyx coral (Tubastrea coccinea), Red Sea, Sudan, Africa

Multicolored coral reef in shallow water on sunny day, Close up of coral reef on sunny day, colorful tropical fish swim around the reef, Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Natural occurring fluorescence in underwater tube sea anemone (Ceranthidae) unidentified species, captured by using special UV blocking barrier filters, Night dive at Kalabahi Bay, Alor Island, Indonesia

Lush Coral Reef

beautiful view of sea life

Red club-tipped anemone (Telmatactis cricoides), El Cabron marine reserve dive site, Arinaga, Gran Canaria, Spain, Atlantic Ocean, Europe

Coral, close-up, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

High angle view of coral reef, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Silvertip nudibranch (Janolus capensis), False Bay dive site, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Fan coral in the hold of the Dunraven. Dive site Dunraven wreck, Sinai, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Blue-Spotted Pacific Urchin - close up of spines (Astropyga radiata ). Indo-Pacific. Bioluminescent.

Foreground detail of Black Coral Atlantic Ocean

Frilled Sea Anemone (Metridium senile) group showing extended tentacles, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hawaii, Maui, rare sighting of a blue_spotted sea urchin Astropyga radiata.

Oblong-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) on moss in a moor near Raubling, pre-Alps, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Scallop.

Nudibranch (Dendrodoris herytra). Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Poison pincer sea urchin, Toxopneustes roseus, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Central America

Coral buds being farmed in the lagoon, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Spiny Leaf Seaweed (Turbinaria decurrens) at night, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Greater Sunda Islands, Indonesia, June

Soft coral.

Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima) Underwater, Marine life

Intricate patterns on marine coral

Orange And Purple Color Variants Of Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster Ochraceus) (Aka Purple Sea Star And Common Sea Star) With Closed Giant Green Anemones (Anthopleura Xanthogrammica) On Rock At Low Tide, Point Of Arches, Olympic National Park, Washington State, Usa, June, Point_Of_Arches-125

Coral, Phang Nga Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Center coral, Phang Nga Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Center, Phang Nga, Krabi, Thailand, Asia

Pom anemone (Liponema brevicornis)

Fish-eating Sea Anemone (Urticina piscivora) pair underwater, Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada

Hard coral Tuamotu French Polynesia

West Coast Sea Nettles Chrysaora fuscescens

Canada, British Columbia, Gulf Islands, Portland Island. Detail photo of Bladderwrack (Fucus gardneri) seaweed and barnacles (Large format sizes available)

sea coral

Stinging Or Lion'S Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea Lamarkii), Scotland, Uk

Discordant mussels (Musculus discors), Sitka area, Inside Passage, southeastern Alaska.

Peacock Butte, Bothus lunatus, Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire, Caribbean, Caribbean Sea

thin twigs with first buds

Colourful sea fan (Melithaea sp.) with crinoid, Restorf Island, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Kelp Forest Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), San Benito Island, Mexico, Central America

California, Catalina Island, Sunlight streaming through a forest of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera.

Three starfish underwater, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Colony of the ahermatypic coral, Tubastrea sp.

Branching Anemone - releasing eggs (Actinodendron plumosum)

Colony of Anemones feeding dead Jellyfish Palau Island

Cushion Sea Star.(Culcita novaeguineae).Solomon Islands

Banded Sea Urchin, Echinothrix calamaris, Hawaii, USA

Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, underwater, California

Jellyfish, Near Island, Alaska

Detail of coral polyps on a reef in Lembeh Strait.

Fish-Eating Anemone

Crown Jellyfish or Cauliflower Jellyfish (Cephea cephea), Indian Ocean, Maldives, Asia

Aloe Vera blossom, medicinal plant

Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)

Two Red feather star (Himerometra robustipinna), Bangka Island, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Asia

Beautiful blue sea star and starfish at the coral reef

Hooded nudibranchs (Melibe leonina) crowd atop red algae. Vancouver Island, Canada.

Bull Kelp

Orange Sponge Yucatan Caribbean Sea Mexico

Sea Urchins (Echinoidea); Spiny Sea Creatures

Whip gorgonian, Other animals, Corals, Cnidarians, Animals, Red Whip Coral (Ellisella cercida) in reef habitat, Boo Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Ne...

Jellyfish in the Mediterranean sea France

Giant Cup Mushroom Coral (Amplexidiscus fenestrafer) group, Bali, Indonesia

Peachia Cylindrica, Ireland

Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima) Underwater, Marine life

Green shore sea urchin (Psammechinus miliaris) adult, with elongated tentacles, in marine mud, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Large Tubastraea Coral and schooling Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias sp.) Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

White lily in a backwater on the banks of the river Ain

Coral reef and fish at Seychelles

Marine algae, bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) Close-up of the reproductive bodies

French Polynesia, Moorea. Green chromis fish in corals.

A picture of the coral reef A picture of the coral reef Copyright: xZoonar.com/GialdinixLucax 22910371

Tube-dwelling Anomone (Ceriantharia) on sandy ground, Madeira, Portugal, Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Europe

USA, Washington, Strait of Juan de Fuca. Red Blood Star starfish in a beach tidepool

Beautiful macro worm on the plant

Blue Sea Squirt (Clavelinidae) in front of a Gorgonian or Sea Fan (Alcyonaria), Indonesia, Asia

Fluoresce hard coral, Coral fluorescenc, Indonesia, Indian Ocean, Komodo National Park

Red sea urchin taken near Staniel Cay, Exuma, Bahamas

Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay, Upside Down Jellyfish (Cassiopea Andromeda) Gr7335

Fused Staghorn Coral, Day Fluorescing, Palau, Rock Islands-World Heritage Site, Micronesia

Florida Sun Star or Cushion Starfish (Oreaster reticulatus)

Caribbean, Antilles, Curacao, Westpunt, Brain coral, Diploria strigosa

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