Tag: Gills

A batfish is being cleaned by two cleaner wrasses on the reef. The golden-brown fish with its distinctive skin texture is illuminated by artificial light, highlighting the details of the gill openings and its intense coloration.
A detailed macro shot of the delicate gills of a tube worm or sabellid fanned out in an arc. The fine, feathery structures display an impressive geometric arrangement in warm brown and beige tones.
This macro shot shows the characteristic bluish-violet gill appendages of a file clam with golden dots on the body.
A beautiful nudibranch with a black body and green spots, and characteristic gills on its back, sits on colourful soft corals. The vivid colours of the pink and orange corals form a striking contrast to the elegant pattern of the sea slug.
A polychaete worm displays its magnificent, feathery gills in full extension. The fan-shaped tentacles shimmer in pink, white and brownish tones and serve both for respiration and food capture.
A nudibranch displays its characteristic dorsal gills and colourful body with orange-white patterns and violet-blue accents. Between the curved body of the sea slug, a tiny flatworm sits on the blue sponge.
A colourful nudibranch with characteristic orange-red gills and violet-turquoise body colouration crawls over sandy seafloor. The feathered gill structures are clearly visible, showing the typical morphology of this sea slug species.
A white Chromodoris nudibranch with characteristic black lines and orange gills sits on the reef floor. The sea slug displays its typical elegant form with the feathery gill tufts at the rear end.
A magnificent nudibranch with an undulating orange-and-white body and characteristic blue border fringe. The elegant gills and rhinophores are clearly visible as it glides across the reef.
A thecacera nudibranch with characteristic violet bands on its tentacles and body crawls across the sandy seafloor among seagrass and algae. The elegant sea slug displays its typical dorsal gill appendages and striking rhinophores.
A vivid orange nudibranch with characteristic black spots crawls across the sandy seafloor. The nudibranch displays its typical rhinophores (scent organs) and gills as it searches for food.