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Elysia timida_June 2025 (Canon RF100, 1/200,f16,iso125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes

Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted (4 days ago)
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The eye contact. Meet the little Ring-eye Pygmy Goby, specifically Trimma benjamini of Raja Ampat..
By Nellson Sim
posted (2 days ago)
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Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted (2 days ago)
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Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
posted (2 days ago)
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The moment of peace.. A Denise Pygmy seahorse enjoying it's
By Nellson Sim
posted (2 days ago)
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Flabelina affinis nudibranch_June 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
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Dwarf Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula
By Stefanos Michael
posted Yesterday
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Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted 03:45 CST Today (12 hours ago)
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Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted 03:47 CST Today (12 hours ago)
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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
First time to see a ladybug face to face, it was super ex... by Hani Omar
First time to see a ladybug face to face, it was super exciting.
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Blue Ribbon Eel!!! by George Touliatos
Blue Ribbon Eel!!!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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ghost shrimp by John Loving
ghost shrimp
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Ghost Rider A ghost nudibranch is taking a free ride o... by Peet J Van Eeden
Ghost Rider
A ghost nudibranch is taking a free ride on West Coast Lobster. Ghost nudibranchs are unique to South African waters of the Cape Peninsula
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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ghostly by John Loving
ghostly
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Batfish cleaning through the key hole. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Batfish cleaning through the key hole.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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A bearded goby with a tiny crab in its mouth which stayed... by Joyce Chang
A bearded goby with a tiny crab in its mouth which stayed inside through out the entire time when I was taking its photo.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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A moray eel's warning not to intrude its comfort zone by Peet J Van Eeden
A moray eel's warning not to intrude its comfort zone
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Tanzania
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Blue the lobster by George Touliatos
Blue the lobster
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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I am out of here!!! by George Touliatos
I am out of here!!!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Octopus vulgaris Face by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Octopus vulgaris
Face
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Anemone shrimp - probably Periclimenes holthuisi - doing ... by Pierre Mineau
Anemone shrimp - probably Periclimenes holthuisi - doing what it does best: making it difficult to get its entire body in the focal plane.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Juvenile Rhinopias yawning by Marylin Batt
Juvenile Rhinopias yawning
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Ocellated Octopus by Marylin Batt
Ocellated Octopus
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Shrimp by Mehmet Öztabak
Shrimp
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Seen a lot this month, Harlekijnslak, Polycera quadrilineata by Eduard Bello
Seen a lot this month, Harlekijnslak, Polycera quadrilineata
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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FIRE by Marko Perisic
FIRE
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Gymnothorax unicolor Too close by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Gymnothorax unicolor
Too close
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Portrait of Cyerce Nigra Nudibranch by Joyce Chang
Portrait of Cyerce Nigra Nudibranch
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Gewone zeedonderpad, Myoxocephalus scorpius by Eduard Bello
Gewone zeedonderpad, Myoxocephalus scorpius
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Lucky Shot!!! by George Touliatos
Lucky Shot!!!
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sea urchine with snotwurms, zeeappel, psamechius miliaris by Eduard Bello
Sea urchine with snotwurms, zeeappel, psamechius miliaris
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 19, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Muraena helena & Lysmata seticaudata Cleaning station by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Muraena helena & Lysmata seticaudata
Cleaning station
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 18, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Rare shell by Eduard Bello
Rare shell
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Pike by Abimael Márquez
Pike
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Panamic Green Moray at Isla de Coiba. by Daniel Lamborn
Panamic Green Moray at Isla de Coiba.
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Panama
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The Harlequin Shrimp is my favourite crustacean so far <3... by Ms Photography
The Harlequin Shrimp is my favourite crustacean so far <3
They are just amazing animals and if you spend some time with them they seem to warm up and let you be part of their world - just amazing.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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