Invertebrates Collection (page 16)

Grey top-shell (Gibbula cineraria) grazing on Golden kelp (Laminaria ochroleuca). Pendennis Head, Cornwall, UK, English Channel

Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) feeding on a Flame shell (Limaria hians) in a kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) forest, Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK

Nudibranch (Fjordia lineata) crawling amongst the legs of a Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK

Pair of Spot gobies (Gobiusculus flavescens) nesting in a old Common sea urchin (Echinus esculentus) shell, Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK

Detail of a St Johns stalked jellyfish (Calvadosia cruxmelitensis) growing on seaweed, Chesil Beach, Dorset, UK, English Channel

An Elegant starfish (Fromia elegans) on hard coral, Fiji

Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus), juvenile, hides within a crinoid, Dauin Marine Protected Area, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines

Mutualism between a Portuguese man o war (Physalia physalis) and a juvenile Imperial blackfish (Schedophilus ovalis), Tenerife, Canary Islands

Pair of mating Big blue octopuses (Octopus cyanea) where the male, on the right, is fertilising the female using its fertilising tentacle. Indian ocean, Maldives

RF - Herbivorous common sea urchin (Echinus esculentus) grazes in a kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) forest. Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK

RF - Portrait of Spinecheek anemonefish (Premnas biaculeatus) in its host Bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) on a coral reef. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea

Colourful soft corals, Dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) and common sea urchins (Echinus esculentus) mass beneath a kelp forest (Laminaria hyperborea)

The red and white surface details, including the gills, of a sunstar (Crossaster papposus). Lochcarron, Ross-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom. British Isles

Portrait of a Red Sea anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) above the tentacles of a Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) on a coral reef. Daedelus Reef. Egypt. Red Sea

Tiny (1cm) Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) hides in the branches of its home seafan (Muricella sp)
Tiny (1cm) Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) hides in the branches of its home seafan (Muricella sp.) on a coral reef. Daram Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea

Split level with table corals (Acropora spp. ) growing close to an island
Split level with table corals (Acropora spp.) growing close to an island. Pelee Island, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tropical West Pacific Ocean

Portrait of a Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) at night above a coral reef. Gam Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Dampier Strait, Tropical West Pacific Ocean

False clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) looking out of a magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) on a coral reef. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tropical West Pacific Ocean

Pair of Coleman shrimps (Periclimenes colemani) living in Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). The female is the larger shrimp. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines

Wide angle macro photo of an algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus) as it reaches out and investigates the camera. Dauin, Dauin Marine Protected Area, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines

Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumingi), Botella Point, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico, August

Feeding trails from Common snails (Helix aspersa) grazing algae growing on black paint. The rows of chitinous, recurved teeth (the cuticula, part of the radula) leave a distinctive zigzag pattern

Elegant conch (Lentigo pipus) close up of eye stalks, Philippines

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) close up of eye, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Yellow seafan (Leptogorgia viminalis) La Gomera, Canary Islands

Hairy triton (Monoplex parthenopeus) Vervece rock, Punta Campanella Marine Protected area, Costa Amalfitana / Amalfi coast, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. October

Catshark egg, (Scyliorhinus sp. ), on Yellow gorgonia, (Eunicella cavolini)
Catshark egg, (Scyliorhinus sp.), on Yellow gorgonia, (Eunicella cavolini), Punta Campanella Marine Protected area, Costa Amalfitana / Amalfi coast, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. October

Two Penta star (Peltaster placenta) Punta Campanella Marine Protected area, Costa Amalfitana / Amalfi coast, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. October

Flame scallop (Limaria hians / Lima hians), Puolo, Punta Campanella Marine Protected area, Costa Amalfitana / Amalfi coast, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. October

A shiver of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) swim over a coral reef with Common sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina) and sea plumes (Pseudopterogorgia sp)

Panamic Cushion Sea Star (Pentaceraster cumingi) and a school of Yellow-tailed Grunt (Anisotremus interruptus), Galapagos Island, Ecuador. December

Split level image of Leather corals (Sarcophyton sp. ) flourishing in shallow water close
Split level image of Leather corals (Sarcophyton sp.) flourishing in shallow water close to uninhabited coral islands. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea

Hard corals (including Acropora sp. Platygyra sp. and Pocillopora spp.) growing in shallow water and reflected in the surface. Ras Umm Sid, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Table coral reef in shallow waters, Gaafu Alifu Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Deepsea cirrate octopod {Stauroteuthis syrtensis} 830m, Gulf of Maine, Atlantic

Happy Eddy (Haploblepharus edwardsii) amongst Cape sea urchin (Parechinus angulosus) and starfish. False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. June

Bridled anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus) in a Bulb-tenacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) in reef of finger coral, Yap, Micronesia

Colourful Soft corals (Dendronephthya hemprichi) with reef fishes, including Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) at Hin Daeng

Coral reef scene, with Philippines chromis (Chromis scotochiloptera), hard coral (Acropora sp.) and purple elephant ear sponges (Ianthella basta)

RF - Maldive anemonefish (Amphiprion nigripes) swimming above their host Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) on coral reef

Seafan / Red gorgonian (Paramuricea clavata) and Light-bulb sea squirt (Clavelina lepadiformis) Punta Carena, Capri Island, Sorrentine Peninsula, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

Tiny hydrozoa, which is a predatory jellyfish-like animal. The hydrozoans are related to jellyfish and corals and belong to the phylum Cnidaria, Green Island, Taiwan

Redspotted catshark (Schroederichthys chilensis) on sea floor amongst Sea urchins (Echinoidea). Las Tacas, Chile. November

Northern sea star (Asterias rubens), two feeding in Eelgrass (Zostera marina) bed. Newfoundland, Canada. May

Snakelocks shrimp (Periclimenes sagittifer) living symbiotiocally inside a snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis). Swanage, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. English Channel. North East Atlantic

Pair of Leachs spider crabs (Inachus sp. ) living symbiotiocally
Pair of Leachs spider crabs (Inachus sp.) living symbiotiocally, sheltering beneath the stinging tentacles of a snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis). Swanage, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

White-spotted anemone / Strawberry anemone (Utricina lofotensis) growing beneath the kelp forest. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swimming over a coral reef, watched by a Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) surrounded by common sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina)

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