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Coral      
 

Please note that we are not marine biologists so please inform us about our errors ~ thank you.

Hard corals,


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Coral

         
Black coral Plate coral  Branching       

Please note that we are not marine biologists so please inform us about our errors ~ thank you.


Coral: 

Coral is an animal.  Corals are normally divided into hard corals or soft corals. It is their skeletons which make the reef. A single coral is called a polyp of a few millimetres and each produces its own external skeleton. They usually group together and form the coral we see. As they grow their old skeletons build the reef.  

Hard corals
 


Picture by Graeme Hart and courtesy of RandSea Divers Co Ltd, Tobago Web.

coral by Mark Walton dogsbreathdiver
Picture by Mark Walton, Dogsbreath diver in Thailand

 
A field of branching coral in Aqaba, Jordan.
Picture by Caver Colin, Dogsbreath diver.
CoralBrainCaymans.jpg (81200 bytes)
Brain coral in the Caymans
Picture by Mark Walton Dogsbreath diver.
Species: Diploria Each polyp can be 6mm in diameter.
Plate coral in Oman:
  DamselSgtMjr.jpg (36993 bytes)  
By Big Colin, Dogsbreath Diver

Butterfly and coral in Jordan
Picture by Caver Colin, Dogsbreath diver.
Black coral
Black
coral. Picture by Mojo of HellfishDivers  in St Kitts

in Aqaba, Jordan.
Picture by Caver Colin, Dogsbreath diver.
 
Branching coral.
Picture by Justin, Dogsbreath diver in the Maldives, Oct 03

Branching coral.
Picture by Justin, Dogsbreath diver in the Maldives, Oct 03

Pillar coral. Picture by Dive-jamaica.com

Sea fan in the Caymans.
Picture Tolgus BS-AC

Elkhorn in the Caymans
Picture Tolgus BS-AC

AmalauCove.jpg (42020 bytes) 
Amalau Cove Picture by PagoPago Divers Samoa

Branching coral 

 
Jordan, Picture by Caver Colin, Dogsbreath Diver

Almost all pictures are thumbnails - so click them to expand.

TableCoral1.jpg (848406 bytes)

Table coral in the Red Sea 2002,
Pictures by Big Col, our Chairman

TableCoral2.jpg (865518 bytes)

Table coral in the Red Sea 2002,
Pictures by Big Col, our Chairman

BrainCoral.jpg (567973 bytes)

Picture by Anorak, DBDiver in Egypt, 2002 Brain coral in the Red Sea.

 

 

 

 

Soft corals,

Picture copyright belongs to the photographer mentioned by each picture
Coral      
Gorgonian   

Please note that we are not marine biologists so please inform us about our errors ~ thank you.


Coral: 

Coral is an animal.  Corals are normally divided into hard corals or soft corals. It is their skeletons which make the reef. A single coral is called a polyp of a few millimetres and each produces its own external skeleton. They usually group together and form the coral we see. As they grow their old skeletons build the reef.  


Soft corals

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There's a small Gorgonian extending its tentacles just below the butterfly fish

Picture by Caver Colin, Dogsbreath Diver

gorgonian coral
Gorgonian extended.
Picture by http://photos.yahoo.com/magicpudding  in the Philippines

We don't know which type these are: wwwsubwayscubacom3.jpg (18076 bytes)

Picture by www.subwayscuba.com 


Picture by  www.oceanquestdivecenter.com in Florida, USA

The soft coral is growing out of the wall

 


Coral: 

Coral is an animal.  Corals are normally divided into hard corals or soft corals. It is their skeletons which make the reef. A single coral is called a polyp of a few millimetres and each produces its own external skeleton. They usually group together and form the coral we see. As they grow their old skeletons build the reef.  

Hard corals

Table coral by Mark Walton, dogsbreathdiver in Thailand
Table coral by Mark Walton, Dogsbreath diver in Thailand


Picture by Graeme Hart and courtesy of RandSea Divers Co Ltd, Tobago Web.

 
 
A field of branching coral in Aqaba, Jordan.
Picture by Caver Colin, Dogsbreath diver.
CoralBrainCaymans.jpg (81200 bytes)
Brain coral in the Caymans
Picture by Mark Walton Dogsbreath diver.
Species: Diploria Each polyp can be 6mm in diameter.
Plate coral in Oman:
  DamselSgtMjr.jpg (36993 bytes)  
By Big Colin, Dogsbreath Diver

Butterfly and coral in Jordan
Picture by Caver Colin, Dogsbreath diver.
Black coral
Black coral. Picture by Mojo of HellfishDivers  in St Kitts

in Aqaba, Jordan.
Picture by Caver Colin, Dogsbreath diver.
 
Branching coral.
Picture by Justin, Dogsbreath diver in the Maldives, Oct 03

Branching coral.
Picture by Justin, Dogsbreath diver in the Maldives, Oct 03

Pillar coral. Picture by Dive-jamaica.com

Sea fan in the Caymans.
Picture Tolgus BS-AC

Elkhorn in the Caymans
Picture Tolgus BS-AC

AmalauCove.jpg (42020 bytes) 
Amalau Cove Picture by PagoPago Divers Samoa

Branching coral 

 
Jordan, Picture by Caver Colin, Dogsbreath Diver

Almost all pictures are thumbnails - so click them to expand.

TableCoral1.jpg (848406 bytes)

Table coral in the Red Sea 2002,
Pictures by Big Col, our Chairman

TableCoral2.jpg (865518 bytes)

Table coral in the Red Sea 2002,
Pictures by Big Col, our Chairman

BrainCoral.jpg (567973 bytes)

Picture by Anorak, DBDiver in Egypt, 2002 Brain coral in the Red Sea.

 

Brain coral by Mark Walton, dogsbreathdiver in Thailand
Brain coral by Mark Walton, Dogsbreath diver in Thailand 2008

table coral by Mark Walton dogsbreathdiver
Table coral in Thailand 2008,
Pictures by Mark Walton, Dogsbreath diver


Soft corals

Search engines appear to rank web sites higher the more links they have pointing to them, which is why we place links to the sites that permit us to use their pictures.

Please add links to us too ~ thank you.


There's a small Gorgonian extending its tentacles just below the butterfly fish

Picture by Caver Colin, Dogsbreath Diver

The soft coral is growing out of the wall

We don't know which type these are: wwwsubwayscubacom3.jpg (18076 bytes)

Picture by www.subwayscuba.com 


Picture by  www.oceanquestdivecenter.com in Florida, USA

gorgonian coral
Gorgonian extended.

Picture by http://photos.yahoo.com/magicpudding  in the Philippines