Marine Invertebrates

White-breasted cormorants and sea urchins

Split-level view of white-breasted cormorants (Phalacrocorax lucidus) and sea urchins in a sheltered bay near Cape Point, False Bay, South Africa.

A European lobster charges the camera. Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt), the Netherlands.

A pinnacle swarming with life near Gura Ici, Indonesia.

Porcelain crab in carpet sea anemone

Ternate, Indonesia

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Courting common cuttlefish

Every spring thousands of common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) gather to mate in the shallows of the Eastern Scheldt. The Netherlands.

Scribbled pipefish

Ternate, Indonesia

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Sea urchin amid kelp

A lone sea urchin grazes on a turbid but colorful rocky reef in False Bay, South Africa.

Mushroom coral shrimp

Ternate, Indonesia

Glass anemone shrimp

Ternate, Indonesia

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JvA-20110511-0252

Red-gilled Nembrotha nudibranch

Ternate, Indonesia

JvA-20091102-6641

Sea fan

Ternate, Indonesia

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Day octopus eye

Ternate, Indonesia

Porcelain crab in carpet sea anemone

Ternate, Indonesia

JvA-20091017-5770