Caption

Manta (Mobula alfredi) Reef manta standing floats across shallow coral reef in lagoon shows symbiotic behavior spreading gill crevices can be cleaned of parasites when symbiosis with cleaner fish, Pacific, Yap Island, Yap State, Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia FSM, Australia, Oceania

Date

Sep 06, 2011

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK25M35_348

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

35,0Mb (1,6Mb) / 14,3in x 9,5in / 4284 x 2856 (300dpi)

Keywords

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