Sea Floor Collection (#3)

Bluespotted ribbon ray (Taeniura lymma). This ray is found in the Indo-West Pacific region and feeds on molluscs, worms, shrimps, and crabs. It grows to a maximum length of around 70 centimetres

Splendour wrasse and Red Sea goatfish. Abudjubbes splendour wrasse (Cheilinus abudjubbe, top) following a feeding Red Sea goatfish (Parupeneus forsskali)

Juvenile star puffer (Arothron stellatus) foraging on a seafloor. Photographed in Bali, Indonesia

Scorpionfish (order Scorpaeniformes) on the seabed. This fish uses camouflage and ambush techniques to hunt its prey

Whitespotted puffer feeding on a starfish
Whitespotted puffer (Arothron hispidus) feeding on a comb starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus). Photographed in Bali, Indonesia

Abudjubbes splendour wrasse (Cheilinus abudjubbe) resting on the seabed. This fish, which grows to lengths of 28 centimetres, is found in areas with sandy seabeds in the Indo-Pacific region

Female leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata). Pregnant female leopard sharks in a shallow bay. This shark is found in the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean

Black-spotted porcupinefish (Arothron hystrix) inflating itself. The porcupinefish swallows water to inflate itself as a form of defence from predators

Male sergeant major (Abudefduf saxatilis) guarding a females eggs. This fish is usually silver with black bars, but the colour of the male changes to blue when it is guarding the eggs

Painted frogfish on sponges. Juvenile painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) on yellow sponges. Photographed off Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea andromeda). This jellyfish usually lies on the sea-bed with its mouth and tentacles facing upwards, as seen here

Ancient sea bed in a cliff. Cross section of a cliff face, revealing an ancient sea bed. Photographed in Cornwall England

Spotted hermit crab (Dardanus megistos) in a shell. Photographed off Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Allied cowrie on a reef
Allied cowrie (Ovula ovum) on a reef. Cowries are sea snails that cover their shell with a mantle, which is coloured and textured to match the host organism

Sonar image of ocean floor off Louisiana, USA
Sea floor off Louisiana. High-definition coloured sonar image of the continental shelf off the Louisiana coast, USA. This most detailed mapping of the Gulf of Mexico ocean floor off the North

Purple sea pen (Virgularia gustaviana) on the sea bed. Sea pens are colonial organisms related to sea feathers. Photographed off Rinca island, Indonesia

Soft corals on the seabed
Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp.) on the sandy seabed. Photographed off Rinca island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Soft coral on the seabed

Giant clam on the sea bed
Giant clam (Tridacna Tridacna gigas) on the sea bed. Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Bluespotted stingray hidden in sand. Bluespotted stingray (Dasyatis kuhlii) hidden under sand on the seabed with just its eyes sticking out

Bluespotted stingray (Dasyatis kuhlii) on the seabed. Photographed off Bali, Indonesia

Offshore wind farm foundations, artwork
Offshore wind farm foundations. Computer artwork showing the structures that secure offshore wind turbines to the sea floor

Earth, topographic and bathymetric map. Computer generated image showing the varying heights and depths of the Worlds landmasses, oceans and seas

Dinomischus primitive animals, artwork
Dinomischus primitive animals. Computer artwork or Dinomischus aquatic animals populating a sea floor around 505 million years ago during the Middle Cambrian epoch

Trilobite on a seabed, artwork
Trilobite on a seabed. Computer artwork of a Olenoides serratus trilobite crawling among prehistoric Vauxia sp. (branching) and Wapkia sp

Zebra crab on a fire urchin
Zebra crab (striped) on a fire urchin (Asthonosoma varium). Zebra crabs (Zebrida adamsii) live on sea urchins and are found throughout the Indo-Pacific

Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) on the sea floor. Cuttlefish feed on small molluscs, crabs, shrimp and fish by rapidly striking out with a pair of tentacles

Allied cowrie (Ovula ovum) on the sea bed. Cowries are sea snails that cover their shell with a mantle, which is coloured and textured to match the host organism

Humphead wrasse and rusty parrotfish
Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus, dark, centre) and rusty parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus, right) feeding in the sand. Both of these are reef fish mainly found in the Indo-Pacific region

Octopus on the seabed
Octopus (order Octopoda) on the seabed. Unknown species of octopus camouflaged against the bleached sands of a coral lagoon

Feathertail stingray (Pastinachus sephen) with cleaner wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus). Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Papuan cuttlefish (Sepia papuensis) under soft coral (Xenia sp.). Cuttlefish change colour according to thier surroundings by dilating or contracting pigment cells called chromatophores

Pebble crab burying in the sand
Pebble crab (family Leucosiidae) burying in the sand. Image 2 of 2. Photographed off Siamil, Sabah, Malaysia

Sea urchin and anemone. Northern red anemone (Urticina felina, upper right) and pale sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus pallidus, lower left) on rocks

Reef balls on the sea bed, Indonesia
Reef balls on the sea bed. Reef balls were first developed in the US as a way to help the restoration of damaged coral reefs

Stargazer fish buried in the seabed. Stargazers (family Uranoscopidae) are venomous ambush predators that have eyes on the top of their heads

Painted frogfish hunting
Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) hunting. All frogfish use a lure (centre right) dangling in front of their head to attract their prey. In some species the lure resembles a small shrimp or fish

Bobbit worm with its jaws extended. Bobbit worms (Eunice aphroditois) are aggressive predatory polychaete worms that use their huge jaws (grey) to snatch at passing fish

Zebra crab on a sea urchin. Zebra crabs (Zebrida adamsii) live on sea urchins and are found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photographed in Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Flying gurnard displaying. Flying gurnards (Dactyloptena orientalis) use finger-like extensions on their pectoral fins to crawl across the sea floor

Bobtail squid on the seabed
Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) on the seabed. Like all squid, bobtail squid have small sacs of pigment beneath the surface of the skin called chromatophores

Stargazer fish half buried in the seabed. Stargazers (family Uranoscopidae) are venomous ambush predators that have eyes on the top of their heads

Sun coral. Colony of sun coral (Tubastrea sp.) polyps growing on a current-swept rocky sea bed. Photographed in Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Tonguefish on the seabed. Tonguefish (family Cynoglossidae) are often found mainly in brackish water, such as where rivers flow into the sea, but a few species are found in deep sea floors

Flamboyant cuttlefish hunting
Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) hunting on the sea floor. Cuttlefish feed on small molluscs, crabs, shrimp and fish by rapidly striking out with a pair of tentacles

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