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Yellow Headed Moray Eel (Gymnothorax fimbiratus)

Also known as Fimbriated Moray.

Wakatobi

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Warty Sea Star (Echinaster callosus)

Found singly or in groups on shallow sand and gravel areas as well as seagrass beds. Colour varies from place to place. Large sea star, with five conical, short, thick arms. They feed on molluscs, worms, detritus and sponges.

Mandati Jetti, Wangi-Wangi Island

Wakatobi

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Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)

Fun fact: they’re not shrimps (infraorder Caridea) or prawns (suborder Dendrobranchiata) but they have their own infraorder that is Stenopodidea. The main feature of this infraorder are their long lanky (and sexy) walking legs.

Mandati Jetti, Wangi-Wangi Island.

Wakatobi

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Painful Mantis (Gonodactylus chiragra)

Some says that this is the meanest mantis shrimp ever. Probably because of it’s aggressive nature and quick punch~

Mandati Jetti, Wangi-wangi Island

Wakatobi

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Co’s Chromodoris (Chromodoris coi)

Brownish central dorsum outlined with a deeply curving dark edge. Tan to narrow purple marginal band.

Rumah Merah Spot, Wang-wangi Island.

Wakatobi

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No this is not some new underwater monster/creature/abomination. 

This is the close up photograph of the tentacles of Spotted Worm Sea Cucumber (Synapta maculata):

Often found on sea grasses. It has ten oral tentacles with white markings.

Pari Island, Seribu Islands

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Brown Curryfish Sea Cucumber (Stichopus vastus)

Yellowish brown, creased and somewhat rectangular body with dark harlequin markings and a few short knob-like papillae. Inhabit sandy areas often mixed with sea grasses.

Sea cucumbers from this genus is the one you usually find on luxurious Chinese food. XD

Pari Island, Seribu Islands

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The Pitted Ceratosoma (Ceratosoma miamiranum) from another angle.

Here you can see the series of dark rounded depressions on the side of central ridge and the rounded tubercles on the ridge.

Mandati Jetti, Wangi-Wangi Island

Wakatobi

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Pitted Ceratosoma (Ceratosoma miamiranum)

It has a relatively hard mantle with a series of rounded lobes around the edge. Smaller specimens have many compound tubercles and usually there is a median longitudinal ridge and a series of ridges running out from the longitudinal ridge to the mantle edge. As specimens grow in size these ridges can partially disappear.

Mandati Jetti, Wangi-wangi Island

Wakatobi

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Loch Chromodoris (Chromodoris lochi)

Chromodoris lochi is blue or blueish-white with typically three dark or black longitudal lines running down the body. Individuals can reach at least 34 mm in length. There is some variation between individuals in this species, and the gills and rhinophores range in color from a translucent straw-color, through to pink and light orange.

Kapota Pinnacle, Kapota Island

Wakatobi

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