Invertebrates

Spider Decorator Crab (Camposcia retusa) with flip flops

February 11, 2024 0 1 min read2

he Spider Decorator Crab (Camposcia retusa) is also known as the Blunt Decorator Crab, the Velcro Crab and the Tarantula...

ea Star Shrimp (Zenopontonia soror) are also known as Starfish Shrimp

Sea Star Shrimp-Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

December 1, 2023 0 3 min read3

ea Star Shrimp (Zenopontonia soror) are also known as Starfish Shrimp. They live exclusively on Sea Stars or Starfish. During...

Pom Pom Crab (Lybia tessellata) is also known as the Boxer crab.

Pom Pom Crab- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

November 27, 2023 0 3 min read4

he Pom Pom Crab (Lybia tessellata) also known as the Boxer crab and Mosaic Boxer Crab is a species of...

Crinoid Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) is also known as the Feather Star Squat lobster or the Elegant Squat Lobster

Crinoid Squat Lobster-Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

November 25, 2023 0 4 min read0

he Crinoid Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) is also known as the Feather Star Squat lobster or the Elegant Squat Lobster....

Bloody Hermit Crab (Dardanus sanguinocarpus)

Bloody Hermit Crab- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

September 25, 2022 0 2 min read2

he Bloody Hermit Crab (Dardanus sanguinocarpus) is one of the more colorful smaller hermit crabs in Tanzania. They were first...

Red Reef Lobster (Enoplometopus occidentalis)

Red Reef Lobster- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

September 11, 2022 0 2 min read1

he Red Reef Lobster (Enoplometopus occidentalis) is also known as the hairy reef lobster. They are only active at night...

Clear Cleaner Shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii)

Clear Cleaner Shrimp-Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

January 28, 2021 0 4 min read2

he 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 3 min read0

he Feather Star Crab (Tiaramedon spinosum) is not commonly seen in Tanzanian waters and this is likely a function of...

Milky (Procalpurnus lacteus) is also known as the Netted Milky Ovulid

Milky Ovulid -Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

December 6, 2020 0 2 min read0

he Milky Ovulid (Procalpurnus lacteus) is also known as the Netted Milky Ovulid. Although they resemble cowries, they are not...

Rosy Spindle Cowrie (Phenacovolva rosea)

Rosy Spindle Cowrie -Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

November 28, 2020 0 2 min read0

he Rosy Spindle Cowrie (Phenacovolva rosea) is also known by other local names as the Many Host Phenacovolva, the Double-snouted...

Giant Reef Corallimorph (Paracorynactis hoplites)

Giant Reef Corallimorph – Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

November 26, 2020 0 4 min read0

he Giant Reef Corallimorph (Paracorynactis hoplites) is neither an anemone or a coral but falls somewhere in-between. Essentially they are...

Spider Decorator Crab (Camposcia retusa) is also known as the Blunt Decorator Crab and the Tarantula Crab

Spider Decorator Crab- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

November 15, 2020 0 2 min read0

he Spider Decorator Crab (Camposcia retusa) is also known as the Blunt Decorator Crab, the Velcro Crab and the Tarantula...

Burrowing Fine Spine Urchin (Echinostrephus molaris)

Burrowing Fine Spine Sea Urchin – Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

November 13, 2020 0 2 min read1

he Burrowing Fine Spine Sea Urchin (Echinostrephus molaris) is also known as the Boring Urchin. As can be seen in...

Pygmy Squid found in Tanzania possibly undescribed

Pygmy Squid- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Crustaceans & Shellfish

November 12, 2020 0 2 min read0

ygmy 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 3 min read1

inoid Shrimp are also known as Feather Star Shrimp. They live exclusively on Crinoids or Feather Stars. Crinoids or Feather...

Spotted Reef Crab (Carpilius maculatus) is also known as the Seven-eleven crab, the Dark-finger coral crab, and the Large spotted crab

Spotted Reef Crab- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

November 9, 2020 0 2 min read1

he Spotted Reef Crab (Carpilius maculatus) is also known as the Seven-eleven crab, the Dark-finger coral crab, and the Large...

Ridged swimming crab (Charybdis natator) is also known as the wrinkled swimming crab or rock crab

Ridged Swimming Crab – Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

August 7, 2020 0 3 min read0

he 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 3 min read1

he 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

Cephalopods Facts Marine Life Popular Popular Marine Life Posts

July 15, 2020 0 1 min read0

he 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 2 min read0

otodoris minor is a brightly colored dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk that is also known by its common name...

Doris ananas also known as the Pineapple Nudibranch

Doris ananas-Pineapple Nudibranch Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

May 1, 2020 0 2 min read0

oris 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 4 min read2

he Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) is one of the more vividly colored shrimp around. They form what are termed commensal...

Phyllidiopsis cardinalis also known as the Cardinal Phyllidiopsis

Phyllidiopsis cardinalis -Nudibranch Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

April 19, 2020 0 2 min read0

he Phyllidiopsis cardinalis also known as the Cardinal Phyllidiopsis is a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk. They were first...

Hairy Coral Crab (Cymo andreossyi) is also known as the Furry Coral Crab

Hairy Coral Crab- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

April 12, 2020 0 3 min read0

he Hairy Coral Crab (Cymo andreossyi) is also known as the Furry Coral Crab . Being small and well camouflaged...

Harlequin Swimming Crab, Lissocarcinus laevis

Harlequin Swimming Crab- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

April 6, 2020 0 3 min read0

he 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 2 min read0

hromodoris 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 4 min read0

obtail squid are also known as Dumpling Squid. They are exceptionally cute looking little cephalopods and are fascinating to watch. ...

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