Breathtaking pictures taken by Russian diver, zoologist and sea fauna researcher Alexander Semenov show us the spectacular underwater creatures, many of which are very rare and uncommon.
Cyanea (jellyfish)
Chirolophis japonicus
Aurelia sun (jellyfish)
Gorgonocephalus arcticus (northern basket stars)
Phoca largha (spotted seal)
Cyanea (jellyfish)
Scorpaenopsis barbata (bearded scorpionfish)
Leucothea sp.
Solaster endeca (purple sun star)
Surgeon
Bougainvillia superciliaris with Hyperia galba
Plerogyra sinuosa (bubble coral)
Myoxocephalus (shorthorn sculpin)
Urticina eques (sea anemone)
Cyanea capillata (lion mane’s jellyfish)
Coral
Asterina pectinifera (starfish)
Aurelia aurita sun (jellyfish)
Apostichopus japonicus (sea cucumber)
Cyanea (jellyfish)
Taeniura lymma (bluespotted ribbontail ray)
Cyanea capillata with Navaga
Arothron hispidus (White-spotted puffer)
Lysastrosoma anthosticta
Octopus
Cyanea capillata (lion’s mane jellyfish)
Risbecia pulchella (sea slug)
Aurelia noir
Cyanea capillata (lion’s mane jellyfish)
Reef
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