Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 2010

 

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IAM-001 Spiny waspfish, Ablabys macracanthus

IAM-002 Sea star shrimp, Periclimenes soror

IAM-003 Thyca crystallina on Blue sea star, Linckia laevigata

IAM-004 Three-line pectenodoris, Pectenodoris trilineata

IAM-005 Shortfin scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes parvipinnis

Spiny waspfish

 

 

Sea star shrimp

 

 

Thyca crystallina

 

 

Three-line pectenodoris

 

 

Shortfin scorpionfish

 

 

IAM-006 Psychedelic frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica 1

IAM-007 Shorthead fangblenny, Petroscirtes breviceps

IAM-008 Weedy scorpionfish, Rhinopias frondosa

IAM-009 Red-lined Flabellina, Flabellina rubrolineata

IAM-010 hard coral, unidentified Symphyllia sp.

Psychedelic frogfish 1

 

Shorthead fangblenny

 

Weedy scorpionfish

 

Red-lined Flabellina

 

unidentified hard coral

 

 

IAM-011 Whip coral goby, Bryaninops yongei

Whip coral goby

 

IAM-012 Stumpy-spined cuttlefish, Sepia bandensis

Stumpy-spined cuttlefish

 

IAM-013 mating Dusky nembrotha, Nembrotha kubaryana

mating Dusky nembrotha

IAM-014 Ornate ghostpipefish, Solenostomus paradoxus 1

 

IAM-015 Warty or Clown frogfish, Antennarius maculatus 1

Warty or Clown frogfish 1

 

 

 

Ornate ghostpipefish 1

 

 

IAM-016 Warty or Clown frogfish, Antennarius maculatus 2

IAM-017 Solar-powered nudibranch, Phyllodesmium longicirrum

IAM-018 Leaf scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus 1

Leaf scorpionfish 1

IAM-019 Psychedelic frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica 2

Psychedelic frogfish 2

 

IAM-020 White-spotted hermit crab, Dardanus megistos, eating a bird

White-spotted hermit crab

eating a bird

Warty or Clown frogfish 2

 

Solar-powered nudibranch

 

 

 

 

IAM-021 Thorny seahorse, Hippocampus histrix 1

IAM-022 2 Shameface Crab, Calappa calappa

2 Shameface Crab

IAM-023 box crab Calappa sp

box crab

IAM-024 hermit crab Dardanus guttatus 1

hermit crab 1

IAM-025 Natica alapapilionis

Natica alapapilionis

Thorny seahorse 1

     

 

 

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all pictures made by Rokus Groeneveld

Nikon D200 with 60mm macro in Subal ND20 housing

Strobe: Subtronic Mega Colour and Subtronic Midi 

(untill the last one broke down after a couple of days)