Aerial view of Carysfort Reef off of Key Largo, FL
Photo: Amy Massey, FKNMS

Flamingo tongue snail feeding on sea fan polyps (shown in brown).
Photo: Paige Gill, FKNMS

Gray angelfish swimming amongst soft corals.
Photo: Mike White, FKNMS

French angelfish, sea fan, green algae and sponges.
Photo: Paige Gill, FKNMS

Club-tipped finger coral with elkhorn in the background.
Photo: Paige Gill, FKNMS

Barrel sponge with finger coral inside and small fish fry above
Photo: FKNMS

French grunt swimming near a sea fan.
Photo: FKNMS

Closeup of a neon goby fish on coral head.
Photo: FKNMS

Nurse shark resting under a ledge at the reef.
Photo: FKNMS

Shallow coral reef with blade fire coral, boulder coral, soft corals and sponges.
Photo: FKNMS

Stoplight parrotfish at reef
Photo: FKNMS

Closeup of a stoplight parrotfish supermale.
Photo: FKNMS

Queen parrotfish swimming at the reef.
Photo: FKNMS

The polyps are extended in this closeup view of boulder star coral (Montastrea cavernosa).
Photo: FKNMS

School of smallmouth grunt swimming at the reef.
Photo: Paige Gill, FKNMS

Shallow-water coral reef with sea fans, soft corals and boulder star coral.
Photo: Mike White, FKNMS

Middle school students listen to Florida Keys staff Don Mooney teach about the coral reef on a Coral Reef Classroom field trip.
Photo: Ivy Kelley, FKNMS

A brain coral, broken and overturned as a result of a vessel grounding.
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A severed giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta) in Broward County after a cable drag incident.
Photo: Harry Booth

A diver conducts video monitoring for the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project.
Photo: Dave Gilliam, Ph.D.

Sea fan
Photo: Jeff Anderson, FKNMS

 
Photo: Jeff Anderson, FKNMS

 
Photo: Jeff Anderson, FKNMS

 
Photo: Jeff Anderson, FKNMS

A diver with a huge brain coral.
Photo: FKNMS

Smooth trunkfish on southeast Florida reef.
Photo: Joe Marino

A federally threatened goliath grouper on an artificial reef off of Palm Beach.
Photo: Joe Marino

A shortnose batfish! One of the species of odd-shaped bottom-dwellers.
Photo: Joe Marino

A squirrelfish with sponges, octocorals and a lettuce coral.
Photo: Joe Marino

A barred hamlet with a great star coral.
Photo: Joe Marino

Federally threatened loggerhead sea turtles can often be found sleeping along the reefs off of  Palm Beach County, particularly in the summer nesting season when they arrive in large numbers.
Photo: Joe Marino

Staghorn corals off of Broward County.
Photo: David Gilliam, Ph.D.