600 | |
A large black sponge with sea urchin spines and yellow encrustation in foreground. |
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601 | |
Coral (Montastrea cavernosa). |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
602 | |
Coral (Montastrea cavernosa). |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
603 | |
Coral (Montastrea cavernosa) with spotfin hogfish , creole , reef butterfly fish and an assortment of smaller fish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
604 | |
A coney (Cephalopholis fulvus) partially hidden with purple sponge to the left. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
605 | |
Coral capping the top of MacGrail Bank. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
606 | |
Rope sponge in center, elephant ear sponge to right. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
607 | |
Scrawled cowfish ( Acanthostracion quadricornis). |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
608 | |
A school of creole-fish (Paranthias furcifer) cruise over MacGrail Bank. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
609 | |
Crinoid. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
610 | |
Crinoid. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
611 | |
Crinoid and fish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
612 | |
Crinoids, hydroids, and whip coral. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
613 | |
Cubbyu (Pareques umbrosus) under ledge. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
614 | |
Gold-faced puffer. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
615 | |
A white gorgonian. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
616 | |
Numerous types of algae visible in this image. Although over 50 meters deep, the light penetrates through the very clear water in this area of the Gulf of Mexico . |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
617 | |
A hydroid, which although an animal, appears like a plant-like bush. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
618 | |
A hydroid and rhodophyta algae. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
619 | |
A hypnogorgia octocoral. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
620 | |
A beautiful landscape. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
621 | |
Octorals and a crinoid in the foreground. |
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622 | |
Whip corals and reef fish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
623 | |
Numerous soft corals and reef fish. |
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624 | |
A large moray eel. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
625 | |
Peterson's cleaner shrimp on a large sponge with colonial tubeworms. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
626 | |
Phaeophyta algae. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
627 | |
Pseudoceratina crassa tube sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
628 | |
Pseudoceratina crassa tube sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
629 | |
A closer view of Peterson's shrimp with colonial tubeworms. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
630 | |
Several species of red algae grow on rhodoliths at about 75 m depth (225 ft) Notable species include Halymenia, composed of large, flat blades (large pink seaweed in center); Gracilaria blodgettii, a cylindrical species in right foreground; Kallyemia westii, a pale pink species with perforated blades in extreme left center foreground. |
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631 | |
Rhodophyta algae with large brown and white sea cucumber. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
632 | |
A rough-tail ray "flying" above the bottom. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
633 | |
Stern view of a saddle bass. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
634 | |
Sand tilefish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
635 | |
A scamp. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
636 | |
A seapen waving in the current. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
637 | |
A searobin. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
638 | |
A searobin with fins extended in order to look more formidable. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
639 | |
A brownish-orange seastar. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
640 | |
A large orange many-legged seastar. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
641 | |
A purple spiny urchin, Arbacia punctulata . |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
642 | |
A squirrelfish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
643 | |
Squirrelfish and algae, particularly Codium repens. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
644 | |
A red gorgonian. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
645 | |
Closeup of a red gorgonian with polyps extended. |
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646 | |
A triggerfish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
647 | |
Triggerfish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
648 | |
A tube anemone. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
649 | |
Unidentified algae residing on Clypeaster sp. sea urchin. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |