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Andrea sits in front of a laptop and huge dashboard of sensors with a headset on.
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Dr. Andrea Quattrini

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In the X-ray image of this Viper Moray Eel (Enchelynassa canina), note the second set of jaws in the “throat”; these are the gill arches, which are present in all fish.
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X-Ray Image of a Viper Moray Eel

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The staghorn coral is listed as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. It is one of 22 coral species listed.
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Staghorn Coral

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A couple inches wide and up to ten feet long, the bobbit worm stays hidden under tropical sands with just its five antennae poking out—waiting for prey to swim by.
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The Bobbit Worm

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Syllid fireworms can be found mainly on the seafloor, but they switch to a planktonic form to reproduce, where the females use bioluminescent signals.
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Syllid Fireworms

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A pearly razorfish
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Pearly Razorfish

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Raccoon butterfly fish and angelfish on a reef in the Red Sea, near Sharm el Sheik, Egypt.
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Coral Reef Scene

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A coral catshark
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Coral Catshark

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The small larvae of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) settle and grow on the crustose coralline algae species Hydrolithon boergesenii.
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Coral Larvae Settling

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Tiny sponge spicules.
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Sparkling Sponge Spicules

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Corallimorpharian
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Soft Coral Close-Up

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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer lives on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, where it shoals in groups of 10-100 puffers and feeds on algae and tunicates.
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Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer

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