UN World Oceans Day Photo Competition 2022 – Ocean Critters

Fotograaf: Viktor Lyaguskin, Georgië

Locatie: –

‘Aliens meet spaceship’

Caprellas, also known as skeleton shrimps, are very funny and tiny animals: they grow to a maximum of 6 cm long. They are very social and active, eating non stop and fighting with each other. The ‘spaceship’ is a Bolinopsis infundibulum, common northern comb jelly. Bolinopsis don’t sting but are carnivorous and eat everything they catch, even other comb jellies. In my image it is floating under the ice.

Fotograaf: Jennifer Johnson, Verenigde Staten

Locatie: Lembeh Street, Noord-Sulawesi, Indonesië

School of fish hovering around a tube-dwelling anemone, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

This tube anemone is a member of the Cerianthidae family.  They typically eat small invertebrates, and it poses no threat to the hovering school of fish presenting me with this beautifully ethereal underwater scene.

Fotograaf: Gaby Barathieu, Frankrijk

Locatie: Mayotte Island

A school of catfish photographed in long exposure with flash triggering in strobe mode (5 triggers during exposure time). this technique gives relief and movement to a photo which freezes a present moment by nature.

Fotograaf: Aunk Horwang, Thailand

Locatie: Losin, Thailand

Juvenile fish using a giant jellyfish as their feeding ground, protective shelter, and locomotion. Found at Losin island, Thailand.