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Whitleys Slender Basslet between Mushroom Leather Corals, Luzonichthys whitleyi, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Whitleys Slender Basslet between Mushroom Leather Corals, Luzonichthys whitleyi, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Soft leather corals grow in the shallow waters in the Solomon Islands, Melanesia. This region, in the eastern part of the Coral Triangle, harbors spectacular marine biodiversity and is known for its beautiful reefs.
Soft coral colonies, Sinularia sp., thrive on a reef found among the remote, tropical islands of Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Coral reef of soft leather corals (Sarcophyton sp.) and limestone islands. Misool, Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean. More info: This region has the highest marine biological diversity in the world.
Soft leather coral, Sarcophyton sp., bleaching. This soft coral has lost its symbiotic algae, zooxanthellae, and turned white due to high water temperatures. Buyat Bay, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
Leather Coral Polyps (Sarcophyton sp) each extending its 8 arms to try catching plankton in water. Coral Polyps are individual animals having a common base (in this case, the leathery base). Derawan, Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.), Apo Island marine reserve, Philippines, Visayan sea, Southeast Asia, Asia
Anthias, Pseudanthias sp., swim over a hard coral garden with a variety of different hard corals including table, branching, cabbage or lettuce, staghorn, and leather varieties, Acropora sp., Porites sp., Echinopora sp., Sarcophyton sp., Spice Islands, Maluku Region, Halmahera, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Split shot or over under of a shallow reef with a variety of table, leather, and staghorn corals, Acropora sp., Porites sp., Litophyton sp., sarcophyton sp., and the island of Bunaken, Bunaken Marine Park, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Soft coral, leather coral (Lobophytum) with semi-enclosed polyps, detail, Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, UNESCO World Heritage, Australia, Oceania