Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, gets cleaned by yellow tangs, Zebrasoma flavescens and lined bristletooth, Ctenochaetus striatus, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, (N. Pacific)

Brown booby, Sula leucogaster, foraging underwater in tide pool, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, Atlantic Ocean

Horseshoe clam, Hippopus hippopus, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Spinner dolphins Stenella longirostris, near surface, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Spinner dolphins, Stenella longirostris, Kealakekua Bay, Captain Cook, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

Galapagos sharks, Carcharhinus galapagensis, Oahu, Hawaii

Pennant butterflyfish, juvenile, schooling Heniochus diphreutes, Portlock, Oahu, Hawaii (N. Pacific)

Split image of pristine coral reef and deserted island, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breaching, Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii (Pacific)

Bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, swimming in open ocean, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, Atlantic Ocean

Manta ray, Manta birostris, feeding at night, Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii

A multitude of sponges, tunicates, feather stars, sea stars, soft and hard corals as well as fish co-exist harmoniously in the reefs at Cogon, Apo Island marine reserve, Philippines (Visayan sea)

Tree reflections and xanthophills, Ginnie springs, North Florida, USA - 1rst place, Freshwater, 1996 Seven Seas photographic competition, Scuba Diver, Australia

Bigfin reef squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines

Pink river dolphin or boto, Inia geoffrensis, Negro River, Amazonas, Brazil Nominee - Epson Red Sea World of Underwater Images, Images of the world, best 5 category Official site

Pair of mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus, mating, Malapascua ,Cebu, Philippines, Visayan Sea

Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostrus, Crystal River, Florida, USA

Juvenile and adult pink anemonefish in sea anemone, Amphiprion perideraion, Fila Reef, Port Vila, Vanuatu (S. Pacific)

Schooling devil rays, Mobula tarapacana, with comensal suckerfish, Remora remora, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, Atlantic Ocean

Red soft coral, Dendronephthea sp., Bitagane, Atami, Izu peninsula, Japan - Finalist, The Underwater World, 2011, 5th Asferico International Nature Photography Competition / AFNI (Associazione Fotografi Naturalisti Italiani) - Official site