School of slender cardinalfish - Rhabdamia gracilis (Gunun Laut, Jilliet) |
School of slender silversides ( Rhabdamia gracilis) (Gunun Laut, Jilliet)
Slender silversides, (Hypoatherina barnesi). |
The pectoral fin of a spotfin lionfish - Pterois antennata (Ikan Muda, Gamfi Street) |
(Euphyllia ancora), hammer coral (Ikan Muda, Gamfi Street) |
(Euphyllia ancora), hammer coral (Ikan Muda, Gamfi Street) |
Bubble coral close-up (Plerogyra sinuosa) Some other critter at the bottom left, in the bubbles.(Ikan Muda, Gamfi Street) |
Dorsal fin of tasselled wobbegong shark (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) (Batu Burung, Jef Fam) |
Detail of a Dendronephthya sp.soft coral, showing sclerites.(Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
Umbellate tree coral, Dendronephthya (sp. 1) (Kebun Karang, Sel Pelee) |
Two juvenile dragonets (Callionymus parvus) hang out on a tasselled wobbegong shark's pectoral fin (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) (Sel Pelee Bay - Exploration) |
Eye, spiracle, and tassels of a tasselled wobbegong shark (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) (Sel Pelee Bay - Exploration) |
A coral barnacle (Pyrgomatid) grows in a mushroom coral (Heliofungia actiniformis) (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee)
Coral barnacle, Pyrgomatid barnacle, has eight plates fused and bores into corals as a cyst-like structure. Thoracic limbs visible. |
Detail of the wing-like pectoral fin of a Helmut Gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis) (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
Schooling baitfish. (Tempat Lego, Wajag) |
Bulb tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) (Berbatus Cadas, Kawe) |
Brilliant orange polyps (Tubastraea cf.faulkneri). (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
Face-like detail of the side of a slipper lobster (Parribacus antarcticus) (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
Very small tunicates on horny stalk (Perophora namei). I think the critters at the tips of the tunicates are mysid shrimp or tiny worms in tubes. If you use the magnifier, you can see their antennae. (Cape Kri)
The critters at the tunicate openings might be spionid polychaete worms, Polydorella prolifera. The brown segments would be the tails and the white or yellow could be the antennae. I'd love to see the hi-res photo. The white appendage seems to come out of the middle of the 'tube' while the yellow part of the organism comes out the top of the tube. Again, we have entered the world of microscopic cameras. |
