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Hypselodoris bullockii_January 2025 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso200)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes

Elysia timida_June 2025 (Canon RF100, 1/200,f16,iso125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

The eye contact. Meet the little Ring-eye Pygmy Goby, specifically Trimma benjamini of Raja Ampat..
By Nellson Sim
posted Yesterday
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Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted Yesterday
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Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
posted Yesterday
0 votes

The moment of peace.. A Denise Pygmy seahorse enjoying it's
By Nellson Sim
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Flabelina affinis nudibranch_June 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Dwarf Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula
By Stefanos Michael
posted 08:56 CST Today (10 hours ago)
0 votes

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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame
Purple Weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias frondosa) by Oksana Maksymova
Purple Weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias frondosa)
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Poise Leaf Scorpionfish - Taenianotus triacanthus B... by Stefan Follows
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Leaf Scorpionfish - Taenianotus triacanthus
Bali, Indonisia
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 3, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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puffer eyes by Mujein Judy
puffer eyes
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Spreading Wings A lion fish at the house reef of Thalatt... by Margriet Tilstra
Spreading Wings
A lion fish at the house reef of Thalatta Resort in Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental.
Nikon D750, Nikkor 105mm lens, Easydive Leo3 housing, 2 Ikelite strobes, ISO 100, F16, 1/100s, Original picture, no improvements, no photoshop.
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 24, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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green moray, canon 5D mark III, two ikelita subtrobe Ds12... by Noel Lopez
green moray, canon 5D mark III, two ikelita subtrobe Ds125, seacam housing.cuba , gardens of the queen
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 9, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Fluorescence photography of an anemone in Scotland. It's ... by Alasdair O'dell
Fluorescence photography of an anemone in Scotland. It's not 100% known why organisms underwater omit fluorescent light. Many anemones, nudibranchs and elasmobranchs fluoresce. This shot was taen with a yellow filter and a blue Nightsea Sola UV light
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 5, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Anemone Crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) fishing for food. by Luca Keller
Anemone Crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) fishing for food.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Grumpy Rhinopias by Sofia Tenggrono
Grumpy Rhinopias
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 19, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Red Sea Anemone Fish guarding its eggs. Taken with G7... by Alexandra Caine
Red Sea Anemone Fish guarding its eggs.
Taken with G7X MkII, Fantasea Housing, 2x Inon S2000
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 19, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile wolf eel curious about me. by David Sisson
Juvenile wolf eel curious about me.
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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tiger grouper in a cleaning station. nikon D800, nikon le... by Noel Lopez
tiger grouper in a cleaning station. nikon D800, nikon lens 105mm, two ikelite subtrobe DS125, aquatica housing.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 19, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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''Shanny in the shallow'' in the estuary of the Eastern S... by Tim Steenssens
''Shanny in the shallow'' in the estuary of the Eastern Scheldt
(Lipophrys pholis)
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Close-up portrait of one Schoolmaster fish (Lutjanus apod... by Pablo Gutierrez
Close-up portrait of one Schoolmaster fish (Lutjanus apodus) made in Cozumel (Mexico) in sommer 2019.
ISO: 400
f:5.0
1/160seg
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 31, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Corallimorph Decorator Crab (Cyclocoeloma tuberculata) ... by Oksana Maksymova
Corallimorph Decorator Crab (Cyclocoeloma tuberculata)
Anilao, Philippines
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Shorthorn sculpin guarding it's nest in lake Grevelingen ... by Tim Steenssens
Shorthorn sculpin guarding it's nest in lake Grevelingen in the Netherlands.
shortlistedShortlisted!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 29, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Finger Lickin' Good. False Plum Anemone stretching out it... by Peet J Van Eeden
Finger Lickin' Good. False Plum Anemone stretching out its tentacles after a good meal
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 23, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Shining Light. Colorful Gas flame Nudibranch by Peet J Van Eeden
Shining Light. Colorful Gas flame Nudibranch
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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The Gate keepers. Sandy anemones occur also in gullies an... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Gate keepers. Sandy anemones occur also in gullies and collect passing food with their sticky tentactles. Sand also sticks to its tentacles therefore the name sandy anemones
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 14, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Spiral of Life. The fan of the Red fan-worm demonstrated ... by Peet J Van Eeden
Spiral of Life. The fan of the Red fan-worm demonstrated the Fibonacci sequence.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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centolla crab. canon 60D, canon 60mm lens ,two ikelite su... by Noel Lopez
centolla crab. canon 60D, canon 60mm lens ,two ikelite subtrobe,seacam houisng.gardens of the queen.cuba
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Clown fish in Nosy Be, Olympus TG-6, Isotta housing, Back... by Martin Genov
Clown fish in Nosy Be, Olympus TG-6, Isotta housing, Backscatter M52 wide lens, 2x INON S-2000
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 8, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Madagascar
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A little orange clownfish in his natural habitat. by Luca Keller
A little orange clownfish in his natural habitat.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 4, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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harlekijnslakje, Polycera quadrilineata by Eduard Bello
harlekijnslakje, Polycera quadrilineata
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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ruwe wratslak,Doris ocelligera by Eduard Bello
ruwe wratslak,Doris ocelligera
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Bruine plooislak,goniodoris castanea by Eduard Bello
Bruine plooislak,goniodoris castanea
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Green Lantern Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatu... by Stefan Follows
Green Lantern
Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatus
Chaloklum, Thailand
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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A Stonefish with a Nudibranch marching over its forehead by Luca Keller
A Stonefish with a Nudibranch marching over its forehead
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 8, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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