RAJAH AMPAT 2004 - BLENNIES AND GOBIES
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Photos: Sea Stars

I'm not sure why I didn't shoot many sea stars on this trip. One some other dive trips I've been on, it seemed that nearly every crinoid (feather star) I encountered was host to shrimps and clingfish, but this trip didn't present very many opportunities.

Most species IDs and some image captions are courtesy of Judy Foester.

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SELECTED IMAGES

A swimming crinoid, (Lamprometra sp.) (Goabesar, Farondi)
A Crinoid clingfish (Discotrema crinophila) in its host crinoid (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee)
A seven-armed specimen of (Ophidiaster confertus) starfish. (Jamur Tengah, Wajag)
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