A white anemone and sea star underwater
A school of blue tangs near the ocean floor
A clownfish and green anemone
A multicolored shrimp underwater
A brightly colored angelfish
A colorful jelly and underwater plants
A blue-and-green sea anemone
Sea stars clinging to rock underwater
Worms shaped like Christmas trees
A colorful mollusk in the ocean
Underwater close-up of a parrotfish
Two colorful sea slugs mating
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White Anemone and Sea Star

The creatures that inhabit the world’s oceans run the full spectrum of colors—often in intricate patterns, advanced camouflage, and varying degrees of transparency.

Here, a white sea anemone keeps company with a sea star in the waters off British Columbia. There are more than a thousand sea anemone species. The invertebrate takes its name from the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower.

Photograph by Jens Troeger, My Shot

Colorful Sea Creatures

See photos of colorful sea creatures (including sea stars, clownfish, nudibranchs, and more) in this ocean photo gallery from National Geographic.

November 12, 2009

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