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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
0 votes

Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted Yesterday
0 votes

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 (6 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
Keep me hangin' on Anemone Porcelain Crab - Neopetroli... by Stefan Follows
Keep me hangin' on
Anemone Porcelain Crab - Neopetrolisthes maculatus
Bali, Indonesia
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Bearded fireworm fluorescing under blacklight. by Arun Madisetti
Bearded fireworm fluorescing under blacklight.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Crab sitting in a hermit crab shell by Lindsey Mobley
Crab sitting in a hermit crab shell
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Portrait Roughhead blenny with Retra snoot Sea&Sea... by Magali Marquez
Portrait Roughhead blenny with Retra snoot
Sea&Sea YS-D2
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) by Oksana Maksymova
Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) by Oksana Maksymova
Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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🔥🔥Ring of fire🔥🔥 Spotted morey eel with dream circle... by Magali Marquez
🔥🔥Ring of fire🔥🔥
Spotted morey eel with dream circle
Retra snoot
Sea&Sea YS-D2, Z330
Nikon D7200
Tamron 90mm
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Black faced blenny ( Tripterygion delaisi) (Canon macro... by Antonio Venturelli
Black faced blenny ( Tripterygion delaisi)
(Canon macro 60 mm,1/200,f/20,iso200)
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Tiny frogfish (Antennarius pictus) by Oksana Maksymova
Tiny frogfish (Antennarius pictus)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mouthbrooding Cardinalfish by Julian Hsu
Mouthbrooding Cardinalfish
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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Calcinus tubularis( Paguro tubicolo)close up -Pellaro-Cal... by Antonio Venturelli
Calcinus tubularis( Paguro tubicolo)close up -Pellaro-Calabria
( Canon macro 60 mm, 1/200,f/20,iso200)
0 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 27, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Redhead Stylophora Goby (Paragobiodon echinocephalus)   by Oksana Maksymova
Redhead Stylophora Goby (Paragobiodon echinocephalus)  
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Parablennius rouxi ( Bavosa bianca) close up. ( Canon ma... by Antonio Venturelli
Parablennius rouxi ( Bavosa bianca) close up.
( Canon macro 60 mm, 1/200,f/14,iso200)
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Spirograph ( Sabella Spallanzani) phographed in the sea o... by Antonio Venturelli
Spirograph ( Sabella Spallanzani) phographed in the sea of Pellaro-Reggio Calabria, Italy
(Canon macro 60 mm,1/200,f/20,iso400)
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Gorgon Star ( Astrospartus mediterraneus) close up. (Can... by Antonio Venturelli
Gorgon Star ( Astrospartus mediterraneus) close up.
(Canon macro 60 mm,1/200,f/16,iso400)
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 21, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Paguroidea-Hermit Crab close up detail (Canon 60 mm , 1/... by Antonio Venturelli
Paguroidea-Hermit Crab close up detail
(Canon 60 mm , 1/200, f/18, iso200)
shortlistedShortlisted!
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 17, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Dragon shrimp (Miropandalus hardingi) by Oksana Maksymova
Dragon shrimp (Miropandalus hardingi)
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5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 13, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) by Oksana Maksymova
Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos)
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 6, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Crocodile fish eye no crop by James Deverich
Crocodile fish eye
no crop
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 6, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Portrait Carey (Chelonia mydas) night diving Nikon D720... by Magali Marquez
Portrait Carey (Chelonia mydas) night diving
Nikon D7200
Tamron 60mm macro
Kenko 1.4x teleconverter
F20.0 1/250 ISO400
Aguadilla Puerto Rico
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 31, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Mouthbrooding Cardinalfish by Julian Hsu
Mouthbrooding Cardinalfish
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 31, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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when i take a picture of a sea horse am not notif to get ... by Arya I Gede
when i take a picture of a sea horse am not notif to get surprice photo because i saw a smoll crabe was hangging to get some short also😁😁
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 28, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Pontoh's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus pontohi) by Oksana Maksymova
Pontoh's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus pontohi)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 27, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Actinia from the fjord system of the Chilean Patagonia by Thomas Heran
Actinia from the fjord system of the Chilean Patagonia
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Chilean Sea Chile
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A deadly attractive margarita! by Thomas Heran
A deadly attractive margarita!
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 17, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Chilean Sea Chile
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Star eye hermit under fluorescent light by Arun Madisetti
Star eye hermit under fluorescent light
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 15, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Parablennius gattorugine by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius gattorugine
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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