Flexible gorgonian of shallow water (Rumphella sp.) (Fiabajet Exploration) |
Typical mixed reef organisms, including stony corals, white sponges, several gorgonians and leather corals. (Fiabajet Exploration) |
A corallimorpharian (Pseudocorynactis sp.) (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee)
Take a look at the white stuff on the left on your HiRes photo. |
Aplacophoran worms with a sticky feel on (Xestospongia testudinaria). Someone suggested to me that these could be egg cases but they look just like the worms described in the guides. (Jamur Tengah, Wajag) I just saw a website that showed sea cucumbers that resembled these (Synaptula sp.). |
Glomerate tree coral in rear and orange elephant ear sponge (Axinellid sp.) in center. (Jamur Tengah, Wajag) |
One of the 250 species of Dendronephthya, resembles (Scleronepytyha sp. 3) except the main stalk is not quite robust enough. Greenish tunicates in the rear. These will have to be listed in your critter identification section on wetpixel. (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
Tracking a helmut gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis). (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
I have to call this Easter Island glomerate tree coral (Dendronephthya sp.). (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
I get the feeling of Easter Island when I view these glomerate tree corals (Dendronepytha sp.). (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
Glomerate tree coral (Dendronephthya sp.). (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee)
Wow, I love these! |
Got current? A Melathaeid gorgonian in the rear and several mushroom leather corals (Sarcophyton trocheliophorum) in the foreground. (Eagle Rock, Kawe) |
At the right, on the wall, a lovely red and white glomerate tree coral (Dendronephthya sp.) and under it a gorgonian (Siphonogorgia godeffroyi). (Eagle Rock, Kawe) |
At the left (Sinularia flexibilis). The mushroom leather coral behind, to the right is (Sarcophyton sp.5). (Eagle Rock, Kawe) |
(Sinularia flexibilis) with, possibly, a toby fish near the top of the golden one. (Eagle Rock, Kawe) Is that a juvenile sweetlips at three o'clock? |
At the left mushrom leather coral (Sarcophyton trocheliophorum). The rest is (Sinularia flexibilis). (Eagle Rock, Kawe) |
Mixed collection of crinoid feather stars. Two threadfin hawkfish (Cirritichthys aprinus) at lower left. Possible white cowry on brown sponge, just right of the two hawkfish. (Dinding Selatan, Wafak) |
(Siphonogorgia sp.) gorgonian with glomerate tree coral (Dendronephthya sp.) behind it. (Kri Island) |
Divaricate tree coral (Dendronephthya (Roxasia) sp.2). So beautiful! (Kri Island) |
Small yellow fish in the vent of giant clam (Tridacna gigas). Divaricate tree coral (Dendronephthya sp.) to right of the clam and gorgonians in the right rear. The orange and yellow fish are (Pseudanthias sp.) (Acropora formosa) stony coral in left, rear. (Kri Island) |
In the foreground is the mother of all giant clams (Tridacna gigas) with its vent slit at the bottom of the photo and the siphon just under the cream colored leather coral. The iridiscent patches in the mantle consist of zooxanthellae (dinoflagellate algae). They are rather sparse in this specimen so it probably gets most of its nutrition by filter-feeding with the vent and siphon. (Kri Island) |
Foreground specimens are largely mushroom leather corals and background species are largely stony (Acropora sp.) and (Astreopora sp.) (Kri Island) |
A school of bluestreak fusiliers (Pterocaesio tile). (Sardine's Reef) |
Large school of scissortail fusiliers (Caesio caerulaurea). (Barracuda Sleeping) |
(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. (Barracuda Sleeping) |
Starting at the left edge, (Sarcophyton elegans). Coming counterclockwise, digitate leather coral (Sinularia sp.2). In the middle at the bottom, (Capnella imbricata), then more digitate leather coral. Most everything else is (Sinularia flexibilis). (Mike's Point) |
Right foreground is mushroom leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.). To the left (Sinularia flexibilis) In the rear, stony (Acropora formosa ). (Mike's Point) |
Looks like Talang queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus). He may be feeding on the large number of (Pseudochromis sp.) swimming over the stony (Acropora formosa) reef. (Mike's Point) |
Damselfish fish over stony (Acropora formosa) reef. (Mike's Point) |
In the rear, main reef of stony (Acropora formosa) In the foreground, several kinds of leather coral, mostly flexible (Sinularia sp.) and one large ruffled (Sarcophyton elegans). (Mike's Point) |
Several species of flexible leather corals in the genus Sinularia. (Mike's Point) |
Two forms of flexible leather coral (Sinularia sp.) (Mike's Point) |
Striking golden gorgonian (Siponogorgia sp.) among digitate leather corals (Sinularia sp.1). (Mike's Point) |
Table coral (Acropora hyacinthus). (Mike's Point) |
Gorgonians (Melithaea sp.) and table corals (Acropora hyacinthus). (Mike's Point) |
Mushroom leather coral (Sinularia sp.). (Mike's Point) |
Digitate leather corals (Sinularia sp.1 and sp.2). (Mike's Point) |
Probably (Rumphella sp.) a flexible gorgonian of shallow water. (Nudibranch Rock, The Passage) |
Denizen of the coral reef/mangrove intersection, the banded archer fish (Toxotes sp.) which shoots down insects with a jet of water from its mouth. (The Passage) |
Banded archer fish (Toxotes sp.). (The Passage) |
