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Sea Star Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 1, 2023 0 1ea Star Shrimp (Zenopontonia soror) are also known as Starfish Shrimp. They live exclusively on Sea Stars or Starfish. During...
Pom Pom Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 27, 2023 0 3he Pom Pom Crab (Lybia tessellata) also known as the Boxer crab and Mosaic Boxer Crab is a species of...
Crinoid Squat Lobster-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 25, 2023 0 5he Crinoid Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) is also known as the Feather Star Squat lobster or the Elegant Squat Lobster....
Bloody Hermit Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts September 25, 2022 0 135he Bloody Hermit Crab (Dardanus sanguinocarpus) is one of the more colorful smaller hermit crabs in Tanzania. They were first...
Red Reef Lobster- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts September 11, 2022 0 280he Red Reef Lobster (Enoplometopus occidentalis) is also known as the hairy reef lobster. They are only active at night...
Clear Cleaner Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts January 28, 2021 0 507he Clear Cleaner Shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii) is also known as the Anton Bruni Cleaner Shrimp, the Red and White Cleaner...
Feather Star Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 9, 2020 0 343he Feather Star Crab (Tiaramedon spinosum) is not commonly seen in Tanzanian waters and this is likely a function of...
Milky Ovulid -Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 6, 2020 0 53he Milky Ovulid (Procalpurnus lacteus) is also known as the Netted Milky Ovulid. Although they resemble cowries, they are not...
Rosy Spindle Cowrie -Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 28, 2020 0 110he Rosy Spindle Cowrie (Phenacovolva rosea) is also known by other local names as the Many Host Phenacovolva, the Double-snouted...
Giant Reef Corallimorph – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 26, 2020 0 138he Giant Reef Corallimorph (Paracorynactis hoplites) is neither an anemone or a coral but falls somewhere in-between. Essentially they are...
Spider Decorator Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 15, 2020 0 299he Spider Decorator Crab (Camposcia retusa) is also known as the Blunt Decorator Crab, the Velcro Crab and the Tarantula...
Burrowing Fine Spine Sea Urchin – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 13, 2020 0 267he Burrowing Fine Spine Sea Urchin (Echinostrephus molaris) is also known as the Boring Urchin. As can be seen in...
Pygmy Squid- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Crustaceans & Shellfish November 12, 2020 0 271ygmy squid are technically not squid although they closely resemble them. Instead they fall in the genus Idiosepius. Very little...
Crinoid Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 11, 2020 0 563inoid Shrimp are also known as Feather Star Shrimp. They live exclusively on Crinoids or Feather Stars. Crinoids or Feather...
Spotted Reef Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 9, 2020 0 764he Spotted Reef Crab (Carpilius maculatus) is also known as the Seven-eleven crab, the Dark-finger coral crab, and the Large...
Ridged Swimming Crab – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts August 7, 2020 0 337he Ridged swimming crab (Charybdis natator) is also known as the wrinkled swimming crab or rock crab. Because of the...
Convex Reef Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts August 4, 2020 0 440he Convex reef crab (Carpilius convexus) is also known as the Round-back Coral Crab. They are fairly common at night...
Cuttlefish using its arms as lures Alan Sutton CephalopodsFactsMarine LifePopularPopular Marine Life Posts July 15, 2020 0 147he Cuttlefish using its arms as lures while on a shore dive across a sandy area on Mafia Island diving...
Notodoris minor-Banana Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts June 9, 2020 0 385otodoris minor is a brightly colored dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk that is also known by its common name...
Doris ananas-Pineapple Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts May 1, 2020 0 160oris ananas is a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk that is also known by its common name of the...
Emperor Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts April 25, 2020 0 601he Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) is one of the more vividly colored shrimp around. They form what are termed commensal...
Phyllidiopsis cardinalis -Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts April 19, 2020 0 60he Phyllidiopsis cardinalis also known as the Cardinal Phyllidiopsis is a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk. They were first...
Hairy Coral Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts April 12, 2020 0 502he Hairy Coral Crab (Cymo andreossyi) is also known as the Furry Coral Crab . Being small and well camouflaged...
Harlequin Swimming Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts April 6, 2020 0 545he Harlequin Swimming Crab, Lissocarcinus laevis is not easy to see because of its size and one has to look...
Chromodoris geometrica-Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts March 20, 2020 0 60hromodoris geometrica is a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk that is also known by its common name of the...
Bobtail Squid- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Marine Life February 15, 2020 0 626obtail squid are also known as Dumpling Squid. They are exceptionally cute looking little cephalopods and are fascinating to watch. ...
Goniobranchus albopunctatus – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts February 14, 2020 0 116oniobranchus albopunctatus is a colourful looking species of sea slug . They are dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks. They were...
