Pygmy seahorses
BIO
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.
Glossary
Commensal
La commensalité est une association durable entre deux êtres vivants et dont chacun tire bénéfice. Ils s’aident mutuellement à se nourrir, se protéger ou se reproduire. (voir hôte, symbiose).
Geodia
Geodia form a kind of siliceous sponge. They are eaten by the overlapping turtles said scale turtles.
Hôte
En biologie, un hôte est
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Zebra crab in a fire urchin
ZEBRA CRAB in a Fire URCHIN
Zebrida adamsii
PANTAR island, indonesia
Small crab with a typical brown
