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Wonders In The Deep
The Underwater Photography
of James W Knox
Soft Corals
Millions of tiny animals building fans or rods or branches in quite an array of colors.
The differences in these species are beyond my ability to discern.
Any help with identification will be appreciated.
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common sea fan tortola

rough sea plumes tortola

pretty purple colony
looe key, florida

orange spiny sea rod antigua

warty sea rods tortola

porous sea rods
tan variation indian key, florida

six varieties tortola

porous sea rods
purple variation polyps open indian key, florida

bent sea rod white variation
gaudeloupe

swollen-knob candleabrum
st. lucia

common sea fan antigua

common sea fan tortola

corky sea finger indian key, fl

wide mesh sea fan antigua

sea fans color variations

common sea fan st. kitts

common sea fan looe key, fl

corky sea finger indian key, fl

corky sea fingers foreground
indian key, florida

sea plumes many colors antigua

corky sea finger
encrusting colonies with black sea rods indian key. florida

bent sea rods lavender variation
gaudeloupe

bent sea rods

slit pore sea rods
purple variation st. croix

bent sea rods
brown variation gaudeloupe

shelf-knob sea rods st. lucia

bent rods in the deep blue sea
gaudeloupe

bent sea rods
flat, red variation st. lucia

bent sea rods purple variation
key largo, florida

common sea fan
gray variation tortola

bent sea rods with company

bent sea rods
brown and white variations guadeloupe

common sea fan antigua

black sea rods egmont key, florida

porous sea rods egmont key, fl

polyps open wide indian key, fl

venus sea fan st. kitts

waving

knobby sea rods guadeloupe

sea plumes antigua
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