Sentences with phrase «gorgonian sea»

Between the rocks are many bushy black coral sea whips and gorgonian sea fans.

There is abundant healthy hard coral along the shallow reef top and the steep drop off which is a wall covered in clumps of gorgonian sea fans and wire corals.

The plateau is covered with coral bommies, huge table corals and the largest number of gorgonian sea fans at any of the dive sites around Sharm.

As you drift north through the channel, the topography shifts from a gentle slope to steep wall, festooned with colourful soft corals, huge gorgonian sea fans, and sea squirts and tunicates in a multitude of sizes and shapes.

Dive the incredible reefs of Raja Ampat, Komodo, and the Banda Sea where you will find a great variety of fish, corals, gorgonian sea fans, sponges, nudibranchs, shrimps, crabs, cuttlefish, octopus and giant clams.

You'll discover giant gorgonian sea fans at Mejangen National Marine Park, a shipwreck at Tulamben, fantastic critters at Puri Jati, and Manta Rays and maybe a giant Sunfish (seasonal) at Nusa Penida....

The amazing walls of the park team with thousands of different fish species and colorful coral gardens, huge barrel sponges, gorgonian sea fans, and countless numbers of fascinating critters.

Some of the highlights included gorgonian sea fans themselves, beautiful soft coral formations and animals like Whitetip Reef Shark, Oriental and Diagonal - banded Sweetlips, and two variations of the Denise Pygmy Seahorse, one of them known only from the Birds Head Seascape region, which includes Raja Ampat.

The interesting rock formation is complemented by many colorful soft corals and gorgonian sea fans.

Here, there is a drop off dive wall covered with large gorgonian sea fans, large elephant ear sponges and barrel sponges, basket sponges, hydroids, colorful crinoids and soft corals.

The cut itself is about 9m deep and the occasionally strong tidal currents of Ambergris Caye provide a constant stream of food for the waiting filter feeders like the gorgonian sea fans and sponges that adorn the walls of the reef, which rises to the surface on either side sheltering turtles, crabs, morays and hundreds of small reef fish.

There were lots of fish on the walls and in the crevices and a great variety of colourful corals and gorgonian sea fans.

The walls are covered in and abundance of magnificent hard and soft coral, multicolored sponges, and giant gorgonian sea fans.

Staghorn, elkhorn, brain and lettuce coral are all here in abundance, as are gorgonian sea fans of pale green, deep purple and red that add to the riot of colors and shapes.

Home to some of the best coral formations with black coral, knotted fan corals and gorgonian sea fans below, together with cabbage corals, table corals, green tree corals and stony corals above.

The wreck is covered in delightful hard and soft corals, gorgonian sea fans and large sponges and is teeming with fish life.

Apart from being secluded, you will see walls covered in whip coral and gorgonian sea fans.

We also find large gorgonian sea fans thriving amongst the healthy hard and soft corals and large schools of fish.

A sediment sample from a knoll at a depth of 1170 metres identified a remarkable cold - water coral community of both living and fossil cold - water coral species, gorgonian sea whips, bamboo corals, molluscs and stalked barnacles.

Not exact matches

In particular, I do well with octocorals, Xenia species, Ricordea and my favorite, members of the order Alcyonacea, which includes gorgonians, sea fans and sea whips.

Tidal currents funnel a steady supply of food to filter feeders such as gorgonians, sea - fans, sponges, schools of grunts and mutton snappers.

Foureye, spotfin and banded butterflyfish - always in pairs - swim steadily amongst the sea fans and gorgonians.

No matter which site you dive, you'll likely encounter sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, angelfish, snapper, grouper, splendid toadfish (Cozumel's signature species), along with spectacular coral, sponges and gorgonians.

Patois for «Large Reef», Grand Caille is known as a very dramatic dive site with deep water gorgonians and sea whips.

Soft corals, sea whips, gorgonians, large feather duster worms, and a profusion of fish life abound.

As on the Terrace wall, I found the coral here rife with feathery sea fans and other gorgonians, also whip sponges, barrel sponges, black coral, feather dusters, and the occasional crinoid.

Sponges protrude t right angles to the reef, competing for space with gorgonians and sea fans.

The deeper sections host some huge gorgonians and sea whips.

The Red Sea dive sites offer you unobstructed opportunities to spot tropical marine life in crystal clear waters, ranging from sharks and dolphins to gorgonian fans and feather - stars.

Wonderful barrel sponges and gorgonians can be seen in the deeper waters, and sea snakes can be seen on almost every dive.

You will discover a varied assortment of corals in this region as well, including brain coral, black coral, white coral, fire coral, flower coral, star coral, leaf coral, pillar coral, sea fans, gorgonians, elk horn coral, sea rods, stag horn coral, sea whips and club finger coral.

The Japanese shipwreck in Lipah Bay is quite a small wreck, but it's overgrown with corals in places, such as around the ship's propeller, with large gorgonian fans and sponges that have become playgrounds for schools of small reef fish, nudibranchs and varieties of other sea critters that macro photographers will love.

The exterior of the Dunraven's hull is now covered in hard corals, with sea whips and gorgonians hanging from the vertical sections.

The reef is predominantly made up of sea fans, small gorgonians, vase and tube sponges, some small hard coral formations and grasses.

Golden gorgonian fans and sea whips feed in the currents at the sides and in the cracks of the boulders.