100228 Hantu

With Dr Dan and his students from Duke University, Chris Klock from the Netherlands and Hantu Bloggers' Debby who was diving at Hantu in the morning and stayed on to join us.


A small pipefish, a little over an inch long.


Heteractis magnifica.


Is this a sponge (Stelleta clavosa?) growing on the soft coral?


No idea about this, either the brown zoanthids are winning or they're being invaded by the blue ones.


The Fungiidae were huge.


Portunidae having a quiet cuddle.


Acanthozoon sp. must be the most commonly sighted flatworm on our shores.


Pegasus volitans. I only recently discovered they walk using their pelvic fins after watching Andy's video.


Atergatis floridus.


A swimming flatworm (Pseudobiceros sp.).


Enhalus acoroides flower.




Enhalus acoroides fruit. They resemble, as Dr Dan put it, Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors.


Debby spotted this beautiful scorpionfish. It's been quite a while since I last had a good look at one.


There were many of these mysterious lumps on the beach.


A stringy egg sac.


One of the Duke students spotted this Architectonica perspiectiva. It seemed to secrete some slime which showed up blue in the photo.