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Corals & Seascapes

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Atlantic Ocean, Bahama Island, Bahamas, Bimini, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, TheLivingSea.com, blue, horizontal, landscape, light rays, lightray, ocean, sand, sun ball, sun burst, sun flare, sun ray, sun rays, sunray, underwater, wide angle

Underwater sun rays on a sandy landscape

The Coral Reefs of West Palm Beach, Florida

Bahamas, Echinoderms: Echinodermata, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Sea Stars: Asteroids: Asteroidea, West Indies, copyrighted, cushion sea star: Oreaster reticulatus, marine, ocean, over-under: under/over: under-over: split: split perspective: ha, tropical, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

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Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean reef shark: Carcharhinus perezi, Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes, Fishes, Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniformes, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Requiem Sharks: Carcharhindidae, Sharks, Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae, Sponges: Porifera, TheLivingSea, TheLivingSea.com, West Indies, copyrighted, coral, marine, ocean, portrait, purple tube sponge: Aplysina lacunosa, reef, sea, tropical, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Caribbean reef shark swims over coral reef

Angelfishes: Pomacanthidae, Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Atlantic Ocean, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, FL, Fishes, Florida, Fungiina, Hexacorals: Hexacorallia, Invertebrates, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mushroom Corals: Fungiids, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia, TheLivingSea.com, USA, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blue angelfish: Holacanthus bermudensis, cup coral: Balanophyllia bairdiana, horizontal, marine, ocean, ship wreck, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle, shipwreck, ship wreck

Coral-covered shipwreck

Atlantic Ocean, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Cozumel, Invertebrates, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mexico, Sponges: Porifera, TheLivingSea.com, [HABITAT], coral, marine, ocean, orange, reef, soft coral, underwater, underwater photo, vertical, wide angle

Coral competition

Atlantic Ocean, Blowing Rocks Preserve, Coquina, FL, Florida, Hobe Sound, Jupiter, Jupiter Island, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, The Nature Conservancy, TheLivingSea.com, USA, barrier island, beach, blur, fossil, horizontal, landscape, motion blur, slow shutter, sunrise, wide angle

Blowing Rocks Preserve on Jupiter Island — Hobe Sound, Florida

Atlantic Ocean, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, TheLivingSea.com, blue, current, deep water, light rays, lightray, marine, ocean, sun ball, sun burst, sun flare, sun ray, sun rays, sunray, underwater, wide angle

Gulf Stream Blues

Arthropods: Arthropoda, BEHAVIOR, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Crustaceans: Crustacea, Decapods: Decapoda, Fishes, Hump-backed Shrimps: Hippolytidae, Invertebrates, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Malacostraceans: Malacostracea, Moray Eels: Morays: Muraenidae, Sciaenidae, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], aggregate, aggregation, cleaning, coral, green moray: Gymnothorax funebris, highhat: Equetus acuminatus, horizontal, marine, ocean, reef, scarlet cleaner shrimp: Lysmata debelius, school, schooling, symbiont, symbiosis, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle, yellowline arrow crab: Stenorhynchus seticornis

Tropical rainforests of the sea

Angiosperms, Atlantic Ocean, Eudicots, FL, FL Keys, Florida, Florida Keys, Keys, Malpighiales, Plantae, Rhizophora mangle, Rhizophoraceae, Rosids, USA, blue, estuary, mangrove, mangroves, orange, red mangrove, tidal flats, walking plant

Red mangrove habitat

Angelfishes: Pomacanthidae, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, FL, Fishes, Florida, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Palm Beach County, Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae, Sponges: Porifera, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, copyrighted, coral, giant barrel sponge: Xestospongia muta, marine, ocean, reef, rock beauty: Holacanthus tricolor, soft coral, underwater, underwater photo

Oldest animal on Earth

Bahamas, Bimini, Echinoderms: Echinodermata, Gastropods: Gastropoda, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Mollusks: Mollusca, Placobranchidae, Sea Slugs: Opisthobranchs: Ophisthobranchia: Opisthobranchia, Sea Slugs: Sacoglossans: Sacoglossa, Sea Stars: Asteroids: Asteroidea, West Indies, cushion sea star: Oreaster reticulatus, estuary, green, marine, ocean, orange, rays, sea grass elysia: Elysia serca, sun burst, sun flare, sun ray, sun ripples, sunball, tropical, underwater, underwater light, underwater photo

Sea star regeneration

Ardeidae, Aves, Egretta, Egretta thula, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, Pelecaniformes, Snowy Egret, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], beach, bird, blue, blur, horizontal, motion blur, slow shutter, sunrise, telephoto, tide pool, waves, white

Snowy egret in a tide pool

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, FL, Fishes, Florida, Grunts: Haemulidae, Marine Life, Moray Eels: Morays: Muraenidae, USA, United States, copyrighted, coral, green moray: Gymnothorax funebris, marine, ocean, reef, underwater, underwater photo

