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  • Hell's Fire Anemone
    Hell's Fire Anemone
    Actinodendron plumosum
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0099
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp
    Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp
    Cuapetes tenuipes
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0100
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Marble Cone
    Marble Cone
    Conus marmoreus
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0104
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Sponge
    Unknown Sponge
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0105
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yellow-tipped Phyllodesmium
    Yellow-tipped Phyllodesmium
    Phyllodesmium briareum
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0106
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Variable Fire Urchin
    Variable Fire Urchin
    Asthenosoma varium
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0109
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tube Anemone
    Tube Anemone
    Cerianthus species
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0111
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Six-lined Soapfish
    Six-lined Soapfish
    Grammistes sexlineatus
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0115
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Frostfin Cardinalfish
    Frostfin Cardinalfish
    Ostorhinchus hoevenii - frequently shelters in the long-spined sea urchins.
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0117
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tree Anemone
    Tree Anemone
    Actinodendron arboreum - young specimen.
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0118
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Warty Frogfish
    Warty Frogfish
    Antennarius maculatus
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0121
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Willey's Halgerda
    Willey's Halgerda
    Halgerda willeyi
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0125
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mosaic Boxer Crab
    Mosaic Boxer Crab
    Lybia tesselata - also called 'Pom-pom Crab', carrying Bunodeopsis spp or Triactis producta anemones.
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0131
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mosaic Boxer Crab
    Mosaic Boxer Crab
    Lybia tesselata - the anemones collect things that the crab uses for food.
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0132
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red Lionfish juvenile
    Red Lionfish juvenile
    Pterois volitans
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0140
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Raggy Scorpionfish
    Raggy Scorpionfish
    Scorpaenopsis venosa
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0142
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-spotted Puffer
    White-spotted Puffer
    Arothron hispidus
    Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 7, 2004
    1147#0144
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ring Wrasse
    Ring Wrasse
    Hologymnosus annulatus - juvenile phase.
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0001
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Mesh Sea Star
    Brown Mesh Sea Star
    Nardoa galatheae
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0004
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Doublebanded Soapfish
    Doublebanded Soapfish
    Diploprion bifasciatum
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0006
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-gill Tenellia & eggs
    Black-gill Tenellia & eggs
    Tenellia melanobrachia - sometimes orange coloration.
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0009
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-gill Tenellia & eggs
    Black-gill Tenellia & eggs
    Tenellia melanobrachia - two nudibranchs.
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0012
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bennett's Featherstar
    Bennett's Featherstar
    Oxycomanthus bennetti
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0015
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plate Coral
    Plate Coral
    Fungia danai
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0016
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Anthias juveniles
    Anthias juveniles
    Psuedanthias species
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0018
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fluted Giant Clam
    Fluted Giant Clam
    Tridacna squamosa
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0020
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Freckled Frogfish
    Freckled Frogfish
    Antennarius coccineus - more cryptic than other frogfish.
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0023
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bruce's Hinge-beak Shrimp
    Bruce's Hinge-beak Shrimp
    Rhynchocinetes brucei
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0034
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Flamboyant Cuttlefish
    Flamboyant Cuttlefish
    Metasepia pfefferi
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0038
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Flamboyant Cuttlefish
    Flamboyant Cuttlefish
    Metasepia pfefferi
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0055
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Coleman's Phyllodesmium
    Coleman's Phyllodesmium
    Phyllodesmium colemani
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0058
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Coleman's Phyllodesmium
    Coleman's Phyllodesmium
    Phyllodesmium colemani
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0060
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Loch's Chromodoris
    Loch's Chromodoris
    Chromodoris lochi
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0067
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fluted Giant Clam
    Fluted Giant Clam
    Tridacna squamosa
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0073
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bennett's Featherstars
    Bennett's Featherstars
    Oxycomanthus bennetti
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0075
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Triton's Trumpet
    Triton's Trumpet
    Charonia tritonis - notable in that it can eat the crown-of-thorns sea star.
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0077
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Josh's Chromodoris
    Josh's Chromodoris
    Chromodoris joshi
    Layag Layag, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1148#0086
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kunie's Goniobranchus
    Kunie's Goniobranchus
    Goniobranchus kuniei
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0093
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple-mouthed Stromb
    Purple-mouthed Stromb
    Strombus sinuatus - the dorsal surface blends with substrate, unlike the very colorful oral surface.
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0098
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Thorny Seahorse
    Thorny Seahorse
    Hippocampus hystrix
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0102
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rosy Spindle Cowrie
    Rosy Spindle Cowrie
    Phenacovolva rosea
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0106
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rosy Spindle Cowrie
    Rosy Spindle Cowrie
    Phenacovolva rosea
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0111
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Painted Hypselodoris
    Painted Hypselodoris
    Hypselodoris infucata
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0115
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Redline Flabellina
    Redline Flabellina
    Flabellina rubrolineata
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0121
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yellow-tipped Phyllodesmium
    Yellow-tipped Phyllodesmium
    Phyllodesmium briareum
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0122
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Denison's Dorid
    Denison's Dorid
    Dendrodoris denisoni
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0127
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Desirable Flabellina
    Desirable Flabellina
    Flabellina exoptata
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0129
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Clear Cleaner Shrimp
    Clear Cleaner Shrimp
    Urocaridella antonbruunii
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0133
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Clear Cleaner Shrimp
    Clear Cleaner Shrimp
    Urocaridella antonbruunii
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0146
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Flower Cardinalfish
    Flower Cardinalfish
    Ostorhinchus fleurieu
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0139
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dancing Shrimp
    Dancing Shrimp
    Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0144
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Strapweed Filefish
    Strapweed Filefish
    Pseudomonacanthus macrurus
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0149
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wire Coral Goby
    Wire Coral Goby
    Bryaninops yongei - with Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp on the left bottom of the wire coral.
