Living coral reef

Magnificent colours, exuberant shapes and exotic creatures are abundant in coral reefs and inspire thoughts of wonder and aw. A coral is an animal constituted by individual polyps, which form a colony.
Coral reefs are made from hundreds of different coral species and, as far as diversity and magnificence, can only be compared to tropical forests on land.

Sea-stars, sea-urchins and sea-cucumbers
Needle urchin, needle spined urchin (Diadema setosum - Diadematidae)

Red sea-cucumber (Holothuria edulis - Holothuridae)

Anemones, corals and jellyfish
Branch coral (Goniopora sp. - Poritidae)

Bubble coral (Plerogyra sinuosa - Euphyliidae) 

Colt coral (Cladiella sp. - Alcyoniidae)

Fetus coral (Clavularia sp. - Clavulariidae)

Finger coral (Sinularia polydactyla - Alcyoniidae)

Galaxy coral (Galaxea fascicularis - Oculinidae)

Giant Anthelia (Anthelia glauca - Xenidae)

Grape coral (Euphyllia divisa - Euphyliidae)

Hand coral (Lobophytum pauciflorum - Alcyoniidae)

Leather mushroom coral (Sarcophyton sp. - Alcyoniidae)

Moon coral (Favites sp. - Hippolytidae)

Mushroom anemone (Discosoma sp. - Discosomatidae)

Mushroom coral (Rhodactis sp. - Actinodiscidae)

Ridged brain coral (Oulophyllia crispa - Faviidae)

Tree coral (Nephthea sp. - Nephtheidae)

Bony fish
Blue streak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus - Labridae)

Copperband butterflyfish, beaked butterflyfish, beaked coralfish (Chelmon rostratus - Chaetodontidae)

Disco blenny, Smith's fangblenny (Meiacanthus smithi - Blenniidae)

Fire goby, fire dartfish, fire fish (Nemateleotris magnifica - Microdesmidae)

Lined surgeonfish, striped surgeonfish, bluebanded surgeon (Acanthurus lineatus - Acanthuridae)

Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus - Callionymidae)

Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus - Zanclidae)

Orangespine unicornfish, redlip surgeonfish, striped unicornfish (Naso lituratus - Acanthuridae)

Pajama cardinalfish, coral cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera - Apogonidae)

Palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus - Acanthuridae)

Powder-blue surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon - Acanthuridae)

Sailfin tang, sailfin surgeonfish, ringed tang (Zebrasoma veliferum - Acanthuridae)

Threadfin anthias, threadfin goldie (Nemanthias carberryi - Serranidae)