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  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau. With snorkeler silhouette.
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  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau.
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  • Intertwined wire corals (Cirrhipathes leutkeni). Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A bunch of sticky white sea cucumbers cover a barrel sponge (Xestospongia sp.). Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • The eggs of a damselfish on a sea whip (Cirripathes sp.). Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A sebae anemonefish (Amphiprion sebae) in its host bulb tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). These little guys have teeth! Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Panda anemonefish (Amphiprion polymus) and eggs on a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252532
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  • A pair of Coleman shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) on their host fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140214_113915.tif
  • Barnacle. Dragon Creek, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A tiger mantis shrimp (Lysiosquilla maculata) in its burrow in the sand.  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A tiny Santia sp. sponge isopod on a Xenia sp. coral. Shot in supermacro. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A tiny Santia sp. sponge isopod on a Xenia sp. coral. Shot in supermacro. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_112229.tif
  • A common egg cowrie (Ovula ovum) feeding on a leather coral at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A Clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) is infested by a tongue-biter cymathoid isopod parasite (Cymothoa exigua), which eats its host's tongue and replaces it. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A spearer-type mantis shrimp eyes a cardinalfish at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A sea cucumber, feeding. These were absolutely everywhere on this night dive in Sowaluh Bay, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Ladybug amphipods (undescribed) on a sponge. Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A day octopus (Octopus cyanea) hunts on the reef by spreading the webbing between its arms over a coral head, trapping crustations and fish underneath. This octopus turned bright white while hunting after a small yellow damsel and a triggerfish started aggressively biting it, trying to drive it away from their territory. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Ladybug amphipod (undescribed) on an octocoral. Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A day octopus (Octopus cyanea) feeds openly on the reef at Cannibal Rock in Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A large and beautiful Berry's bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi). They are irridescent, and are frequently found out on the sand at night. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Starry night octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) out during a night dive. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Starry night octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) out during a night dive. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A pair of harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) on a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) out hunting in the sand. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_161646.tif
  • A Lisa's mantis shrimp (Lysiosquillina lisa) in its burrow. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Some kind of predatory shell on a Crinoid sp. feather star. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_155204.tif
  • Zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) on a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_154235.tif
  • Zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) on a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_154018.tif
  • A wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) out hunting in the sand. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • The eggs of a flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) attached underneath a discarded dinner plate. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100308_0254171
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  • Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) -- view from behind. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253943
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253938
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  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253833
    echeng100306_0253833.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253811
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  • An octopus hides in the sand at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253684
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253325
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253303
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  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) shows an interest in my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252915
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  • Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252775
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  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252359
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  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252342
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  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252304
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  • Millions of fusilier damselfish (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma) stream across the reef in strong current. Underwater photographer Tony Wu, on rebreather, is in the middle of it all. Carl's Ultimate, Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea. echeng091216_0247042
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  • Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) and bannerfish school over gorgonian sea fans. Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea. echeng091216_0246787
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  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau. With snorkeler.
