Hawaiian invertebrates

Underwater photographs of Hawaiian marine invertebrates

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 planci Acanthasteridae BID COTS Class Asteroidea Cnidaria CrownofThorns Starfish Sea Star Echinodermata Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Valvatida Pacificstock RF Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Echinodermata Seacam underwater housing Subphylum Eleutherozoa Superclass Asterozoa Touch of Grey cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching echinoderm scuba scuba dive site scuba diving sea star starfish underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Phylum Cnidaria Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Seacam underwater housing Subclass Hexacorallia Touch of Grey Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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.
BID Class Dinophyceae Cnidaria El Nino Family Symbiodiniaceae Genus Symbiodinium Invertebrate Kingdom Chromalveolata Kona coast dive site Order Suessiales Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Dinoflagellata Plant Seacam underwater housing Superphylum Alveolata Touch of Grey climate change cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching global warming scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography zooxanthellae
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.
BID Class Dinophyceae Cnidaria El Nino Family Symbiodiniaceae Genus Symbiodinium Invertebrate Kingdom Chromalveolata Kona coast dive site Order Suessiales Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Dinoflagellata Plant Seacam underwater housing Superphylum Alveolata Touch of Grey climate change cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching global warming scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography zooxanthellae
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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Class Dinophyceae Cnidaria El Nino Family Symbiodiniaceae Genus Symbiodinium Invertebrate Kingdom Chromalveolata Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Order Suessiales Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Dinoflagellata Plant Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Seacam underwater housing Subclass Hexacorallia Superphylum Alveolata Touch of Grey Zoantharia anthozoa climate change cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching global warming scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography zooxanthellae
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.
arthropod Arthropoda BID Class Malacostraca Invertebrate Order Amphipoda Phronima in salp host Phronimidae Phylum Arthropoda Seacam underwater housing Suborder Hyperiidea Subphyllum Crustacea Superfamily Phronimoidea blackwater bluewater dive hyperiid scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Chain of salps
Chain of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
BID Chordata Invertebrate Phylum Chordata invertebrate portion of Salp Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive chordate scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Colony of salps
Colony of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night during the spring.
arthropod Arthropoda Chordata Class Malacostraca Invertebrate JDL Order Amphipoda Pacificstock RF Phronima Phronimidae Phylum Arthropoda Phylum Chordata invertebrate portion of Salpidae Seacam underwater housing Suborder Hyperiidea Subphyllum Crustacea Superfamily Phronimoidea blackwater bluewater dive chordate hyperiid scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Colony of salps
Colony of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
Chordata Invertebrate JDL Phylum Chordata invertebrate portion of Salp aggregation with one carrying an isopod Salpidae Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive chordate scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Colony of salps
Colony of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
Chordata Invertebrate JDL Phylum Chordata invertebrate portion of Salpidae Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive chordate scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Colony of salps
Colony of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
Chordata Invertebrate JDL Phylum Chordata invertebrate portion of Salpidae Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive chordate scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Colony of salps
Colony of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
Chordata Invertebrate JDL Phylum Chordata invertebrate portion of Salpidae Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive chordate scuba scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Scyphozoa Cnidaria Invertebrate JDL Order Semaeostomeae Pacificstock RFA Pelagia noctiluca Pelagiidae Phylum Cnidaria Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive cnidarian coelenterate commensalism fish prey jelly plankton mauve stinger scuba scuba diving scyphomedusa underwater underwater 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.
arthropod Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Invertebrate JDL Order Amphipoda Phylum Arthropoda Seacam underwater housing Suborder Hyperiidea Subphyllum Crustacea amphipod blackwater bluewater dive hyperiid radiolarian scuba scuba diving underwater underwater 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.
Bolinopsidae Class Tentaculata Ctenophora Invertebrate JDL Order Lobata Phylum Ctenophora Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive comb jelly ctenophore scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Chain of salps
Chain of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
BID Chordata Invertebrate JDL Phylum Chordata invertebrate portion of Salp Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive chordate scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Chain of salps
Chain of salps photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
BID Chordata Invertebrate JDL Phylum Chordata invertebrate portion of Salp Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive chordate scuba scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Gastropoda Family Pterotracheidae Invertebrate JDL Mollusca Order Mesogastropoda Phylum Mollusca Prosobranchia Pterotrachea coronata Pterotracheida Pterotracheidae Seacam underwater housing Subclass Prosobranchia blackwater bluewater dive heteropod mollusk scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Bolinopsid comb jelly
Bolinopsid comb jelly (ctenophore) that was photographed several miles offshore of Hawaii Island during a blackwater scuba during the spring.
Bolinopsidae Class Tentaculata Ctenophora Invertebrate JDL Order Lobata Phylum Ctenophora Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive comb jelly ctenophore scuba scuba diving underwater underwater 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.
