Peek-a-boo!

Peppered Moray (Siderea picta)

This is a bit blurry but I liked it…so there.

Wakatobi

Photo by me (Lyra)

Oh hello there!

Yellow Margined Moray (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus).

One of the largest Moray. It’s length can reach 3 meters long!

Wakatobi

Photo by me (Lyra)

Say aaaah!

Yellow Headed Moray Eel (Gymnothorax fimbiratus)

Also known as Fimbriated Moray.

Wakatobi

Photo by me (Lyra)

Peek-a-boo!

A black spotted toadfish (Arothron nigropunctatus) is peeking betwen corals under the jetti.

Mandati Jetti.

Wakatobi.

Photo by me (lyra)

My gigantic post of Christmas Tree Worms (Spirobranchus giganteus) !

=D

Location: All around Wakatobi, Indonesia

Photos by me (Lyra)

rhamphotheca:

willigula: Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)  

(photo by Stavros Markopoulos, 2011)

Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

This is one amazing photo. I really like the way it seems to ‘fly’.

Kudos to the photographer! =]

(Source: fey-bear, via opisthokonta)

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

Photo by me (Lyra)

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

Photo by me (Lyra)

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

Photo by me (Lyra)