cb35.jpg  62KB Imperator shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) often associate with Pleurobranchs. Like many commensal shrimps the shrimps colouration varies to match that of the animal upon which they live.

cb37.jpg 88KB The Hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) is seen here riding on another Anemone hermit crab of the same species

cb38.jpg 63KB The Dendronephthya Crab (Hoplophryd oatesii) changes colour and texture to blend in with it's host

cb39.jpg 77KB The Giant frogfish (Antennarius commerson) was originally described 200 years ago from the a specimen collected near the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.

cb4.jpg 70KB By living with a noxious nudibranch of the Chromodorid sp. the Imperator shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) is afforded protection from predation.

cb40.jpg 70KB Of the 200 cowries indentified, 70% of them are found in the Indo-Pacific region. If you know what species this is please let me know.

cb41.jpg 111KB Longtailed ghost pipefish (Solenostomus armatus) hovers head down mimicing a piece of dead sea grass. In this way it fishes for mysid shrimps, decapod shrimps and other crustaceans that forms part of it's diet.

cb42.jpg 62KB The obligate commensal shrimp (Vir philippinensis) is found only among the polp vesicles of the bubble coral (Plerogyra sinuosa) and is unable to survive without it's protection.

cb43.jpg 90KB Robust ghost pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus) hover almost motionless in parallel to gorgonians making them very diffcult to locate and photograph.

cb44.jpg 86KB The veined or margined octopus (Octopus maginatus) is photographed here using a piece of corrugated cardboard to reinforce the lining of it's burrow.

cb46.jpg 63KB Previously only known from the Banggai Islands of central-east Sulawesi this Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) was found as part of a group inhabiting the Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi.