Invertebrates

February 14, 2020 0 2 min read0

oniobranchus albopunctatus is a colourful looking species of sea slug . They are dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks. They were...

Olive Purse Crab- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

February 7, 2020 0 2 min read0

he Olive Purse Crab, Leucosia pubescens does not seem to be common in Tanzanian waters and indeed does not seem...

Sundial shell (Architectonica perspectiva)

Sundial Shell-Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

February 5, 2020 0 2 min read3

he Sundial shell (Architectonica perspectiva) is also known as the Perspective Sundial shell and the Clear Sundial shell. They are...

Trapania naeva – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

February 1, 2020 0 3 min read0

rapania naeva is an attractive looking species of sea slug . They are dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks. They were first...

Bubble Tip Anemone (entacmaea quadricolor)

Bubble-tip Anemone – Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

January 1, 2020 0 9 min read2

he Bubble-tip anemone (entacmaea quadricolor) is also known as the BTA in the aquarium trade. They are one of the...

Swimming Anemone (Boloceroides mcmurrichi)

Swimming Anemone – Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

December 18, 2019 0 3 min read0

he Swimming Anemone, Boloceroides mcmurrichi is fairly common in the shallows in Tanzanian waters. As can be seen in the...

Taringa caudata – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

December 13, 2019 0 2 min read0

aringa caudata is a species of colorful sea slug that is fairly rare in Tanzania but is common in certain locations....

Squat Shrimp (Thor amboinensis) is also known as the Sexy Shrimp

The Squat Shrimp-Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

December 1, 2019 0 3 min read1

he Squat Shrimp (Thor amboinensis) is also known as the Sexy Shrimp. They are small colorful shrimp that form a...

Janolus savinkini common name Purple-tipped janolus

Janolus savinkini – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

November 28, 2019 0 3 min read0

he Janolus savinkini is a species of colorful sea slug that is also known by its common name of the Purple-tipped...

Unicorn Shrimp- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

November 10, 2019 0 2 min read1

he Unicorn Shrimp (Genus Plesionika) are also known as the Narwhal Shrimp. They obtain their name from the proportionally very...

Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides ankeri)

Anker’s Whip Coral Shrimp-Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

October 18, 2019 0 3 min read1

he Ankers Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides ankeri) is also known as the Barred Wire Coral Shrimp and sometimes simply as...

Yellow Porcelain Anemone Crab, Neopetrolisthes alobatus

Yellow Porcelain Anemone Crab- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

October 11, 2019 0 3 min read0

he Yellow Porcelain Anemone Crab, Neopetrolisthes alobatus is not common in Tanzanian waters. In several years of searching we have...

Sand Mason Worms-Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

September 20, 2019 0 2 min read0

and Mason Worms ( In the Genus Lanice) are not common inhabitants on the reefs in Tanzania, but if one...

Flathead Slipper Lobster (Thenus Orientalis)

Flathead Slipper Lobster- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

August 5, 2019 0 3 min read0

he Flathead Slipper Lobster (Thenus Orientalis) is a very unusual looking clawless lobster even by slipper lobster standards. In Australia...

Reticulated Hinge-beak Shrimp (Cinetorhynchus reticulatus) also known as the Green-eye Dancing Shrimp

Reticulated Hinge Beak Shrimp- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

August 1, 2019 0 2 min read0

he Reticulated Hinge-beak Shrimp (Cinetorhynchus reticulatus) is also known as the Green-eye Dancing Shrimp. They are fairly rare in Tanzanian...

Partridge Tun Shell-Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

June 20, 2019 0 3 min read0

he Partridge Tun shell (Tonna perdix) is a large fairly reclusive mollusk rarely encountered on shallow night dives in Tanzanian waters....

Coral Scallop (Pedum spondyloideum ) is also known as the Iridescent Clam

Coral Scallop-Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

June 5, 2019 0 3 min read1

he Coral Scallop (Pedum spondyloideum) is also known as the Iridescent Clam and the Blue Lipped coral Oyster. They are...

Senatorial Scallop (Mimachlamys sanguinea)

Senatorial Scallop-Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

May 28, 2019 0 4 min read0

he Senatorial Scallop (Mimachlamys sanguinea) seems to have been named scientifically several times in the past and was previously known...

Glossodoris pallida also known by its common name of Pallid Glossodoris

Glossodoris pallida – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

May 25, 2019 0 2 min read0

he Glossodoris pallida is a species of colorful sea slug that is also known by its common name of the Pallid...

Tambja olivaria – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

May 16, 2019 0 2 min read0

ambja olivaria also known as the Olive Tambja, is a dorid nudibranch and was described in 1994 by Nathalie Yonow...

Halloween Hermit Crab (Ciliopagurus strigatus) is also known as Cone Shell Hermit Crab, the Striped Hermit Crab and the Orange Legged Hermit Crab

Halloween Hermit Crab- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

April 10, 2019 0 3 min read0

he Halloween Hermit Crab (Ciliopagurus strigatus) is also known as the Cone Shell Hermit Crab, the Striped Hermit Crab and...

Seahorse on a Frogfish

Alan Sutton

Marine Life

February 17, 2019 0 1 min read0

At the very end of an amazing night dive on Mafia Island in Tanzania arranged by David of Mafia Island...

oniobranchus gleniei, previously known as Chromodoris gleniei

Goniobranchus gleniei – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

February 14, 2019 0 2 min read0

oniobranchus gleniei is not very common in the waters around Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. They were initially described in Sri...

Pelagia noctiluca Jellyfish- Facts and Photo’s

Alan Sutton

Marine Life

February 1, 2019 0 6 min read3

elagia noctiluca is sometimes encountered off the Tanzania coast in summer. Previously there were several jellies in the Pelagia Genus...

Nembrotha lineolata – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

January 1, 2019 0 2 min read0

he Nembrotha lineolata is also known as the Lined Nembrotha. They are not common on the Tanzanian mainland coast where...

Nembrotha kubaryana, also known as the variable neon slug or the dusky nembrotha

Nembrotha kubaryana – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

December 2, 2018 0 3 min read3

he Nembrotha kubaryana, also known as the Variable Neon Nudibranch or the Dusky Nembrotha, is not that common in the...

Spiny Spooner Reef Crab (Etisus dentatus) is also known as the Red Reef Crab

Spiny Spooner Reef Crab- Facts and Photographs

Alan Sutton

Facts

November 24, 2018 0 3 min read3

he Spiny Spooner Reef Crab (Etisus dentatus) is also known as the Red Reef Crab. They obtain their name from...

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