Double jepardy: coral bleaching and seastar predation
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming being attacked by a Crown of Thorns Seastar (Acanthaster planci) photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white.
Acanthaster planciAcanthasteridaeBIDCOTSClass AsteroideaCnidariaCrownofThorns Starfish Sea StarEchinodermataInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ValvatidaPacificstock RFPhylum CnidariaPhylum EchinodermataSeacam underwater housingSubphylum EleutherozoaSuperclass AsterozoaTouch of Greycnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingechinodermscubascuba dive sitescuba divingsea starstarfishunderwaterunderwater photography
Coral Bleaching at Hawaii
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPhylum CnidariaPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaeSeacam underwater housingSubclass HexacoralliaTouch of GreyZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Coral Bleaching at Hawaii
Cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white.
BIDClass DinophyceaeCnidariaEl NinoFamily SymbiodiniaceaeGenus SymbiodiniumInvertebrateKingdom ChromalveolataKona coast dive siteOrder SuessialesPhylum CnidariaPhylum DinoflagellataPlantSeacam underwater housingSuperphylum AlveolataTouch of Greyclimate changecnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingglobal warmingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photographyzooxanthellae
Double jepardy: coral bleaching and seastar predation
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming being attacked by a Crown of Thorns Seastar (Acanthaster planci) photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white.
BIDClass DinophyceaeCnidariaEl NinoFamily SymbiodiniaceaeGenus SymbiodiniumInvertebrateKingdom ChromalveolataKona coast dive siteOrder SuessialesPhylum CnidariaPhylum DinoflagellataPlantSeacam underwater housingSuperphylum AlveolataTouch of Greyclimate changecnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingglobal warmingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photographyzooxanthellae
Coral Bleaching at Hawaii
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaClass DinophyceaeCnidariaEl NinoFamily SymbiodiniaceaeGenus SymbiodiniumInvertebrateKingdom ChromalveolataKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaOrder SuessialesPhylum CnidariaPhylum DinoflagellataPlantPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaeSeacam underwater housingSubclass HexacoralliaSuperphylum AlveolataTouch of GreyZoanthariaanthozoaclimate changecnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingglobal warmingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photographyzooxanthellae
Phronima with young on Salp
A Phronima amphipod (length ~ 3 cm) with young perched on the remains of its salp host that was photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night. Aspect Ratio = 1:1.
arthropodArthropodaBIDClass MalacostracaInvertebrateOrder AmphipodaPhronima in salp hostPhronimidaePhylum ArthropodaSeacam underwater housingSuborder HyperiideaSubphyllum CrustaceaSuperfamily Phronimoideablackwaterbluewater divehyperiidscubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Chain of salps
Chain of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
BIDChordataInvertebratePhylum Chordata invertebrate portion ofSalpSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divechordatescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Colony of salps
Colony of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night during the spring.
arthropodArthropodaChordataClass MalacostracaInvertebrateJDLOrder AmphipodaPacificstock RFPhronimaPhronimidaePhylum ArthropodaPhylum Chordata invertebrate portion ofSalpidaeSeacam underwater housingSuborder HyperiideaSubphyllum CrustaceaSuperfamily Phronimoideablackwaterbluewater divechordatehyperiidscubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Colony of salps
Colony of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
ChordataInvertebrateJDLPhylum Chordata invertebrate portion ofSalp aggregation with one carrying an isopodSalpidaeSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divechordatescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Colony of salps
Colony of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
ChordataInvertebrateJDLPhylum Chordata invertebrate portion ofSalpidaeSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divechordatescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Colony of salps
Colony of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
ChordataInvertebrateJDLPhylum Chordata invertebrate portion ofSalpidaeSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divechordatescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Colony of salps
Colony of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
ChordataInvertebrateJDLPhylum Chordata invertebrate portion ofSalpidaeSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divechordatescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Pelagia noctiluca with commensal teleost fish
Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish with a commensal teleost fish in its bell that was photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night during the spring.
Class ScyphozoaCnidariaInvertebrateJDLOrder SemaeostomeaePacificstock RFAPelagia noctilucaPelagiidaePhylum CnidariaSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divecnidariancoelenteratecommensalismfish preyjelly planktonmauve stingerscubascuba divingscyphomedusaunderwaterunderwater photography
Hyperiid amphipods riding a radiolarian
Hyperiid amphipods riding a radiolarian that was photographed several miles offshore of Hawaii Island during a blackwater scuba dive. Aspect Ratio = 1:1.
arthropodArthropodaClass MalacostracaInvertebrateJDLOrder AmphipodaPhylum ArthropodaSeacam underwater housingSuborder HyperiideaSubphyllum Crustaceaamphipodblackwaterbluewater divehyperiidradiolarianscubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Bolinopsid comb jelly
Bolinopsid comb jelly (ctenophore) that was photographed several miles offshore of Hawaii Island during a blackwater scuba dive. Aspect Ratio = 1:1.
