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Corals and Cnidarians

Hard corals, soft corals, sea fans, and anemones: the animals that build and decorate the reef. Several of these images come from Fiji, the soft coral capital of the world.

12 photos · Observations on iNaturalist

Tube-dwelling AnemoneCerianthidaeTabango, Leyte, Philippines · 2023Sand and muck slopes Coral Triangle
Rhipidipathes reticulataBlue Holes dive site, Koror, Palau · 2017Coral reef Pacific Islands
Shoulderblade CoralPavona clavusTubbataha Reef, Philippines · 2023Coral reef Coral Triangle
Orange Cup CoralTubastraea coccineaHaleʻiwa, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA · 2022Coral reef Hawaiʻi
Plate CoralLobactis scutariaRaja Ampat, Papua Barat, Indonesia · 2019Coral reef Coral Triangle
Toadstool CoralSarcophyton sp.Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, Indonesia · 2013Coral reef Coral Triangle
Selected by Smithsonian curators and shown in Portraits of Planet Ocean: The Photography of Brian Skerry, National Museum of Natural History, Sant Ocean Hall, 2015.
Paraminabea acronocephalaVatu-i-Ra Channel, Fiji · 2016Coral reef Pacific Islands
Fiji soft coralsNamena Marine Reserve, Fiji · 2016Coral reef Pacific Islands
Great White WallRainbow Reef, Somosomo Strait, Fiji · 2016Coral reef Pacific Islands
Fiji reef sceneNamena Marine Reserve, Fiji · 2016Coral reef Pacific Islands
Sea fansRainbow Reef, Somosomo Strait, Fiji · 2016Coral reef Pacific Islands
Soft coral polypsZamboanguita, Negros Oriental, Philippines · 2023Coral reef Coral Triangle