clipped from www.dailymail.co.ukThese wonderful pictures of some of the most beautiful creatures of the deep are the work of just one photographer, taken over the past 30 years. Richard Merritt has won a host of awards for what could be described as holiday snaps.
His full-time job is as a computing lecturer at the University of Plymouth, but he is also one of the world's most talented amateur underwater wildlife photographers.
Broody: A gold specs jawfish with its eggs
Technicolour battle: A harlequin shrimp and a starfish (left) and a harlequin filefish
Mane attraction: The dwarf lionfish hides on reefs to ambush prey
Sucker punch: The venom of the blue-ringed octopus can kill a man
Purple patch: Mating sea slugs lay an egg spiral
What a sight! A close-up reveals the sophisticated eye of a cuttlefish
A real slugger: This Indonesian sea slug has exposed gills and sensory 'horns', acquiring vivid colours from reef life it devours
Pink anemone fish are protected from their host's stings by a layer of mucus
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