Great Barrier Reef Collection (page 2)

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

Tropical Day Octopus - is a camouflage expert, it lays up to 6000 000 eggs which hatch into tiny planktonic young
VT-8389 Tropical Day OCTOPUS Great Barrier Reef. Australia. Octopus cyanea It iss a camouflage expert, it lays up to 6000 000 eggs which hatch into tiny planktonic young

Tiger Cowrie Great Barrier Reef, Australia
VT-53 Tiger Cowrie Great Barrier Reef, Australia Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Unidentified animal - Photographed in 1965 at night this creature possibly a worm or nudibranch has never been
VT-8361 Unidentified animal - Photographed in 1965 at night this creature possibly a worm or nudibranch has never been identified Great Barrier Reef

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

Thorny Oyster - cave dweller Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific
VT-4457 Thorny Oyster - cave dweller Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific. Spondylus sp. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Bigeye Trevally - Great Barrier Reef - Australia
VT-5153 Bigeye Trevally Great Barrier Reef - Australia Caranx sexfasciatus 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

Broadclub Cuttlefish - Indo pacific - Great Barrier Reef - Australia
VT-6159 Broadclub Cuttlefish Indo pacific - Great Barrier Reef - Australia Sepia latimanus Camouflage Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

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

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

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

Mantis shrimp (Odontodactyllus scyllarus) get their name from their resemblance to preying mantis
AUS-625 Mantis shrimp. Like namesake Praying mantis, has compound eyes & strong hinged forelegs to catch prey. Great Barrier Reef Odontodactyllus scyllarus Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com

Top shell (Family Trochidae). Rib Reef, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia
AUS-722 Top shell (family Trochidae). Rib Reef, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

Nudibranch (Sea slug) egg ribbon. Like the animal that laid them, these eggs are brightly coloured to warn potential
AUS-1850 Nudibranch (Sea slug) egg ribbon. Like the animal that laid them, these eggs are brightly coloured to warn potential predators of the toxic chemicals they contain

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

A close up of its skin makes it clear how the leopard sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus) got its name
AUS-603 Leopard sea cucumber, skin, showing why it was named. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia Bohadschia argus Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that

Hinge-beak shrimp (Rhynchocinetes sp). Ribbon Reef Number 10, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia
AUS-733 Hingebeak shrimp Ribbon Reef Number 10, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia Rhynchocinetes sp. Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are

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

Feather stars (Order Comatulida), close relatives of sea stars, are named for the feathery appearance of their arms
AUS-599 Featherstars (Order Comatulida), named for the feathery arms which filter food. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland

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

The egg cowrie (Ovula ovum) gets it's name from its round white shell
AUS-558 Egg cowrie, named for its round white shell, here covered by its black mantle. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland

Because of it's small size and bright colours, the beach ball sea cucumber (Pseudocolochirus violaceus)
AUS-758 Beach ball sea cucumber highly prized as an aquarium specimen for its small size and bright colours (one of few sea cucumbers to be so regarded). Aquarium shot

Commensal shrimp (Periclimenes sp) on adhesive sea anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum)
AUS-737 Commensal shrimp on Adhesive sea anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum). Ribbon Reef No. 3, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Periclimenes sp

The predatory snail, known as a volute, (Cymbiola sp) is burying itself in the sand, perhaps to avoid predators
AUS-682 A predatory snail, a volute burying itself in sand, perhaps to avoid predators. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Cymbiola 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

Nudibranch Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia DWD00159
AUS-1845 Nudibranch Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Halgerda sp. Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Nudibranch (Glossodoris atromarginata) Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. DWD00263
AUS-1847 Nudibranch Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Glossodoris atromarginata Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Sea Cucumber - Great Barrier Reef - Australia
AU-14-dav Sea CUCUMBER - Great Barrier Reef, Australia Thelenota ananas Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Nudibranch near Wreck Bay, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. DWD00001
AUS-1848 Nudibranch near Wreck Bay, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Notodoris minor Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

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

Nudibranch Rodda Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia DWD00189
AUS-1849 Nudibranch Rodda Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Halgerda sp. Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

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

Green Turtle - A female drifting along the reef edge waiting for high tide to go ashore and lay her eggs
VT-8820 Green Turtle - A female drifting along the reef edge waiting for high tide to go ashore and lay her eggs. Note the barnacles They are only found growing on a sea turtle's shell

Potato-cod - this fish are generaly found in family groups living in a chosen area which makes them a fine fish for
VT-8801 Potato Cod - this fish are generaly found in family groups living in a chosen area which makes them a fine fish for divers to interact with. Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus. Female laying eggs in a fire coral where she will stand guard until they hatch
VT-8809 Broadclub / broad club cuttlefish - Female laying eggs in a fire coral where she will stand guard until they hatch. After the hatching is safely over she will die. Great Barrier Reef

Crinoid Clingfish - they have a symbiotic relationship with feather starfish where they receive shelter
VT-8767 Crinoid Clingfish - they have a symbiotic relationship with featherstar where they receive shelter and a steady supply of food as it filters through the stars arms Great Barrier Reef

Bigeye Trevally - shoal, common along reef dropoffs these fish are always found in large schools
VT-8769 Bigeye Trevally - shoal, common along reef dropoffs these fish are always found in large schools. Lady Elliot Island

Trumpet Fish - & Speckled-fin Rock Cod, the Trumpet fish hovers next to Speckeled Fin Rock Cod waiting for it's
VT-8765 Trumpetfish & Speckled-fin Rockcod / white-streaked Grouper (Epinephelus ongus) - the Trumpetfish hovers next to Speckeled-Fin Rockcod waiting for it's prey

Blackspot tuskfish / Green Wrasse - This wrasse is digging a hole searching for shrimps
VT-8733 Blackspot tuskfish / Green Wrasse - This wrasse is digging a hole searching for shrimps, crabs or other small creatures it can eat. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef

Bigeye trevally - Common along reef dropoffs these fish are always found in large schools
VT-8734 Bigeye trevally - Common along reef drop offs. These fish are always found in large schools. Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef

Sweetlip - with Cleaner Wrasse, Painted Sweetlips lined up to be cleaned by the little wrasse
VT-8757 Sweetlip - with Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Painted Sweetlips lined up to be cleaned by the little wrasse

Blue-spotted Rockcod. - Usually found on shallow reefs and sea grass beds. Great Barrier reef, Australia
VT-8735 Blue-spotted rockcod / bluespotted hind - usually found on shallow reefs and sea grass beds. Great Barrier reef, Australia Cephalopholis cyanostigma Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that

Sweetlip, cleaner wrasse - this Sweetlip holds is mouth open so the little wrasse can clean his gills
VT-8756 Magpie Sweetlip, cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) - this Sweetlip holds is mouth open so the little wrasse can clean his gills

Moray Eel & Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides Dimidiatus) - The little wrasse does a soft dance on the eel's head to signal
VT-8720 Moray Eel & Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides Dimidiatus) - The little wrasse does a soft dance on the eel's head to signal she is about to start cleaning him. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef

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