1116-49714 - This larval stage of a long arm octopus, Octopus sp. is no more that five inches across (as pictured) and was photographed at night in midwater several miles off the Kona Coast during a blackwater dive, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-49654 - Plastic bags full of dried frogs for sale at a medicine shop. The frogs are dried for use as aphrodisiacs in Chinese medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
1116-49716 - Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), Philippines. Some believe that this octopus intentionally mimics the appearance of other animals as a form of camouflage, Philippines
1116-49659 - Japanese Flying Squid (Todarodes pacificus), also knows as a Japanese common squid, in black water. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below. Hundreds of these squid passed by very quickly. This one paused just briefly for a portrait. It is one of the most abundant of the commercially valuable squid in the world, Yap, Micronesia
1116-49718 - As you move east the western clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris), pictured here, is replaced with the eastern clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula), Philippines
1116-46836 - The larval stage of a tube anemone (Cerianthus sp), likely around 30 days old at this point, will settle on the bottom at approximately 100 days. Photographed at night one mile off the island of Yap, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
1116-47090 - A Hawaiian Sea Creature, Halloween Hermit Crab (Ciliopagurus Strigatus) On The Sandy Beach, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States Of America
1116-46427 - A School Of Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus Albisella), A Hawaiian Endemic Fish, Over A Bleached Antler Coral (Pocillopora Eydouxi) Off The Kona Coast, Kona, Island Of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States Of America
1116-46539 - Jellyfish (Pelagia Noctiluca) With Fish Prey Photographed During A Blackwater Scuba Dive Several Miles Offshore Of A Hawaiian Island At Night, Hawaii, United States Of America
1245-1340 - Marine iguana and Sally Lightfoot crab, Punta Suarez, Espanola (Hood) Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
1245-1319 - Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus), Sullivan Bay, Santiago (James) Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
1245-1318 - Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus), Sullivan Bay, Santiago (James) Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
1245-1279 - Sally Lightfoot Crabs (Grapsus grapsus), Bachas Beach, Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
1116-39717 - This Common Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) is perched on the mantle rim of a Giant Tridacna Clam (Tridacna gigas). It's venomous spines can inflict a painful wound, Philippines
1116-39726 - The Bubble Coral Shrimp (Vir philippinensis) is found only on this species of coral, Pleurogyra sinuosa. The brown oval objects are actually Acoel Flatworms (Waminoa sp) that feed on nutrients trapped in mucus covering the coral, Philippines
1116-39712 - A transparent shrimp, Periclemenes sp, on an anemone (Heteractis magnifica). Some are so clear the only thing visible is the black of their eyes, Tubbataha Reef, Philippines
1116-39732 - This species of coral hermit crab (Paguritta sp) is well known, but still awaiting a name from biologists. It lives in a hole in hard coral and traps passing plankton in it's feathery antennae, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39948 - This soft coral crab or candy crab (Hoplophrys oatesii), is wearing a decoration of soft coral polyps on top of head as camouflage, Dumaguete, Philippines
1116-39723 - Yellow pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), also known as Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse, camouflaged in coral. They are found from Southern tropical Japan, throughout the Philippines, Indonesia, east to Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Van
1116-39714 - These two parasitic mollusks, Thyca crystallina, are growing on the host starfish, Linckia laevigata. This parasitic shell only attaches to this species of starfish, into which it burrows and sucks up nutrients, Philippines
1116-39939 - An Imperial commensal shrimp (Periclimenes imperator), photographed at night on the Spanish dancer nudibranch (Hexabranchus sanguineus), that it calls home, Philippines
1116-40058 - Arc-eye Hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus) resting on Antler Coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) off Kauai, Hawaii, during the spring, Kauai, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-39728 - Detail of the center branching arms of a Crinoid or Feather Star (Lamprometra klunzingeri) open and feeding on plankton at night, Philippines
1116-39716 - The Hairy Squat Lobster (Lauria slagiani) is found alone, and in pairs, on the outside of barrel sponges belonging to the genus Xestospongia. They are tiny (one centimeter across) and difficult to find on the folds of the sponge, Philippines
1116-39725 - Mouth detail of a colourful and healthy Mushroom coral, Fungia fungites, that is growing on a tropical coral reef in the Philippines. Mushroom coral is unique in the coral world, in that it does not attach itself to the bottom, Philippines
1116-39729 - Both a Crinoid Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes cornutus) and a Crinoid Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) on a crinoid. These tiny crustaceans are commensal on crinoids or feather stars and take their color from the host, Philippines
1116-39733 - This Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) is in an anemone (Heteractis magnifica) that is bleaching from high ocean temperatures and heat stress, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39721 - Yellow pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), also known as Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse. They are found from Southern tropical Japan, throughout the Philippines, Indonesia, east to Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu and the Great Bar
1116-39735 - The strings hanging off the dorsal fin of this Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) are parasitic copepods. Photographed just breaking the surface off Guadalupe Island, Mexico
1116-39706 - This Short Armed Sand Octopus (Amphioctopus arenicola) has selected a beer bottle to live in. They are normally found in a small hole on a sandy bottom, not far from a reef and is endemic, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-39731 - This Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) is in an anemone (Heteractis magnifica) that is bleaching from high ocean temperatures and heat stress, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39940 - A close look at the eggs of a common anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) that is most often found associated with the anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Philippines.
1116-39953 - This hard coral colony in the Pacific has begun to bleach, expelling its symbiotic zooxanthellae, consequences of global climate change and climate warming, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39947 - A close look at the eggs of a common anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) that is most often found associated with the anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Philippines.
1116-39954 - This pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion), is in an anemone (Heteractis magnifica) that is bleaching from high ocean temperatures and heat stress, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39938 - Mouth detail of a colorful and healthy mushroom coral (Fungia fungites) that is growing on a tropical coral reef. Mushroom coral is unique in the coral world, in that it does not attach itself to the bottom, Philippines
1116-39951 - This common anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion), is most often found associated with the anemone, Heteractis magnifica, as pictured here, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39999 - Diver viewing a female Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) pushing an egg into the finger coral where it will hatch in four to six weeks, Philippines
741-5584 - Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus), Bachas beach, North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America