"Rana Foto", Marine life photo gallery

Below is a clickable list of stock photos; marine "species portraits".

Latest additions are pictures from the Okinawa, June 2013. At last I have manged to sort out, tried to identify and put these pictures on the web site. The six dives off Okinawa were among the most productive, picturewise, I have done so far.

For more information and links to other pictures, see the Rana Foto home page.

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NOTE: I am not a marine taxonomist. The animals on the pictures have been identified from popular faunas. A ? signals I doubt my identification. Also other ids are certainly mistaken. Corrections are welcome. E-mail me!. Anyone using the pictures must rely on own knowledge. I supply the picture and locality info.

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Porifera - Sponges - Svampdjur
As you can see I have been very unsuccessful identifying my sponge pictures. All help is much appreciated.

• Agelas conifera? - Brown tube sponge. Belize.
  
• Aplysina archeri - Stove-pipe sponge. Bonaire.
  
• Aplysina fistularis (?) - Yellow tube sponge (?). Bonaire.
  
• Callyspongia vaginalis (?) - Branching vase sponge ? . Bonaire.
  
• Callyspongia plicifera (?) - Azure vase sponge ? . Bonaire.
  
• Chelonaplysilla sp. ?. Australia.
  
• Halichondria panicea - Breadcrumb sponge . Sweden.
  
• Ircinia strobilina (?) - Black-ball sponge (?) . Curacao.
  
• Ircinia sp. (?) - Cup sponge (?) . South Africa.
  
• Melophlus isis ?. Guam.
  
• Niphates digitalis - Pink vase sponge. Belize.
  
• Plakortis (?) sp. - Viscous sponge ?. Belize.
  
• Unidentified A. Bonaire.
  
• Unidentified B. Curacao.
  
• Unidentified C. Spain.
  
• Unidentified D. Jordan.
  
• Unidentified E. South Africa.
  
• Unidentified F. South Africa.
  
• Unidentified G. Zanzibar.
  
• Unidentified H. Malta.
  
• Unidentified I sponge?. Guam.
  
• Unidentified J sponge. Guam.
  
• Unidentified K sponge?. Okinawa.