Pygmy seahorses
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The pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti), called also «gorgonian’s seahorses», are really very very small since their size is approximately one centimetre, tail included.
They are very difficult to see because, in addition to be tiny, they are very mimetic. They look like, indeed, with the sea fan in which they live as much for their skin’s color, pink, silver plated or yellow, that for the polyps which seem to cover them.
Zebra crab in a fire urchin
ZEBRA CRAB in a Fire URCHIN
Zebrida adamsii
PANTAR island, indonesia
Small crab with a typical brown and white zebra colour pattern. Smooth carapace, whit deeply incised edge. It looks like a robot. Spiny legs and claws, the last segment of the walking legs, hook shaped, hangs the crab onto the urchin spines. Carapace lenght 2 cm.
Warty Clown Frogfish – Alor island, indonesia
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Would you like to see the slide show - Wonderful Marine Life of Indonésia - which contains some frogfish photographs ?
Nudibranchs Ceratosoma trilobatum - Pura, indonesia
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Les nudibranches possèdent des couleurs fantastiques. Ils mériteraient de s’appeler les « joyaux de la mer » et devraient inspirer les concepteurs de bijoux. Seuls quelques vers plats (planaires) peuvent rivaliser en beauté, bien que ces derniers aient un corps de plus simple architecture.
Couple of nudibranchs Ceratosoma trilobatum
Découvrir un nudibranche que vous n’avez jamais vu est toujours un moment passionnant. La créativité illimitée de la nature, qui a produit ces formes et ces palettes de couleur imprévisibles, est étonnante et stimule notre imagination. Heureusement ces animaux sont tellement divers, que le risque est mince que vous les voyez tous…
En Méditerannée par exemple, il existe plus de 400 espèces de nudibranches…
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