Coral reef with green moray eel

Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes, Catsharks: Scyliorhinidae, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Fishes, Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniformes, Invertebrates, MARINE LIFE, Octocorals: Octocorallia, Parrotfishes: Scaridae, Sharks, Soft Corals: Stoloniferans: Gorgonians: Alyconacea, Sponges: Porifera, blue, coral, coral reef, green, marine, ocean, quagga catshark: Halaelurus quagga, red, reef, scenic, sea fan gorgonian coral: Calcigorgia spiculifera, underwater, underwater photo

Parrotfish swims among a coral reef garden

Garden Island, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Hei hei, Heihei, Kaua'i, Kauai, Pacific Ocean, Queen's Bath, Queens Bath, Rooster, [LOCATION], [TYPE OF CREATURE], bird, chicken, landscape, panoramic, sunset

Heihei - a break from normality

Cetaceans: Cetacea, Filter Feeding Whales: Great Whales: Baleen Whales: Mysteceti, Kingdom of Tonga, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mammalia, Marine Mammals, Oceania, Polynesian, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga, Rorquals: Balaenopteridae, South Pacific, TheLivingSea.com, Tonga, Vava'u, adult, humpback whale: Megaptera novaeangliae, marine, ocean, tail, telephoto, topside, underwater, underwater photo, vertical

Humpback whale in Tonga

Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Damselfishes: Pomacentridae, Fishes, Gorgonians: Gorgonacea, Gorgoniidae, Holoxania, Invertebrates, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Octocorals: Octocorallia, Soft Corals: Stoloniferans: Gorgonians: Alyconacea, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], brown chromis: Chromis multilineata, horizontal, marine, ocean, purple sea fan: Gorgonia ventalina, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Deep water corals

Atlantic Ocean, Bahama Island, Bahamas, Bimini, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, TheLivingSea.com, blue, horizontal, light rays, lightray, panoramic, sand, sand ripples, sun ball, sun burst, sun flare, sun ray, sun rays, sunray, underwater photo, wide angle

Sand ripples on the ocean floor

Angelfishes: Pomacanthidae, Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Atlantic Ocean, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, FL, Faviina, Fishes, Florida, French angelfish: Pomacanthus paru, Hexacorals: Hexacorallia, Invertebrates, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Rhizangiidae, Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia, TheLivingSea.com, USA, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], coral, coral reef, horizontal, juvenile, marine, ocean, reef, scenic, star coral: Madracis pharensis, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Palm Beach coral reef

Anastasia, aerial, beach, sand, waves

Aerial beach photo of the coast of Jupiter, Florida

Atlantic Ocean, Bahama Island, Bahamas, Bimini, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, TheLivingSea.com, aerial, horizontal, lighthouse, ocean, wide angle

Bahamas lighthouse

Atlantic Ocean, Bahama Island, Bahamas, Bimini, Gastropods: Gastropoda, Invertebrates, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, MORE KEYWORDS, Mollusks: Mollusca, Placobranchidae, Sea Slugs: Opisthobranchs: Ophisthobranchia: Opisthobranchia, Sea Slugs: Sacoglossans: Sacoglossa, TheLivingSea.com, horizontal, lighthouse, marine, ocean, over-under: under/over: under-over: split: split perspective: ha, pier, sea grass elysia: Elysia serca, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Bahamas lighthouse above and below the ocean

Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Bahamas, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Faviina, Fishes, Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniformes, Hexacorals: Hexacorallia, Invertebrates, Lemon shark: Negaprion brevirostris, Marine Life, Meandrinidae, Requiem Sharks: Carcharhindidae, Serranids: Serranidae, Sharks, Snappers: Lutjanidae, Sponges: Porifera, Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia, West Indies, copyrighted, coral, graysby: Epinephelus cruentatus, marine, ocean, pillar coral: Dendrogyra cylindrus, reef, tropical, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle, yellowtail snapper: Ocyurus chrysurus

Sharks help maintain the marine ecosystem

Angelfishes: Pomacanthidae, Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Fishes, Hexacorals: Hexacorallia, Invertebrates, Labridae, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Poritidae, Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae, Sponges: Porifera, Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blue angelfish: Holacanthus bermudensis, bluehead: Thalassoma bifasciatum, coral, finger coral: Porites compressa, giant barrel sponge: Xestospongia muta, horizontal, marine, ocean, pink, queen angelfish: Holacanthus ciliaris, soft coral, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Beautiful Florida Coral Reef Tract

Atlantic Ocean, Bahama Island, Bahamas, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, TheLivingSea.com, [HABITAT], [LOCATION], [PHOTO TYPE], beach, blue, clouds, horizontal, ocean surface, panoramic, sand, teal, wide angle

Bahamas beaches

Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], beach, horizontal, ocean, sunrise, waves, wide angle

Beautiful fiery-red sunrise

Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], [PHOTO TYPE], beach, horizontal, macro / wide angle, panoramic, sunrise, underwater photo, waves, wide angle