Bolinopsidae Class Tentaculata Ctenophora Invertebrate JDL Order Lobata Phylum Ctenophora Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive comb jelly ctenophore scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Pteropod sea butterfly
Pteropod sea butterfly (Corolla calceola) photographed during a blackwater scuba dive several miles offshore of Hawaii Island at night.
Class Gastropoda Corolla calceola Cymbuliidae Infraorder Pseudothecosomata Invertebrate JDL Mollusca Order Thecosomata Phylum Mollusca Seacam underwater housing Subclass Opisthobranchia blackwater bluewater dive mollusk pteropod scuba scuba diving sea butterfly underwater underwater 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.
BID Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Phylum Cnidaria Pipedream Seacam underwater housing cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Phylum Cnidaria Pipedream Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Seacam underwater housing Subclass Hexacorallia Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Phylum Cnidaria Pipedream Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Seacam underwater housing Subclass Hexacorallia Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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.
JDL Seacam underwater housing blackwater bluewater dive scuba scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Banded sea urchin on a sandy bottom
Banded sea urchin (Echinothrix calamaris) on a sandy bottom off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BID Banded Urchin Class Echinoidea Crescent Beach Diadematidae Echinodermata Echinothrix calamaris Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Phylum Echinodermata Seacam underwater housing Spring echinoderm scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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.
BID Banded Urchin Class Echinoidea Crescent Beach Diadematidae Echinodermata Echinothrix calamaris Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Pacificstock RF Phylum Echinodermata Seacam underwater housing Spring echinoderm scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Black Teatfish sea cucumber resting on dead coral
Sea cucumber resting on dead coral off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BID Black Teatfish Class Holothuroidea Crescent Beach Echinodermata Holothuria whitmaei Holothuriidae Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Aspidochirotida Phylum Echinodermata Seacam underwater housing Spring echinoderm scuba scuba dive site scuba diving teated sea cucumber underwater underwater photography
Hawaiian coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BID Crescent Beach Kona coast dive site Seacam underwater housing Spring scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BID Kona coast dive site Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Class Dinophyceae Cnidaria El Nino Family Symbiodiniaceae Genus Symbiodinium Invertebrate Kingdom Chromalveolata Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Order Suessiales Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Dinoflagellata Plant Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Superphylum Alveolata Zoantharia anthozoa climate change cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching global warming scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography zooxanthellae
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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Class Dinophyceae Cnidaria El Nino Family Symbiodiniaceae Genus Symbiodinium Invertebrate Kingdom Chromalveolata Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Order Suessiales Pacificstock RF Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Dinoflagellata Plant Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Superphylum Alveolata Zoantharia anthozoa climate change cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching global warming scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography zooxanthellae
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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Class Dinophyceae Cnidaria El Nino Family Symbiodiniaceae Genus Symbiodinium Invertebrate Kingdom Chromalveolata Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Order Suessiales Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Dinoflagellata Plant Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Superphylum Alveolata Zoantharia anthozoa climate change cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching global warming scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography zooxanthellae
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.
BID Banded Urchin Class Anthozoa Class Echinoidea Cnidaria Diadematidae Echinodermata Echinothrix calamaris Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Lobe Coral Order Scleractinia Pacificstock RF Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Echinodermata Porites lobata Poritidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate echinoderm scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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.
BID Banded Urchin Class Echinoidea Diadematidae Echinodermata Echinothrix calamaris Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Phylum Echinodermata Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring echinoderm scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BID Kona coast dive site Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BID Kona coast dive site Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Pacificstock RF Phylum Cnidaria Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Phylum Cnidaria Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Phylum Cnidaria Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Phylum Cnidaria Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Phylum Cnidaria Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater photography
Hawaiian lava rock coral reef
Coral reef comprised of multiple coral species on lava rock off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BID Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Phylum Cnidaria Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring cnidarian coelenterate coral rubble scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Chaetodontidae Class Actinopterygii Class Anthozoa Cnidaria Fourspot Butterflyfish Infraclass Teleostei Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Pacificstock RF Perciformes Percoidei Phyllum Chordata Phylum Cnidaria Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Subclass Neopterygii Teleost Vertebrate Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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.
BID Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Phylum Cnidaria Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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.
BID Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Phylum Cnidaria Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba diving underwater underwater 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 Coral BID Class Anthozoa Cnidaria Invertebrate Kona coast dive site Order Scleractinia Phylum Cnidaria Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora grandis Pocilloporidae Pyramid Pinnacle Seacam underwater housing Spring Subclass Hexacorallia Zoantharia anthozoa cnidarian coelenterate coral bleaching scuba scuba dive site scuba divers scuba diving underwater underwater 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 planci Acanthasteridae BID COTS Class Asteroidea CrownofThorns Starfish Sea Star Echinodermata Invertebrate Kaloko Canyon Kona coast dive site Order Valvatida Phylum Echinodermata Seacam underwater housing Spring Subphylum Eleutherozoa Superclass Asterozoa echinoderm scuba scuba dive site scuba diving sea star starfish underwater underwater photography