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The face of a warrior- The Sumo Crab
Celebrating Jellyfish Day with this photo taken in Simon's Town, Cape Town earlier this year.
Sea Slug Day celebrated with a yellow gasflame nudibranch
I celebrated Sea Slug Day on Saturday by shooting macro for a change. We have LOADS of nudibranchs in Cape Town, all different shapes, colours and sizes. Here is an example of a gasflame nudibranch, named as its cerata resemble flames of gas light
The other side of a walking anemone. A species unique to the Cape Peninsula of South Africa
Walking sea anemone a rare and unique species of the Cape Peninsula South Africa
Schooling fish surrounding us on a dusk dive in Cape Town
~ The Feast ~
All divers who have done a night dive in Cape Town will be familiar with the swarms of beaked sandfish, which hide in the sand during the day, but as soon as its full dark, they come out to feed by the hundreds. W
Blue bottle bobbing around in a tidal pool at Kalk Bay
The first time underwater fluorescence has been investigated and documented in South Africa - specifically the unique waters of Cape Town. I was very excited to see if we had any fluorescence in temperate waters as it is well known to occur in tropic
Oceanic Blacktip, taken at Aliwal shoal. Extreme close-up, coming from the darkness!
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stripes without the stars
Grumpy Cat- sorry I mean Grumpy Fish
Glowing strawberry anemones in UV light
Curiosity
Guardian over the ocean life. A lighthouse at the Cape Peninsula South Africa
A different seahorse- longsnout pipefish in eelgrass
~ Lady Bug ~
~ Sun Kissed ~
Roses of the Sea-False Plum anemone
I spotted a blue spotted klipfish
Grasping hands of a Basket Star catching food particles raining from above
Guess who is the female? They start life as males and may change to a female if needed
Spiny starfish Stone hard but mobile and a voracious predator
~ Y ~
Note the Y split at the top of one of the cerata of this nudibranch.
Over the years I have spotted three different nudibranch, different species as well, which had similar splits on their rhinophores.
~ Royalty ~
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