Miniature ocean waves — micro/waves

BEHAVIOR, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cheloniidae, Fishes, Invertebrates, Labridae, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Reptiles, Reptilia, Sea Turtles: Testudines, Spanish hogfish: Bodianus rufus, Sponges: Porifera, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], bait ball, bait fish, baitball, cleaning, cleaning station, coral, female, horizontal, loggerhead turtle: loggerhead: Carreta carreta, marine, mutualism, ocean, scenic, school, schooling fish, symbiont, symbiosis, symbiotic relationship, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Loggerhead sea turtle at a cleaning station

Bahamas, Echinoderms: Echinodermata, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Sea Stars: Asteroids: Asteroidea, West Indies, copyrighted, cushion sea star: Oreaster reticulatus, marine, ocean, over-under: under/over: under-over: split: split perspective: ha, tropical, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Bahamas tropical island photo

Cheloniidae, FL, Florida, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Palm Beach County, Reptiles, Reptilia, Sea Turtles: Testudines, Sponges: Porifera, USA, United States, baby, coral, endangered, hawksbill sea turtle: hawksbill turtle: hawksbill: Eretmochelys , immature, juvenile, marine, ocean, reef, underwater, underwater photo, young

Sea turtle on coral reef

Atlantic Ocean, FL, Florida, Jupiter, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, TheLivingSea.com, USA, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], beach, horizontal, sunrise, waves, wide angle

Fossils in Anastasia Formation

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Damselfishes: Pomacentridae, FL, Fishes, Florida, Grunts: Haemulidae, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Palm Beach County, Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae, Sponges: Porifera, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, blue, brown chromis: Chromis multilineata, coral, cottonwick: Haemulon melanurum, giant barrel sponge: Xestospongia muta, horizontal, landscape, marine, ocean, orange, porkfish: Anisotremus virginicus, reef, schooling, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle, yellow

Florida coral reefs

Bahamas, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Segmented Worms: Annelids: Annelida, West Indies, colony, macro, macro / wide angle, macro wide, marine, ocean, red, social feather duster: Bispira brunnea, tropical, underwater, underwater photo

Social feather duster worms

Bahamas, Echinoderms: Echinodermata, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Sea Stars: Asteroids: Asteroidea, West Indies, cushion sea star: Oreaster reticulatus, landscape, marine, ocean, sand, tropical, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Cushion sea star photograph

Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Dendrophylliina: Dendrophylliidae, Hexacorals: Hexacorallia, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Octocorals: Octocorallia, Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae, Sponges: Porifera, Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia, behavior, coral, invasive species, marine, ocean, orange cup coral: Tubastraea coccinea, pink lumpy sponge: Mnanchora unguifera, scenic, ship wreck, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle, yellow tube sponge: Aplysina fistularis

Corals use chemical warfare to compete for space

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Grunts: Haemulidae, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Sponges: Porifera, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blue, close focus - wide angle, close focus wide angle, coral, cottonwick: Haemulon melanurum, horizontal, invertebrates, macro wide angle, marine, ocean, orange, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle, wide angle macro

Challenges of underwater photography

25 - 36 inches, Angiosperms, Eudicots, FL, FL Keys, Florida, Florida Keys, Keys, Malpighiales, Plantae, Rhizophora mangle, Rhizophoraceae, Rosids, USA, estuary, mangrove, mangroves, plant, red mangrove, silhouette, sunrise, tidal flats, walking plant

Sunrise behind a red mangrove habitat

Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, FL, Florida, Hexacorals: Hexacorallia, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Palm Beach County, Sea Anemones: Actiniaria, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, coral, giant anemone: Condylactis gigantea, marine, ocean, reef, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Giant Caribbean Anemone (Condylactis gigantea)

French Polynesia, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MORE KEYWORDS, Mo'orea, Moorea, Pacific Ocean, Polynesia, South Pacific, TheLivingSea.com, beach, clouds, horizontal, island, over-under: under/over: under-over: split: split perspective: ha, panoramic, sand, scenic, underwater photo, wide angle

Above and below the waves of Mo'orea

Anthozoans: Anthozoa, BEHAVIOR, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Fishes, Invertebrates, Labridae, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Moray Eels: Morays: Muraenidae, Octocorals: Octocorallia, Soft Corals: Stoloniferans: Gorgonians: Alyconacea, Spanish hogfish: Bodianus rufus, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], cleaning, cleaning station, green moray: Gymnothorax funebris, juvenile, marine, ocean, scenic, sea fan gorgonian coral: Calcigorgia spiculifera, symbiont, symbiotic relationship, underwater, underwater photo, vertical, wide angle

Green moray and his symbiont cleaners

Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Faviina, Hexacorals: Hexacorallia, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Rhizangiidae, Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia, copyrighted, macro, marine, ocean, orange cup coral: Tubastrea coccinea, polyp, underwater, underwater photo

Heterotrophic coral

Alismatales, Angiosperms, Eel grass, Florida, Hydrocharitaceae, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, Monocots, Plantae, TheLivingSea.com, Tracheophytes, United States, Vallisneria, Vallisneria americana, [LOCATION], [MISC], eelgrass, fresh water, green, horizontal, panoramic, seagrass, tapegrass, underwater photo, water-celery, wide angle, wild celery

Eelgrass in Florida's springs

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