Marine Life

Divers often spot this fire coral as a branching, antler-like structure that can...

Ramified Fire Coral

Millepora dichotoma

Ramified fire coral forms branching, tree-like colonies that can look surprising...

Fire Coral (Millepora exaesa)

Millepora exaesa

Millepora exaesa typically grows as low, encrusting or irregularly shaped coloni...

Fire Coral (Millepora foveolata)

Millepora foveolata

This fire coral often appears as a compact, lumpy colony with a distinctive pitt...

Fire Coral (Millepora intricata)

Millepora intricata

Millepora intricata can form intricate, branching or net-like growth that adds f...

Fire Coral (Millepora laboreli)

Millepora laboreli

Laboreli fire coral typically grows in organized patches or low structures that...

Sheet Fire Coral

Millepora platyphylla

Divers often notice this fire coral as a thin, sheet-like patch that can look li...

White Stickhydroid

Eudendrium album

Sticky Hydroid

Divers often spot this hydroid as delicate, pale “sticks” rising from the seaflo...

Annulate Stickhydroid

Eudendrium annulatum

Sticky Hydroid

This hydroid forms slender stalks that can appear banded or ringed, giving it a...

California Stickhydroid

Eudendrium californicum

Sticky Hydroid

Divers may spot this hydroid as a delicate, twig-like branching colony that can...

Doubletoothed Hydroid

Obelia bidentata

Divers often spot this hydroid as delicate, branching colonies that can look lik...

Sea Thread Hydroid

Obelia dichotoma

Divers often notice this hydroid as delicate, threadlike colonies that can form...

Bell Hydroid

Obelia geniculata

The Bell Hydroid forms branching colonies with small, bell-shaped polyps that ma...

Hydroid

Obelia longissima

Divers may spot this hydroid as delicate, branching colonies that can form fine,...

Silky Medusa

Colobonema sericeum

Silky Medusa

Divers may spot this delicate hydrozoan as a soft, silky-looking plume that drif...

Sucker Upsidedown Jellyfish

Cassiopea andromeda

Upside-down Jellyfish

Divers often spot this upside-down jellyfish resting on the seafloor, with its b...

Moon Jellyfish

Aurelia labiata

Divers often spot this classic moon jelly drifting through the water column like...

Brown Banded Moon Jelly

Aurelia limbata

This moon jelly is recognizable by its warmer brown banding and delicate, umbrel...

Moon jelly (Aurelia marginalis)

Aurelia marginalis

Divers often spot this classic “moon jelly” drifting through clear water, its tr...

Moon jelly (Aurelia mianzani)

Aurelia mianzani

Aurelia mianzani is a delicate moon jelly that appears as a semi-transparent bel...

Moon jelly (Aurelia miyakei)

Aurelia miyakei

This moon jelly is typically seen as a translucent, saucer-shaped bell that catc...

Moon jelly (Aurelia montyi)

Aurelia montyi

Aurelia montyi often shows up as a calm, drifting jelly with a soft, glassy look...

Moon jelly (Aurelia mozambica)

Aurelia mozambica