BolinopsidaeClass TentaculataCtenophoraInvertebrateJDLOrder LobataPhylum CtenophoraSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divecomb jellyctenophorescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Chain of salps
Chain of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
BIDChordataInvertebrateJDLPhylum Chordata invertebrate portion ofSalpSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divechordatescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Chain of salps
Chain of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
BIDChordataInvertebrateJDLPhylum Chordata invertebrate portion ofSalpSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divechordatescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Sea elephant or heteropod
Sea elephant or heteropod (a type of mollusk) of the species Pterotrachea coronata that was photographed several miles offshore of Hawaii Island during a blackwater scuba dive. Aspect Ratio = 1:1.
Class GastropodaFamily PterotracheidaeInvertebrateJDLMolluscaOrder MesogastropodaPhylum MolluscaProsobranchiaPterotrachea coronataPterotracheidaPterotracheidaeSeacam underwater housingSubclass Prosobranchiablackwaterbluewater diveheteropodmolluskscubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Bolinopsid comb jelly
Bolinopsid comb jelly (ctenophore) that was photographed several miles offshore of Hawaii Island during a blackwater scuba during the spring.
BolinopsidaeClass TentaculataCtenophoraInvertebrateJDLOrder LobataPhylum CtenophoraSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divecomb jellyctenophorescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Bolinopsid comb jelly
Bolinopsid comb jelly (ctenophore) that was photographed several miles offshore of Hawaii Island during a blackwater scuba dive. Aspect Ratio = 1:1.
BolinopsidaeClass TentaculataCtenophoraInvertebrateJDLOrder LobataPhylum CtenophoraSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divecomb jellyctenophorescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Pteropod sea butterfly
Pteropod sea butterfly (Corolla calceola) photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
Class GastropodaCorolla calceolaCymbuliidaeInfraorder PseudothecosomataInvertebrateJDLMolluscaOrder ThecosomataPhylum MolluscaSeacam underwater housingSubclass Opisthobranchiablackwaterbluewater divemolluskpteropodscubascuba divingsea butterflyunderwaterunderwater photography
Coral Bleaching at Hawaii
Cauiflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white.
BIDCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive sitePhylum CnidariaPipedreamSeacam underwater housingcnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
living antler coral close-up
Green-colored polyps are visible in this close-up photograph of a live healthy antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) that was taken off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPhylum CnidariaPipedreamPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaeSeacam underwater housingSubclass HexacoralliaZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenteratescubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
living and healthy antler coral
Green-colored polyps are visible in this photograph of a live healthy antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) that was taken off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPhylum CnidariaPipedreamPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaeSeacam underwater housingSubclass HexacoralliaZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenteratescubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Divemaster pointing out a small-sized comb jelly
Divemaster Sarah of Jack's Diving Locker pointing out a small-sized comb jelly (ctenophore) was photographed several miles offshore of Hawaii Island during a blackwater scuba dive.
JDLSeacam underwater housingblackwaterbluewater divescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Banded sea urchin on a sandy bottom
Banded sea urchin (Echinothrix calamaris) on a sandy bottom off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BIDBanded UrchinClass EchinoideaCrescent BeachDiadematidaeEchinodermataEchinothrix calamarisInvertebrateKona coast dive sitePhylum EchinodermataSeacam underwater housingSpringechinodermscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Banded sea urchin on a sandy bottom
Banded sea urchin (Echinothrix calamaris) on a sandy bottom off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.
