The book covers the region from the Red Sea, East and South Africa to Hawaii, Marshall Islands and Guam.
Inside the book:
• Over 2100 full color photographs of 1430+ species;
• Live photographs of most species have not appeared in field guides or popular books in recent decades;
• Convenient pictorial guides are complemented by a genera index at the end of the book.
This book is the final volume in the Reef ID Books series on the marine life of the tropical Indo-
Pacific. Previous volumes of Reef ID Books have been a photo guide to the mostly mobile animals of coral reefs.
These were fish, crustaceans, nudibranchs, seashells, echinoderms, marine worms (including flatworms.) This book presents the mostly sessile inhabitants of coral reefs. The reef animals and marine plants considered in this book are grouped into 10 phyla: Corals & allies (Cnidaria), Sea Squirts (Tunicata), Sponges (Porifera), Moss Animals (Bryozoa), Comb Jellies (Ctenophora), Brachiopods, Entoprocts, Foraminiferans, Sea Weeds and Cyanobacteria.
The book also provides basic information about jellyfish, presenting the species most commonly found under water. This includes, among others, the extraordinary Immortal Jellyfish and the dangerous Box Jellyfish and Bluebottle.
