Coral reef. Large elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes, centre) and sea whips growing amongst other corals and fish on a reef. Photographed off Miso

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Coral reef. Large elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes, centre) and sea whips growing amongst other corals and fish on a reef. Photographed off Misool, West Papua, Indonesia.

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Photo credit: © MATTHEW OLDFIELD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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