BIDBanded UrchinClass EchinoideaCrescent BeachDiadematidaeEchinodermataEchinothrix calamarisInvertebrateKona coast dive sitePacificstock RFPhylum EchinodermataSeacam underwater housingSpringechinodermscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Black Teatfish sea cucumber resting on dead coral
Sea cucumber resting on dead coral off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDBlack TeatfishClass HolothuroideaCrescent BeachEchinodermataHolothuria whitmaeiHolothuriidaeInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder AspidochirotidaPhylum EchinodermataSeacam underwater housingSpringechinodermscubascuba dive sitescuba divingteated sea cucumberunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDCrescent BeachKona coast dive siteSeacam underwater housingSpringscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDKona coast dive sitePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Coral Bleaching, Hawaii
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white. Algae will colonizing dead coral as shown here is an outcome of prolonged bleaching.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaClass DinophyceaeCnidariaEl NinoFamily SymbiodiniaceaeGenus SymbiodiniumInvertebrateKingdom ChromalveolataKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaOrder SuessialesPhylum CnidariaPhylum DinoflagellataPlantPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaSuperphylum AlveolataZoanthariaanthozoaclimate changecnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingglobal warmingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photographyzooxanthellae
Coral Bleaching, Hawaii
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white. Algae colonizing dead coral as shown here is an outcome of prolonged bleaching.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaClass DinophyceaeCnidariaEl NinoFamily SymbiodiniaceaeGenus SymbiodiniumInvertebrateKingdom ChromalveolataKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaOrder SuessialesPacificstock RFPhylum CnidariaPhylum DinoflagellataPlantPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaSuperphylum AlveolataZoanthariaanthozoaclimate changecnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingglobal warmingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photographyzooxanthellae
Coral Bleaching, Hawaii
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white. Algae will colonizing dead coral as shown here is an outcome of prolonged bleaching.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaClass DinophyceaeCnidariaEl NinoFamily SymbiodiniaceaeGenus SymbiodiniumInvertebrateKingdom ChromalveolataKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaOrder SuessialesPhylum CnidariaPhylum DinoflagellataPlantPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaSuperphylum AlveolataZoanthariaanthozoaclimate changecnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingglobal warmingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photographyzooxanthellae
Banded sea urchin on a coral reef
Banded sea urchin (Echinothrix calamaris) surounded by lobe coral (Porites lobata) on a coral reef off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.
BIDBanded UrchinClass AnthozoaClass EchinoideaCnidariaDiadematidaeEchinodermataEchinothrix calamarisInvertebrateKona coast dive siteLobe CoralOrder ScleractiniaPacificstock RFPhylum CnidariaPhylum EchinodermataPorites lobataPoritidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenterateechinodermscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Banded sea urchin on a coral reef
Banded sea urchin (Echinothrix calamaris) surounded by lobe coral (Porites lobata) on a coral reef off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDBanded UrchinClass EchinoideaDiadematidaeEchinodermataEchinothrix calamarisInvertebrateKona coast dive sitePhylum EchinodermataPyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringechinodermscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDKona coast dive sitePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDKona coast dive sitePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Coral Bleaching at Hawaii
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white. Algae colonizing dead coral as shown here is an outcome of prolonged bleaching.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPacificstock RFPhylum CnidariaPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Coral Bleaching at Hawaii
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white. Algae will colonizing dead coral as shown here is an outcome of prolonged bleaching.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPhylum CnidariaPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Coral Bleaching at Hawaii
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white. Algae will colonizing dead coral as shown here is an outcome of prolonged bleaching.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPhylum CnidariaPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Coral Bleaching at Hawaii
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white. Algae will colonizing dead coral as shown here is an outcome of prolonged bleaching.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPhylum CnidariaPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Coral Bleaching at Hawaii
Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. Excessively warm seawater temperature is stressful to live corals resulting in coral bleaching. Corals get their colors from symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium, a type of dinoflagellate called zooxanthellae. When stressed corals expel their symbiotic zooxanthellae the live coral turns white. Algae will colonizing dead coral as shown here is an outcome of prolonged bleaching.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPhylum CnidariaPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive sitePhylum CnidariaPyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringcnidariancoelenteratecoral rubblescubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring. A partially bleached antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) is on the left. Several Fourspot Butterflyfish (Chaetodon quadrimaculatus) are in the foreground.
Antler CoralBIDChaetodon quadrimaculatusChaetodontidaeClass ActinopterygiiClass AnthozoaCnidariaFourspot ButterflyfishInfraclass TeleosteiInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPacificstock RFPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataPhylum CnidariaPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. A partially bleached antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) is on the left. Several Fourspot Butterflyfish (Chaetodon quadrimaculatus) are in the foreground.
BIDCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive sitePhylum CnidariaPyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringcnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island. A partially bleached antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) is on the left. Several Fourspot Butterflyfish (Chaetodon quadrimaculatus) are in the foreground.
BIDCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive sitePhylum CnidariaPyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringcnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Bleached antler coral in a coral reef setting
Bleached antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) in a coral reef setting with scuba divers off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
Antler CoralBIDClass AnthozoaCnidariaInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPhylum CnidariaPocillopora eydouxiPocillopora grandisPocilloporidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenteratecoral bleachingscubascuba dive sitescuba diversscuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Crown-of-thorns sea star attacking its prey
Crown-of-thorns sea star attacking its prey, coral, photgraphed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
Acanthaster planciAcanthasteridaeBIDCOTSClass AsteroideaCrownofThorns Starfish Sea StarEchinodermataInvertebrateKaloko CanyonKona coast dive siteOrder ValvatidaPhylum EchinodermataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubphylum EleutherozoaSuperclass Asterozoaechinodermscubascuba dive sitescuba divingsea starstarfishunderwaterunderwater photography