Artforms in Nature: The Textural Beauty of Invertebrates (3)
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.
synascidie14497-2 synascidie19043x seeigel14233x2
Synascidia 14497 Synascidia 19043 Sea Urchin 14233 Gorgonia Fungia
coral13939c coral13996b coral14008 coral14011c coral14035
Sarcophyton Coral 14490 Coral 14612 Coral 14681 Coral 15422
coral19282 coral14290 coral19322 coral19328 coral19388
Coral 15697 Porifer 16831 Holothurid 16957 Sea Urchin 17412 Coral 17234
coral19659 coral20400 fungia14054 fungia14265 turbinaria19976b
Coral 17236 Sarcophyton 18556 Pachyseris 15409 Pachyseris 15681 Synascidie 14798
r0014289x porifer13507x sabellid12969 sabellid13783 synascidie14131
Thelenota rubralineata Acropora 16859 Coral 13187 Coral 13190 Coral 13259