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  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau.
    060406_162526_echeng9967.tif
  • A pair of Coleman shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) on their host fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140214_114201.tif
  • A camouflaged radial filefish (Acreichthys radiatus) blends in perfectly among the polyps of a Xenia sp. coral.  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_115412.tif
  • A bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) extends out of its burrow in the sand. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_200056.tif
  • A bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) waits in ambush as an unknowning cardinalfish swims over it. We named this cardinalfish "Carl", the bobbit worm's new buddy. (Carl survived). Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_191734.tif
  • A sea slug (Dermatobranchus sp.). Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_195518.tif
  • A moon-headed sidegill slug (Euselenops luniceps) on the sand at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_191947.tif
  • A day octopus (Octopus cyanea) feeds openly on the reef at Cannibal Rock in Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_111935.tif
  • A dwarf cuttlefish (Sepia bandensis) on the sand at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_194333.tif
  • Tiny ladybug amphipods (undescribed) on a sea squirt tunicate. Komodo is known for these amphipods. Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140207_113432.tif
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  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) catches a shrimp goby after waiting for over 3 minutes, motionless and camouflaged. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253952
    echeng100307_0253952.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253932
    echeng100307_0253932.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252358
    echeng100303_0252358.tif
  • A harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevia) adopts a defensive posture as I approach. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_081031.tif
  • A ladybug amphipod in the Cyproideidae family sits on a blue tunicate. Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_154317.tif
  • A Phyllodesmium sp. nudibranch. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_184131.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253816
    echeng100306_0253816.tif
  • Spotted porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) on a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyola haddoni). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253548
    echeng100306_0253548.tif
  • An aggregation of sea hares (Stylocheilus striatus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253501
    echeng100306_0253501.tif
  • Bulb tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252593
    echeng100304_0252593.tif
  • A well-camouflaged Lynne's pipefish (Festucalex rufus) in a bundle of tunicates, sponges, and algae at Kokoana Passage, Solomon Islands.
    echeng070915_136787.tif
  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau.
    060406_161307_echeng9937.tif
  • A peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactyllus scyllarus) defends his territory. Dragon Creek, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_153547.tif
  • A camouflaged radial filefish (Acreichthys radiatus) blends in perfectly among the polyps of a Xenia sp. coral.  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_115251.tif
  • A bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) waits, ready to ambush prey from its burrow in the sand. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_192352.tif
  • Ladybug amphipods (undescribed) on a sponge. Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140208_085450.tif
  • Tiny flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) in the sand at Torpedo Alley in Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_193209.tif
  • A wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) out hunting in the sand. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_160856.tif
  • The eggs of a flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) in the broken mouth of a beer bottle. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100308_0254207
    echeng100308_0254207.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252362
    echeng100303_0252362.tif
  • A cluster of healthy, colorful soft coral on the reef on Cannibal Rock, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_073032.tif
  • A hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani) safe within its host sponge. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_114642.tif
  • 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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  • Tiny amphipods in the Lysianassidae family, on a small solitary anemone on a sandy slope. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_183457.tif
  • A magnificent ceratosoma nudibranch (Ceratosoma magnificum) in Horseshoe Bay, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_080310.tif
  • 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_152102.tif
  • A poison ocellate octopus (Amphioctopus siamensis) feeds on a crab. Hot Property, Beangabang, Pantar, Indonesia.
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  • A pregnant soft coral porcelain crab (Lissoporcellana nakasonei) on a sea pen. You can see the white eggs near the bottom of the crab. Beangabang Bay, Pantar, Indonesia.
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  • A Xenia swimming crab (Caphyra sp.) in a Xenia sp. coral. Mucky Mosque, Alor, Indonesia.
    echeng111031_185019.tif
  • Juvenile clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) in a bulb-tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). Alor Kecil, Indonesia.
    echeng111030_081049.tif
  • Parasitic benthic ctenophores on their host sea star. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101113_0269963.tif
  • A harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevis) full of eggs, moments before it jumped into the water column to release eggs. Ambon, Indonesia.
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  • Bobbit worm: a fanged nightmare that lives in the sand (Eunice aphroditois). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252965
    echeng100304_0252965.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) shows an interest in my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252915
    echeng100304_0252915.tif
  • Red-gilled nembrotha nudibranch (Nembrotha rutilans). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252687
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  • Red-gilled nembrotha nudibranch (Nembrotha rutilans) feeding while resting on a sea pearl (Ventricaria ventricosa). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252643
    echeng100304_0252643.tif
  • A cluster of healthy, colorful soft coral on the reef on Cannibal Rock, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_073032.tif
  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau. With snorkeler.
