Sentences with phrase «of brain coral»

A huge cave, «guarded» by a giant boulder of brain coral, is home to several green moray eels and anemones.

There are many varieties of corals, but the major reef - building ones are the massive forms of brain coral; various types of finger coral; two well - known branching corals, elkhorn and staghorn; and sheet coral.

The highlights of this trip are the mountains of brain coral, which grow up to 20 feet.

Colonies of brain coral can be seen at Mexico Rocks, Hol Chan and throughout the reef.

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Here's more: Coral reefs the world over are dying as warmer sea water bleaches them to death — by some estimates, this whole amazing ecosystem, this whole lovely corner of God's brain, may be extinct by mid-century.

Give your children an unforgettable experience — snorkel or scuba dive the crystal - clear, warm waters of the Florida Keys to view the only living coral reef in the continental U.S. Head to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and the adjacent Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, where kids can see brain corals and sea fans up - close and swim with rays, turtles and tropical coral reef in the continental U.S. Head to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and the adjacent Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, where kids can see brain corals and sea fans up - close and swim with rays, turtles and tropical Coral Reef State Park and the adjacent Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, where kids can see brain corals and sea fans up - close and swim with rays, turtles and tropical fish.

The amount of hard corals that cover our reefs is incredible ranging from massive table corals, blue corals, brain coral, plate coral, stag horn coral and fleshy coral.

This area offers many of Turneffe's best wall dives, and there are also numerous shallow to mid-depth sites that showcase intricate formations of staghorn, elkhorn, brain and lettuce leaf corals.

Both offer dense growths of brain and star coral, with slopes and walls that drop well past 100 feet, and include volcanic formations such as clefts and ridges that add interest to the terrain.

These hulking hard - coral castles are topped with staghorn, elkhorn and brain coral growth, and decorated in a colorful array of gorgonians and sponges.

Platy growths of boulder, brain and mustard hill coral are everywhere.

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.

Colonies of these polyps form the reef structure growing in strange and exotic shapes from which the different varieties of corals take their popular names, such as brain coral, staghorn coral and elkhorn coral.

Lettuce, boulder, brain, pencil, blushing star, club finger, mustard hill and staghorn coral are only a partial list of the reef builders found here.

Sergeant major and yellowtail damselfish dart in and out of the star, brain and staghorn corals.

On the ridges sit a fine collection of club finger coral, large brain coral, yellow pencil coral, the ever - present boulder coral and lots of forked sea feathers.

Magnificent stands of elkhorn, meandrine brain, large cactus, thin fungus and staghorn coral form crowded coral stands.

See a wide range of coral formations including flower, elk - horn and giant brain coral.

There are more than 25 dive sites in the Speyside area, including some of the most beautiful coral gardens the island has to offer and the largest brain coral in the Caribbean, which measures 12 feet high and 16 feet across.

Shallower sites in this region feature groves of staghorn, elkhorn and brain corals, covered in schools of blue tangs, wrasse, grunts, and snappers, and harboring queen angelfish, parrotfish and spotted trunkfish.

Here large heads of common smooth star, smooth and depressed brain corals and yellow porous coral form isolated growths that are surrounded by coral rubble, much of which is coated with red algae.

Healthy growths of boulder, brain and large plates of cactus coral make excellent photographic subjects.

Huge brain coral, the likes of which you may have never seen before, are everywhere at Mexico Rocks.

Staghorn corals, Brain corals and Foliacious corals are some of the varieties you will see.

This reef is made up of more than 84 species of coral, including «brain coral» which can reach up to seven meters in diameter, so it stays calm and protected year - round.

The next generation of polyps uses these skeletons, eventually resulting into these amazing shaped structures we now know amongst others as staghorn, elkhorn, brain, mushroom and pillar corals.

As it was, we say butterfly fish, angel fish, puffer things, lobster, squid, grunts, live coral - brain, fan - and a gazillion other things I don't know the names of!

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 reef itself is made up of soft coral (consisting mainly of feather plumes and sea fans) and the harder hydro - coral (such as Elkhorn coral and Brain Cocoral (consisting mainly of feather plumes and sea fans) and the harder hydro - coral (such as Elkhorn coral and Brain Cocoral (such as Elkhorn coral and Brain Cocoral and Brain CoralCoral).

You can go for snorkeling and spot marine creatures like brain and elkhorn corals, school of brilliantly colored fish, urchins and many more.

The second dive is off the boat where we spot huge coral formations, brain coral covered in Christmas tree worms, lots of fish, a shy lobster, an Eagle Ray and more.

Different species of coral are distinguished by the color and shape of these calcium carbonite deposits called corallites, including elkhorn, large star, finger, brain and plate coral.

On the sightseeing and snorkeling tour you will enjoy beautiful sights of spectacular corals, such as elkhorn coral, sheet coral, grooved brain coral, finger corals and many more.

The reef is made of such interesting architecture it seems to have been designed by a mastermind: expanding fans, rolling brain coral, color dappled arches, rivers of wrasse, swim - throughs shimmering with tiny glittering silver sides can simply be summed as magical.

Groupers hover over brain corals or in giant sponges; a sort of expression on their would - be faces that lies between gloomy and grumpy.

Giant patches of hard brain coral spread out over smooth boulders.

The reef - flat features many small boulders of lesser star and brain corals, interspersed with clusters of staghorn corals, all covered in colourful reef - fish like chromis, wrasse, parrotfish and surgeonfish.

Instead, it posesses a tableau of hard coral formations of staghorn corals, plate corals, table corals, mushroom corals and brain corals.

The tranquil lagoon is home to 150 different species of hard corals and 15 species of soft, from staghorns to brain coral bommies.