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  • (Siphonogorgia sp.) fan, Orange elephant-ear sponge, Divaricate tree coral (Dendronephthya sp.) with large school of golden sweepers (Parapriacanthus ransonneti).  Black and white crinoid at base of fan. Dive site: Barracuda Sleeping, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
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  • (Siphonogorgia sp.) fan, Orange elephant-ear sponge, Divaricate tree coral (Dendronephthya sp.) with large school of golden sweepers (Parapriacanthus ransonneti).  Black and white crinoid at base of fan. Dive site: Barracuda Sleeping, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
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  • A cluster of healthy, colorful soft coral on the reef on Cannibal Rock, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A Marionia sp. nudibranch—totally bizarre and incredible. The diversity of nudibranchs in the Komodo area is staggering. Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • The tiny, perfectly-camouflaged algae shrimp (Phycocaris simulans). Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • This was an incredible find. These three sea slugs are Phestilla sp.—the first anyone in our group had ever seen. They are almost perfectly camouflaged on the coral upon which they sit, and are laying egg spirals as they move. Only the strobe light at an angle makes them pop out enough from the background to be noticed. Photo taken at Hot Rocks in Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • This was an incredible find. This sea slug is a Phestilla sp.—the first anyone in our group had ever seen. It is almost perfectly camouflaged on the coral upon which it is sitting, and is laying egg spirals behind it. Only the strobe light at an angle makes this sucker pop out enough from the background to be noticed. Photo taken at Hot Rocks in Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • I have no idea what this is (a blob on a hydroid!). A scientist friend says that it is likely a newly settled ascidian that will divide to form a colony. Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • Reticulated chromodoris (Chromodoris reticulata). Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • A boxer crab (Lybia tesselata) shows off its anemone boxing gloves. Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • This longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) has been infested by a parasitic isopod. Poor fish. Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • A yellow-tipped Phyllodesmium (Phyllodesmium briareum). Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • Tiny amphipods in the Lysianassidae family, on a small solitary anemone on a sandy slope. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A pom-pom taringa (Taringa halgerda). The book says this is rare. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Jellyfish carry crab (Ethusa sp.) carrying a jelly for protection. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp.) are truly alien. They are tiny, and it is only when they are viewed at high magnification that one starts to see how amazing they are. Look at those claws! The cloud around this caprellid's torso is a ball of baby skeleton shrimp. They have clustered around the shrimp that their mother has caught, and are devouring it. Torpedo Alley, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A ladybug amphipod in the Cyproideidae family sits on a colorful soft coral. Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Ladybug amphipods in the Cyproideidae family sit on a colorful soft coral. Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Ladybug amphipods in the Cyproideidae family sits on the outstretched arm of a feather star (crinoid). Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A ladybug amphipod in the Cyproideidae family sits on the outstretched arm of a feather star (crinoid). Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_152152.tif
  • A mosaic octopus (Abdopus abaculus). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A crinoid squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) in its host crinoid. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A tiny isopod. Pink Beach, Loh Liang, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A Jakobsen's phyllodesium (Phyllodesmium jakobsenae), nearly perfectly camouflaged amongst Xenia soft coral, which is both resembles and feeds upon.
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  • An undescribed Hippolytidae broken-back shrimp is nearly invisible in its host octocoral. Pulau Raja, Indonesia.
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  • Mating olive purse crabs (Leucosia pubescens). Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
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  • An undescribed Phycocaris sp. algae shrimp (the "little green shrimp"). Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
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  • Two skeleton shrimps (Caprella sp.) are on watch over a juvenile warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus). Sizzler, Wai Verang, Indonesia.
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  • Two skeleton shrimps (Caprella sp.) are on watch over a juvenile warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus). Sizzler, Wai Verang, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_191612.tif
  • A coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus). Hot Property, Beangabang, Pantar, Indonesia.
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  • A Xenocarcinus tuberculatus spider crab on its host Cirrhipathes leutkeni wire coral. These guys look truly alien! This one is very pregnant. (Alor, Indonesia)
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  • A nudibranch rears up. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • Rough box crab (Calappa gallus). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • Rough box crab (Calappa gallus). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • Some kind of sabertooth blenny on a gorgonian. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • A sea anemone with feathery, branchy arms. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi), Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi), Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • A flamboyant cuttlefish extends its feeding arms during an act of predation (Metasepia pfefferi), Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • Two coleman shrimp (Periclimenes colmani) on their fire urchin host (Asthenosoma varium).
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  • A crinoid squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) in its host crinoid / feather star. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • Two coleman shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) on their host fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • A false clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) aerates and cleans her eggs next to her host anemone. Ambon, Indonesia.
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  • Closeup of a bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) a venomous, fanged creature from your nightmares. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0254097
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) -- view from behind. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253943
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253938
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253932
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  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253833
    echeng100306_0253833.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253811
    echeng100306_0253811.tif
  • A spotted porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) filters food at night in a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni), while a panda anemonefish (Amphiprion polymus) watches. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253777
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