Coral Collection (#23)

Coral polyps - Night. Feeding on polychate worm, Coral polyps are carnivours. They feed on other animals Heron Is
VT-8378 Coral polyps - Night. Feeding on polychate worm Heron Is. Great Barrier Reef. Australia Tubastrea faulkneri Coral polyps are carnivours

Soft Coral - one of the most brillant of all soft corals this family sags when there is no current but stands erect
VT-8924 Soft Coral Indonesia Scleronephithya sp. One of the most brillant of all soft corals this family sags when there is no current but stands erect when the current sweeps plankton on which it

Ornamental crab. these fascinating crabs grow sponges, algae and corals on their shell as a disguise to confuse
VT-8742 Ornamental crab.- these fascinating crabs grow sponges, algae and corals on their shell as a disguise to confuse preditors

Soft coral polyps - Papua New Guinea
VT-8941 Soft coral polyps Papua New Guinea Xenia sp. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Acoelous Flatworms - usually found living in clusters on soft coral - Indonesia
VT-8978 Acoelous Flatworms - usually found living in clusters on soft coral Indonesia Order Acoela Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Soft Corals - both these corals are the same species - Indonesia
VT-8970 Soft Corals - both these corals are the same species Indonesia Scleronephthya sp. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Coral Polyps - Caught in the act of retracting into the central body - this small coral colony looks a little like a
VT-8856 Coral Polyps - Caught in the act of retracting into the central body - this small coral colony looks a little like a space creature Papua New Guinea. Goniopora sp

Cold water coral - Growing under a jetty in shade. Endemic Port Hughes South Australia
VT-8879 Cold water coral - Growing under a jetty in shade Port Hughes South Australia Carijoa sp. Endemic Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Giant Sponge
VT-8082 GIANT SPONGE Xestospongia testudinaria Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Moray Eel Indo Pacific, Indonesia
VT-8146 Moray Eel Indo Pacific, Indonesia Gymnothorax javanicus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Black Coral Sea Whip South Pacific
VT-4560 Black Coral Sea Whip South Pacific Antipathes sp. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Hard Coral Indo Pacific Indonesia
VT-7711 Hard Coral Indo Pacific Indonesia Acropora secale Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Lace Coral South Pacific
VT-5123 Lace / Stinging Coral South Pacific Distichopora violacea Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Coral reef scene VT 8223 Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Ron & Valerie Taylor / ARDEA LONDON
VT-8223 Coral reef scene, Great Barrier Reef Queensland, Australia Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fossilised Coral - Gibson Desert - North West Australia
VT-6446 Fossilised Coral Gibson Desert - North West Australia Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bubble Coral Indo Pacific
VT-7608 Bubble Coral Indo Pacific Euphyllia divisa Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Flowerpot Coral Indo Pacifc
VT-7600 Flowerpot Coral - hard croal, white rosette shape Indo Pacifc Goniopora dijboutiensis Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Staghorn Coral
VT-3165 STAGHORN CORAL Acropora sp Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fire Coral Caribbean
VT-4847 Fire Coral - hard coral, stinging Caribbean Millepora alcicornis Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Coral reef scene VT 8224 Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Ron & Valerie Taylor / ARDEA LONDON
VT-8224 Coral reef scene, Great Barrier Reef Queensland, Australia Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Staghorn / Table Coral Great Barrier Reef, Australia
VT-1333 Staghorn / Table Coral Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Acropora hyacinthus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Fire Coral
VT-1907 FIRE CORAL Millepora sp. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fire Coral - venomous Indo Pacific
VT-6384 Fire Coral - venomous Indo-Pacific Millepora dichotoma Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Mushroom Coral
PM-7092 MUSHROOM FUNGUS CORAL Fungia scutaria Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Staghorn Coral Spawning - Egg and sperm bundles about to be released Heron Island, Queensland, Australia
VT-8175 Staghorn CORAL - spawning. Egg and sperm bundles about to be released Heron Island, Queensland, Australia Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Organ Pipe Coral Indo Pacific
VT-4473 Organ Pipe Coral Indo Pacific Tubipora musica Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Stony Coral - Also known as: bouquet corals, frogspawn corals, grape corals, vase corals and zigzag corals
VT-6127 Stony Coral Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea Euphyllia ancora Also known as: Anchor bubble coral, bouquet corals, frogspawn corals, grape corals, vase corals and zigzag corals

