I'm Crunching Your Head

 

Allied Cowry

Godiva rachelae,not quadricolor

Nick and I found these two Godiva sp. (25mm, 20M)nudis at Tasi Tolu today. I sent a message to Bill Rudman at the Sea Slug Forum to verify that this is Godiva rachelae, not quadricolor.

Squat Lobster

 

Whip Coral Shrimp

This amazing whip coral shrimp (12mm) was found at Tasi Tolu (20M) on Thursday night's dive. As I was watching, the shrimp caught this little 'bug'. I'm not sure whether it was speared or just caught up in the shrimp's hairy tentacles.

Soft Coral Crab

 

I was reviewing photos of my first dives at Tasi Tolu in May and found this cool scruffy octopus.

Just another shot of the Pygmy Seahorse from Tulamben.

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Juvenile Scorpionfish

Juvenile Scorpionfish (35mm). The scorpionfish was on a barrel sponge covered with thousands of evenly spaced shrimps which must have been no more that 1mm in length.

Dili Rock and Tasi Tolu

A murky dive at Dili Rock followed by an exploration east at Tasi Tolu. This tiny crab (2-3mm) was my find of the day at Tasi Tolu.

2-3mm Crab on soft coral. Tasi Tolu, 20M.

Lendell found this beautiful Ceratosoma tenue just up the slope at 17M, Tasi Tolu.

Leave it to Diane to find this miniscule cowery (5mm).

Monster Xenocrab. 3cm. Tasi Tolu 20M

Cowery. Tasi Tolu 20M

Cowery. Tasi Tolu 20M

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Phyllodesmium longicirrum, Dili Rock, 13

Glossodoris cruenta

According to the Sea Slug Forum, this is Glossodoris cruenta. Like Platydoris cruenta its name comes from a Latin word for 'bloody' or 'spotted with blood'. There have been a couple sightings of G. cruenta in the Solomon Islands over the last few years. Dili Rock. 27M

Tasi Tolu

Thanks to Nick, Lendell, Kate, and of course Diane for a fantastic reintroduction to Timor diving.

Cerberilla ambonensis - Mating

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Polycera sp.

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Crinoid Shrimp

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Chelidonura hirundinina (1 cm)

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Commensal Shrimp in Crown of Thorns

Mantis shrimp with egg mass.

Moray eel with lots of friends

Ornate Ghost Pipefish.

Kate and Lendell. Kate is the one with suspicious eyes!

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Scruffy Frogfish

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Boxer Crab

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Seahorse !

17 Meters at Seraya.

Batfishes

Mantis Shrimp

Chromodoris with monster gills.

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Squid

Squid. 30cm. 16 Meters. Seraya.

Pygmy Seahorse

This Pygmy Seahorse was found at 24 Meters at Batu Niti, a dive site just a few minutes by boat from Seraya Resort.

Baby Squid and Cling Fish in Crinoid

Just a few shots to whet Nick's appetite. These shots were all taken with the Sony P150, most with no external flash.


This shot is from a night dive on the wreck at Tulamben. 18M

Commensal Shrimp on a beautiful Fire Urchin. (31M).

Ornate Ghost Pipefish

Night dive in front of Scuba Seraya.
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That's it for the photos from Tulamben.

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