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Decorator Crab
Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. You have to look hard at this to see what it is! It's a crab with a...
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2011
Scalefin anthias
Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. There are clouds of these little guys and so beautiful. They are also...
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2011
Furry-legged night shrimp
Kona, Hawaii. Whoever thought these little guys (quite large, actually: five or six inches long)...
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2011
Elegant wrasse
Kona, Hawaii. This is a color morph of this animal. I've never seen it with blue stripes on yellow; it's usually pink stripes on yellow.
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2011
Crab inside wana
Kona, Hawaii. "Wana," (pronounced "vana") is the Hawaian word for a long-spined...
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2011
Dendrochirus barberi
Kona, Hawaii. A green lionfish, the only lionfish endemic to Hawaii. It's a lovely green with a...
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2011
Long-armed night shrimp 2
Kona, Hawaii. On night dives I always see little sparkling eyes deep in the coral. Sometimes I get...
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2011
Baby Blue Ribbon
What's a blue ribbon eel when he isn't blue? He's black! As a juvenile at least. The other phase...
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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2007
Hood Ornament
You got me ! I was told they do this to sniff out something in the water.
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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2007
Hey, there, Blue Eyes!
Close up of an oyster. Notice all the tiny blue eyes that surround the lips.
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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2007
Blue Scorpionfish hiding
Wire coral goby
How's this? I have a million of these. They come in all different colors.
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Uploaded on Dec 13, 2006
Purple Periclimenes on pin cushion star
Extreme closeup. These guys live on pincushion sea stars, which are large hemispherical stars that...
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Uploaded on Dec 13, 2006
Pompom with eggs
Very tiny and very fast moving crab. They are called Pompom crabs or Boxer crabs because they hold...
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Uploaded on Dec 13, 2006
Sea Cucumber Crabs
Occasionally found on the underside of certain species of large sea cucumbers. More often found in...
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Uploaded on Dec 13, 2006
Wire Coral Goby on Line
This guy usually lives on wire coral but he had moved to this rope, which was the mooring...
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Uploaded on Dec 13, 2006
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