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0150
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wire Coral Goby & eggs
    Wire Coral Goby & eggs
    Bryaninops yongei - looks like developing eyes in the eggs.
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0157
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Flamboyant Cuttlefish
    Flamboyant Cuttlefish
    Metasepia pfefferi - trio with what appears to be a large male keeping the smaller male away from the female.
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0166
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Co's Goniobranchus
    Co's Goniobranchus
    Goniobranchus coi
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0171
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Co's Goniobranchus
    Co's Goniobranchus
    Goniobranchus coi - mantle flipping.
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0178
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Saffron Diversidoris
    Saffron Diversidoris
    Diversidoris crocea
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0184
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Clark's Anemonefish juvenile
    Clark's Anemonefish juvenile
    Amphiprion clarkii - in a Corkscrew Sea Anemone.
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0186
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blackspotted Sea Cucumber
    Blackspotted Sea Cucumber
    Bohadschia graeffei
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0189
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spanish Dancer
    Spanish Dancer
    Hexabranchus sanguineus - This nudibranch can get large and often swims by undulating the mantle.
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0197
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tube Anemone
    Tube Anemone
    Cerianthus species
    Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1149#0201
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brain Coral
    Brain Coral
    Symphyllia agaricia
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0202
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plate Coral
    Plate Coral
    Fungia danai
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0204
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plate Coral
    Plate Coral
    Fungia danai - detail of the mouth.
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0207
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sponge
    Sponge
    Dysidea species
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0208
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plate Coral
    Plate Coral
    Fungia corona
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0210
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plate Coral
    Plate Coral
    Fungia fungites
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0211
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brain Coral
    Brain Coral
    Symphyllia agaricia
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0212
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hemprich's Sea Anemone
    Hemprich's Sea Anemone
    Heterodactyla hemprichii
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0213
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Geometric Goniobranchus
    Geometric Goniobranchus
    Goniobranchus geometricus
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0216
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Elegant Phyllidia
    Elegant Phyllidia
    Phyllidia elegans
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0218
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pale Monocle Bream
    Pale Monocle Bream
    Scolopsis affinis
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0224
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plate Coral
    Plate Coral
    Cycloseris patelliformis - unusual coloration.
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0225
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Magnificent Tube Worm
    Magnificent Tube Worm
    Protula magnifica
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0226
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Undescribed Round Crab
    Undescribed Round Crab
    Gaillardiellus species - small crab deep in a crevice of a barrel sponge.
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0231
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Undescribed Round Crab
    Undescribed Round Crab
    Gaillardiellus species
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0234
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tunicates
    Tunicates
    Botryllus species
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0237
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sea Fan
    Sea Fan
    Acabaria species
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0238
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spot-banded Butterflyfish
    Spot-banded Butterflyfish
    Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0243
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Checkerboard Wrasse
    Checkerboard Wrasse
    Halichoeres hortulanus - juvenile phase.
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0244
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Elephant Ears
    Giant Elephant Ears
    Amplexidiscus fenestrafer
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0246
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Brittle Star
    Unknown Brittle Star
    Ophiothrix species - normally on the base, but this plate coral was upside down until I turned it right-side up.
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0247
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Brittle Star
    Unknown Brittle Star
    Ophiothrix species - heading for the under side.
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0251
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Redfin Butterflyfish
    Redfin Butterflyfish
    Chaetodon lunulatus
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0253
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Redfin Butterflyfish
    Redfin Butterflyfish
    Chaetodon lunulatus - many butterflyfish are seen in pairs.
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0255
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sharpnose Sandperch
    Sharpnose Sandperch
    Parapercis cylindrica
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0258
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tasseled Scorpionfish
    Tasseled Scorpionfish
    Scorpaenopsis oxycephala
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0263
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tasseled Scorpionfish
    Tasseled Scorpionfish
    Scorpaenopsis oxycephala - detail.
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0266
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hard Coral
    Hard Coral
    Montipora confusa
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0267
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Striped Wing Oyster
    Striped Wing Oyster
    Pteria crocea
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0271
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spot-tail Butterflyfish
    Spot-tail Butterflyfish
    Chaetodon ocellicaudus
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0276
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish
    Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish
    Chaetodon baronessa
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0277
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tubelip Wrasse
    Tubelip Wrasse
    Labrichthys unilineatus - juvenile phase.
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0280
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Funeral Jorunna
    Funeral Jorunna
    Jorunna funebris - two feeding on this Haliclona species sponge.
    Koala, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1150#0284
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sand Sifting Sea Star
    Sand Sifting Sea Star
    Astropecten polyacanthus
    Night, Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1151#0290
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Baeolidia
    Great Baeolidia
    Baeolidia major
    Night, Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1151#0293
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Sea Anemone
    Unknown Sea Anemone
    Night, Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1151#0294
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hard Coral
    Hard Coral
    Eguchipsammia species - growing at 96 foot depth.
    Night, Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1151#0300
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hard Coral
    Hard Coral
    Eguchipsammia species - very silty substrate at 96 foot level of the slope.
    Night, Mato Point, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 8, 2004
    1151#0306
    Larry L. Jackson