Artforms in Nature: The Textural Beauty of Invertebrates (2) Already Ernst Haeckel described the wonderful pattern formation of marine invertebrates. When I was a student I worked on the coral skeletons and was fascinated by the diversity of their structures. So whenphotographing during my dives in tropical waters one focus is on the documentation of these marvellous structures. Here are some impressions.
	Gardinoseris 13438 Coral 19291 Coral 13599 Coral 13903 Pachyseris 13924 Coral 13939 Pectinia 13996 Coral 14008 Coral 14011 Pachyseris 14035 Coral 19282 Pachyseris 14290 Goniopora 19322 Coral 19328 Coral 19388 Coral 19659 Favia 20400 Fungia 14054 Fungia 14265 Turbinaria 19 Coral 14289 Porifer 13507 Sabellid 12969 Sabellid 13783 Synascidia 14131