热带印度-太平洋礁石墙上茂密康乃馨软珊瑚和海鞘的生物多样性

iving over a tropical reef wall in the Andaman Sea encrusted with carnation soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.) in yellow, pink and orange, colonial tunicates with pink-tipped siphons and amber sponges. This density of invertebrate coverage is characteristic of a high-current, low-light wall environment. Such walls rank among the most biodiverse habitats in the Indo-Pacific, supporting filter-feeding species that cannot compete on exposed, high-light reef flats. Vertical close-up shot from scuba diver point of view. 4K, static. Ko Haa Islands, Andaman Sea, Krabi Province, Thailand.