Polycera quadrilineata

Dendrodoris limbata
Shortlisted!

Polycera quadrilineata

Seahorse portrait

Orange dancer
Shortlisted!

Seahorse with Skeleton shrimp

White elegance

The kiss
Shortlisted!

"NudiLove"
Shortlisted!

Blonde

labrid

salpes

This baby Bobtail Squid came quite close, investigating the Alien intruders, visiting his world. Did you know that a Bobtail Squid is emitting just enough bio-luminescence towards the sea-floor to make him invisible against the surface?

Look at me! The eye of a John Dori, looking at his reflection in the lens. The JD actually stopped and stayed motionless, staring at his reflection for about a minute...

This is Oceanic Art - the tail of a juvenile Slipper-lobster glows in beautiful colors, just before he propels himself out of sight with a couple of contractions.

A Mediterranean Bobtail Squid in its near-perfect stealth mode. They use their arms and suckers to cover themselves with sand and debris. When their pray gets close, they shoot up and catch it. Did u know that they emit bio-luminescence?

This is probably what a crab sees when it looks down its arms... Did you know that these hairs can pick up water movement as small as the equivalent of the energy of a few photons (much like the body-hair on spiders). :o
Shortlisted!

An unknown species of plankton. I actually found this by chance, since it could only be seen when lit from the side or from behind - as it is fully see-through and only 2cm long...

cardinal

Red coral beauty. Difficult to see big ones because used in jewelry, especially during 20 century.

Flabelina while laying her eggs

From white

urchin

torpedo

canyon

mediterranean seahorse

tubeworm colours

Through to 2014 awards final round judging