Dives 1178-1188

Glomerate Soft Coral

Dendronephthya species

Dead Palm, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1185#0049

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Plate Coral

Fungia danai

Dead Palm, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1185#0051

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Magnificent Chromodoris

Chromodoris magnifica

Dead Palm, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1185#0052

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Hard Corals & Sponges

Seriatopora hystrix, Tubastrea micrantha and two or three types of sponge.

Dead Palm, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1185#0059

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Tube Anemone

Cerianthus species

Dead Palm, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1185#0063

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Pimpled Dermatobranchus

Dermatobranchus pustulosus

Dead Palm, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1185#0067

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Soft Coral

Cespitularia species

Dead Palm, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1185#0071

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Spotted Plocamopherus

Plocamopherus maculatus

Dead Palm, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1185#0073

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Branched Marionia

Marionia arborescens

Dead Palm, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1185#0094

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Harlequin Shrimp

Hymenocera elegans

Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1186#0107

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Tree Anemone

Actinodendron arboreum

Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1186#0118

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Peacock-tail Anemone Shrimp

Periclimenes brevicarpalis - the bulge on the side is a parasitic Bophyrid isopods.  They sap the host's energy and cause complete reproductive failure or sterilization in infected females like this.

Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2004

1186#0119

Larry L. Jackson