Sea Floor Collection (#4)

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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Bulb-tentacle Anemone Entacmaea quadricolor. Gili Islands, Lombok, Indonesia

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