Sea Slug Nudibranch mollusc on coral reef Mombasa Kenya
MAB-971 Sea Slug Nudibranch mollusc on coral reef Mombasa Kenya Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Turbinaria Coral - Great Barrier Reef - Australia
VT-4479 Turbinaria / Lettuce Coral Great Barrier Reef - Australia Turbinaria mesenterina Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Sarcophyton species - One of the soft corals. On Montgomery Reef, Kimberley coast, Western Australia
DH-4462 Sarcophyton species - One of the soft corals. On Montgomery Reef, Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Lace / Hydro Coral Coast of California, USA
KEL-476 Lace / Hydro Coral Coast of California, USA. Stylaster californicus Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Stony / Lobed / Brain Coral Reefs of Hawaii
KEL-441 Stony / Lobed / Brain Coral Reefs of Hawaii Porites lobata Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Hydro Coral
KEL-478 HYDROCORAL - ( HYDROZOA ) Coast of California, USA Stylaster californicus Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Lesser Valley Coral - Tropical Indo-Pacific
KEL-439 Lesser Valley Brain Coral Tropical Indo-Pacific Platygyra lamellina Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Crown-of-thorns Starfish - feeding on coral
DSE-218 Crown-of-Thorns STARFISH - feeding on coral Bassas da India Acanthaster plancii Douglas David Seifert Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Pillar Coral Yellow Boring Sponges (Siphonodictyon coralliphagus)
FG-11360 Pillar Coral Yellow Boring Sponges (Siphonodictyon coralliphagus) Dendrogyra cylindrus Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Coral - Great Barrier Reef marine park - Australia
FG-11998 Coral - Great Barrier Reef marine park Australia Acropora sp Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fossil colonial coral embedded in marine limestone occuring as an uplifted reef complex - Buka Islands - North Solomon
DH-2808 Fossil colonial coral embedded in marine limestone occuring as an uplifted reef complex Buka Islands - North Solomon Islands - Papa New Guinea Don Hadden Please note that prints are for

Soft coral tree (Dendronephthya sp). Similan Islands, Andaman Sea, Thailand
AUS-667 Soft coral tree Similan Islands, Andaman Sea, Thailand Dendronephthya sp. Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

A boulder coral (Diploastrea heliopora), with polyps partially extended. Andaman Sea, Myanmar
AUS-646 Boulder coral with partially extended polyps, flesh retracted into the protecting limestone skeleton. Andaman Sea

Staghorn Coral - spawning - this phenomenon happens only once a year and is over in minutes Great Barrier Reef
AUS-1772 Staghorn Coral - spawning - this phenomenon happens only once a year and is over in minutes Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Acropora sp

Plate coral (Acropora sp). Coral tissue from the plate coral is over-growing dead skeleton from another coral that has
AUS-721 Plate coral. Tissue from the plate coral is over-growing skeleton of another coral. Rib Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Acropora sp

Coral reef scene dominated by branching coral (Acropora spp). Ribbon Reef Number 10, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
AUS-725 Coral reef scene dominated by branching coral Ribbon Reef Number 10, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia Acropora spp

This close up shows the mouth of a mushroom coral (Fungia sp). These are unusual corals in that the polyps are
AUS-557 A mushroom coral, mouth. Its polyps are solitary, not forming colonies and not attached to the sea beds. Great Barrier Reef Fungia sp

This close up shows the skeletal structure of a mushroom coral (Fungia sp)
AUS-555 A mushroom coral, skeletal structure. Its polyps are solitary, not forming colonies and not attached to the sea beds. Great Barrier Reef Fungia sp

Colony of tube corals - feeding at night. They remain retracted during the day, like other hard corals
AUS-1815 Colony of tube corals - feeding at night. They remain retracted during the day, like other hard corals. They are found widely in tropical and sub-tropical seas in the Indo-Pacific, Anilao

Hard Coral - spawning Lizard Island National Park, Great Barrier Reef (world Heritage Area), Queensland
AUS-1775 Hard Coral - spawning Lizard Island National Park, Great Barrier Reef (world Heritage Area), Queensland, Australia Acropora sp

Coral - spawning Lizard Island National Park, Great Barrier Reef (world Heritage Area), Queensland, Australia KDN0989B
AUS-1773 Coral - spawning Lizard Island National Park, Great Barrier Reef (world Heritage Area), Queensland, Australia Acropora sp Kevin Deacon / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints

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