Dives 2220 - 2244

Beautiful Hermit Crab

Calcinus pulcher

Eagle Point, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2017

2243#3872

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Reef Stonefish

Synanceia verrucosa - colorful but potentially fatal to touch.

Eagle Point, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2017

2243#3876

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Bubble-tip Sea Anemone

Entacmaea quadricolor - I waited a while, but the juvenile anemonefish wouldn't allow a photo.

Eagle Point, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2017

2243#3879

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Manybar Goatfish & Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasses

Parupeneus multifasciatus & Labroides dimidiatus.

Eagle Point, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2017

2243#3880

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Unknown Sea Anemones

Huge numbers inhabit dense, dead coral.

Eagle Point, Batangas, Philippines, April 19, 2017

2243#3881

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Blue Dragon

Pteraeolidia semperi

Mainit Muck, Batangas, Philippines, April 20, 2017

2244#3883

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White Feathered Hydroid

Lytocarpus philippinus - nice looking, but a stinger as are all the hydroids.

Mainit Muck, Batangas, Philippines, April 20, 2017

2244#3885

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Bluespot Dermatobranchus

Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus

Mainit Muck, Batangas, Philippines, April 20, 2017

2244#3889

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Pink & Purple Phyllodesmium

Phyllodesmium poindimiei - best guess due to conflicting photos in identification books.

Mainit Muck, Batangas, Philippines, April 20, 2017

2244#3893

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Undescribed Caupetes specie

Only noticed when working on the previous photo.

Mainit Muck, Batangas, Philippines, April 20, 2017

2244#3889-2

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Six-arm Brittle Stars

Ophiothela danae - very small sea stars that live on sea fans.

Mainit Muck, Batangas, Philippines, April 20, 2017

2244#3890

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Undescribed Janolus

Janolus species 7

Mainit Muck, Batangas, Philippines, April 20, 2017

2244#3897

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