Hairy Pilumnus crab eating sea grapes.
Bunny of the sea, Jorunna funebris.
Closeup of one of the nudibranch's polka dots. The dots are made of spiculate caryophyllidia (sensory tubercles surrounded by spicules).
Dendrodoris tuberculosa, an awesome looking nudibranch.
Size comparison with my boot. It was about 15 cm long.
Somewhat porcine face.
Interesting looking surface texture and rhinophores.
Very elaborate gills.
The underside with the characteristic white spots.
The fascinating Dendrodoris tuberculosa.
Many egg collars among the seagrass.
Goniopora coral.
Sunflower fungid (Heliofungia actiniformis).
Mole fungid (Polyphyllia sp.).
Turbinaria coral.
Bracket fungid coral.
Various types of soft coral (Alcyonacea).
Soft coral and zoanthids.
The mysterious gorgonian-like growth.
Phymanthus anemone.
Closer look at one of the pink tentacles.
Edwardsiidae.
Stichodactyla gigantea.
Chrysaora sea jelly.
Octopus giving me the finger.
Colorful goby (Cryptocentrus leptocephalus).
Blue spotted fantail ray (Taeniura lymma).
Archaster typicus half buried. There was a small patch with the bury marks of these sea stars although under the sand was full of seagrass roots and stems. Wonder how they navigate among the seagrass growths under the sand.
Blue knobbed Protoreaster nodosus. I first saw this type of coloration at Cyrene. There were quite a few other knobbly sea stars, with various colors ranging from orange to brown to red, all found at the same small area.
Looks like a great billed heron. It was posturing and calling away although I have no idea at what.
Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus).
Our brave boatmen rowing the rest of the group back to the boat.
Fascinating to see a ship able to carry such a large structure.
1 comments:
Lots of first sightings for BBB! Thanks for sharing!
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