Dives 2355 - 2359

  • Undescribed Tube Worms
    Undescribed Tube Worms
    Salmacina species 1 - interesting that the dive site is on the Equator.
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8070
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bennett's Feather Stars
    Bennett's Feather Stars
    Oxycomanthus bennetti
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8071
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Undescribed Tube Worms
    Undescribed Tube Worms
    Salmacina species 1
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8072
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sea Fan
    Sea Fan
    Ellisella species
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8075
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Barrel Sponge
    Barrel Sponge
    Xestospongia testudinaria - with several Feather Stars.
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8076
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blackspotted Puffer variation
    Blackspotted Puffer variation
    Arothron nigropunctatus
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8078
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bennett's Feather Stars
    Bennett's Feather Stars
    Oxycomanthus bennetti
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8080
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sponge
    Sponge
    Spheciospongia inconstans
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8081
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bubble-tip Sea Anemone
    Bubble-tip Sea Anemone
    Entacmaea quadricolor - with Clark's Anemonefish.
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8083
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bubble-tip Sea Anemone
    Bubble-tip Sea Anemone
    Entacmaea quadricolor
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8086
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Clark's Anemonefish
    Clark's Anemonefish
    Amphiprion clarkii - in Bubble-tip Sea Anemones.
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8088
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mushroom Leather Corals
    Mushroom Leather Corals
    Sarcophyton species
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8089
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pimpled Phyllidiella
    Pimpled Phyllidiella
    Phyllidiella pustulosa
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8091
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Elephant Ear
    Giant Elephant Ear
    Amplexidiscus fenestrafer - with a pair of Hidden Corallimorph Shrimp.
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8096
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hidden Corallimorph Shrimp
    Hidden Corallimorph Shrimp
    Pliopontonia furtiva
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8098
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Waving Hand Polyps
    Waving Hand Polyps
    Anthelia species
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8104
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Undescribed Sponge
    Undescribed Sponge
    Halisarca species - with two Striped Triplefins.
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8105
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lace Coral
    Lace Coral
    Distichopora species - unusual, stubby structure.
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8109
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Papuan Scorpionfish
    Papuan Scorpionfish
    Scorpaenopsis papuensis
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8113
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Soft Corals
    Soft Corals
    Carijoa species
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8114
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sponge
    Sponge
    Callyspongia species
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8115
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sea Fan
    Sea Fan
    Echinogorgia species
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8117
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Sponge
    Unknown Sponge
    Surrounded by Star Polyps.
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8118
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sea Fan
    Sea Fan
    Menella species
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8120
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crocodile Flathead variation
    Crocodile Flathead variation
    Cymbacephalus beauforti
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8124
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plate Corals
    Plate Corals
    Fungia scutaria
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8132
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Funeral Jorunna
    Funeral Jorunna
    Jorunna funebris
    Equator Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2355#8136
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tunicates
    Tunicates
    Lissoclinum patella
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8137
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Octobubble
    Octobubble
    Physogyra lichtensteini
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8138
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lace Coral
    Lace Coral
    Distichopora violacea
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8140
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tangaroa Shrimpgoby
    Tangaroa Shrimpgoby
    Ctenogobiops tangaroai - with undescribed Snapping Shrimp.
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8145
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Exquisite Phyllidia
    Exquisite Phyllidia
    Phyllidia exquisita
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8149
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spotfin Lionfish
    Spotfin Lionfish
    Pterois antennata - I like this angle for seeing the blue spots.
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8150
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lace Coral
    Lace Coral
    Distichopora species
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8153
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shireen's Phyllidiopsis
    Shireen's Phyllidiopsis
    Phyllidiopsis shireenae
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8155
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Redbreasted Wrasse
    Redbreasted Wrasse
    Cheilinus fasciatus
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8157
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pizza Anemone
    Pizza Anemone
    Cryptodendron adhaesivum - with a 'decorator' crab.
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8160
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Robust Ghost Pipefish male
    Robust Ghost Pipefish male
    Solenostomus cyanopterus
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8162
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Golden Sweepers
    Golden Sweepers
    Parapriacanthus ransonneti
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8168
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Emperor Shrimp
    Emperor Shrimp
    Periclimenes imperator - on an Amberfish Sea Cucumber.
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8171
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Amberfish Sea Cucumber
    Amberfish Sea Cucumber
    Thelenota anax - the Emperor Shrimp was on this Sea Cucumber.
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8174
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sea Fan
    Sea Fan
    Isis species
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8176
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Foxface Rabbitfish
    Foxface Rabbitfish
    Siganus vulpinus
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8178
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Day Octopus juvenile
    Day Octopus juvenile
    Octopus cyanea - so small that it blended with rocks of similar size.
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8182
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lace Coral
    Lace Coral
    Distichopora violacea
    LeiLei Seamount, LeiLei, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 14, 2023
    2356#8186
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sea Whips
    Sea Whips
    Junceella species - with an unknown sponge.
    LataLata Seamount, LataLata, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 15, 2023
    2357#8188
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jansen's Wrasse
    Jansen's Wrasse
    Thalassoma jansenii - terminal phase.
    LataLata Seamount, LataLata, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 15, 2023
    2357#8192
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spot-tail Butterflyfish
    Spot-tail Butterflyfish
    Chaetodon ocellicaudus
    LataLata Seamount, LataLata, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 15, 2023
    2357#8197
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Vagabond Butterflyfish
    Vagabond Butterflyfish
    Chaetodon vagabundus
    LataLata Seamount, LataLata, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 15, 2023
    2357#8198
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sponge
    Sponge
    Spongia species
    LataLata Seamount, LataLata, Halmahera, Indonesia, March 15, 2023
    2357#8200
    Larry L. Jackson