    060406_160416_echeng9925.tif
  • Apple snail (Ampullariidae) shells at the bottom of a river in Bonito, Mato Grosso Sul, Brazil. Photographed while filming Tales by Light, Season 2, Episode 3, "Misunderstood Predators", for Netflix and National Geographic Australia. August, 2016.
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  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau. With snorkeler (self portrait)
    060406_161602_echeng9943.tif
  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau. With snorkeler silhouette.
    060406_155604_echeng9915.tif
  • A commensal goby in a soft coral (Nepthea sp.) forest. Ashmore Atoll, Australia. Canon 50D, Canon 60mm EF-S macro lens, INON underwater housing, 2 x INON S-2000 strobes. 1/40s @ f/29, ISO 400. echeng091128_0242497<br />
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Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF-S 60mm lens, INON underwater housing, INON insect eye endoscope lens, 2 x INON S-2000 strobes<br />
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1/40s @ f/9, ISO 400
    echeng091128_0242497.tif
  • Leather corals (Sinularia sp.) point in the direction of the current around a barrel sponge. Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140212_082726.tif
  • A sebae anemonefish (Amphiprion sebae) in its host bulb tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). These little guys have teeth! Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140208_121058.tif
  • Panda anemonefish (Amphiprion polymus) and eggs on a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252532
    echeng100304_0252532.tif
  • 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.
    echeng140213_152130.tif
  • A tiny Santia sp. sponge isopod on a Xenia sp. coral. Shot in supermacro. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_112445.tif
  • A tiny Santia sp. sponge isopod on a Xenia sp. coral. Shot in supermacro. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_112229.tif
  • The tongue biter parasitic isopod (Cymothoa exigua) chews off an anemonefish's tongue and replaces it. You can see the smiling little face inside the mouth of this poor anemonefish. Cannibal Rock, Komodo, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_160441.tif
  • 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.
    echeng140210_160221.tif
  • A spearer-type mantis shrimp misses as it goes for a cardinalfish at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_195217.tif
  • Ladybug amphipods (undescribed) on a sponge. Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140208_085351.tif
  • Ladybug amphipod (undescribed) on an octocoral. Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140208_080313.tif
  • Ladybug amphipods (undescribed) on an octocoral. Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140208_080056.tif
  • Tiny flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) in the sand at Torpedo Alley in Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_193330.tif
  • 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.
    echeng140208_193538.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) out during a night dive. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_192006.tif
  • Zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) on a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_190106.tif
  • 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.
    echeng140205_161252.tif
  • Zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) on a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_154235.tif
  • A wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) out hunting in the sand. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_160619.tif
  • Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_120628.tif
  • The eggs of a flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) attached underneath a discarded dinner plate. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100308_0254171
    echeng100308_0254171.tif
  • 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
    echeng100307_0253938.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253325
    echeng100306_0253325.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) shows an interest in my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252915
    echeng100304_0252915.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252354
    echeng100303_0252354.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252296
    echeng100303_0252296.tif
  • The surface detail of a symmetrical brain coral (Diploria strigosa). Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140207_092348.tif
  • The veiny silhouette of an enormous Gorgonian sp. sea fan. Eastern Fields Atoll, Papua New Guinea. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 16-35mm f2.8L USM lens @ 16mm, Seacam underwater housing, 2 x Ikelite DS-125 strobes. 1/100s @ f/8, ISO 250. echeng091202_0243694
    echeng091202_0243694.tif
  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau. Canon 1Ds Mark II, Canon 16-35mm f2.8 USM lens @ 16mm, Seacam underwater housing, 2 x Ikelite DS-125 strobes. 1/200s @ f/18, ISO 200.
    060406_162603_echeng9970.tif
  • A small squid arm pulled from the mouth of a 10-year old male sperm whale named Scar.
    echeng100129_0248445.tif
  • A Marionia sp. nudibranch—totally bizarre and incredible. The diversity of nudibranchs in the Komodo area is staggering. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_194425.tif
  • A Marionia sp. nudibranch—totally bizarre and incredible. The diversity of nudibranchs in the Komodo area is staggering. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_193711.tif
  • The tiny, perfectly-camouflaged algae shrimp (Phycocaris simulans). Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_185500.tif
  • 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.
    echeng111118_152726.tif
  • 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.
    echeng111118_152510.tif
  • 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.
    echeng111118_151733.tif
  • A boxer crab (Lybia tesselata) shows off its anemone boxing gloves. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_120333.tif
  • A yellow-tipped Phyllodesmium (Phyllodesmium briareum). Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_073346.tif
  • Jellyfish carry crab (Ethusa sp.) carrying a jelly for protection. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_121504.tif
  • A zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) safely on its host fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_121220.tif
  • 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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  • Tiny amphipods. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, 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.
    echeng111111_154045.tif
  • 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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