DID YOU KNOW that Elysia marginata is capable of decapitating itself when its body becomes infected with parasites? Sounds fantastic, but it’s true! What's even more bizarre, the head gets…
Pufferfish will “puff up” as a defense mechanism if they are threatened. A shape that is more than double its original size, round and sometimes covered in spines is much…
Hippocampus bargibanti All seahorses, including pygmies, are part of the family Syngnathidae. Ever since they were first discovered in 1969, pygmy seahorses have become stars of the reef and attract…
Sea hare is any marine gastropod of the family Aplysiidae (subclass Opisthobranchia, phylum Mollusca).Sea hare is characterized by a shell reduced to a flat plate, prominent tentacles (resembling rabbit ears),…
Latin name of the family is Antennariidae. There are about 47 known species of frogfish worldwide. Fascinating to divers and deadly for its prey, the frogfish is the ocean’s master…
Iridescent Scallop Pedum spondyloideum @Jeanette Johnson Every diver saw these scallops a lot of times. Some of us even tried to photograph them, fascinated by the row of unusual eyes…
Night dive in the tropical Indo-Pacific - it is always a possibility to find something new and strange. If you dived a lot after sunset you probably noticed strange transparent…
Extremely cryptic and always cute, Pygmy Seahorses are very popular among scuba divers and underwater photographers. First of them, Hippocampus bargibanti was described in 1970 and until 2003 remained alone,…
Acanthaster planci (Crown of Thorns) juvenile, 1.5 cm. First of all about the beauty: Crown of Thorns juveniles are really handsome in their own spiky-snowflake way. They develop spines and…
Lacy scorpionfish, Rhinopias aphanes holds top position on the bucket list of many underwater photographers. You can not find this fish visiting regular diving destinations like Anilao or Lembeh, you'd…