Polyps Up Close
Lobactis scutaria (mushroom coral)
Lobactis scutaria (mushroom coral)
Lobactis scutaria (mushroom coral)
Montastraea cavernosa polyps with tentacles extended.
The bare calcium carbonate skeleton of a deceased Montastraea cavernosa colony. Photo taken with iPhone 6.
Pseudodiploria clivosa with tentacles extended.
Montastraea cavernosa polyps with tentacles extended at night.
Orbicella faveolata polyps at night.
Dendrogyra cylindrus polyps at night with tentacles extended.
Orbicella faveolata polyps with their tentacles extended to feed at night on a reef in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, FL. Photo taken with the Olympus Tough in an underwater housing.
The mouth of an Orbicella faveolata polyp under a microscope, fluorescing while exposed to royal blue light.
Pocillopora damicornis, a common Pacific species
Montastraea cavernosa polyps in the Coral Reef Futures Lab's indoor semi-recirculating tanks, tentacles extended. Photo taken with iPhone 6.
One-month-old recruits of Orbicella faveolata, fluorescing under the microscope exposed to royal blue light.
An alien-like Montastraea cavernosa polyp under the microscope.
Montastraea cavernosa polyp under a microscope.
Montastraea cavernosa under royal blue light.
Orbicella faveolata colony at night. Photo taken with the Olympus Tough in an underwater housing.
Orbicella faveolata colony in Key Largo, FL. Photo taken with the Olympus Tough in an underwater housing.
Orbicella faveolata colony at night. Photo taken with the Olympus Tough in an underwater housing.
One-month-old Orbicella faveolata recruits under the microscope, just beginning to acquire their algal symbionts.
Montastraea cavernosa polyps under the microscope.
A single one-month-old Orbicella faveolata recruit under the microscope.
Montastraea cavernosa fluorescing under the microscope.
Montastraea cavernosa polyps with tentacles extended in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Photo taken with iPhone 6 in a Watershot Pro underwater housing.
Montastraea cavernosa under a microscope.