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A yellow-tinged sea squirt, very delicate and pleasing to the eyes.
I photographed this specimen at a depth of about 10 meters or so.
Not exactly sure if this is Favites abdita. The mottled coloration is probably ...
I spotted this sea anemone at a depth of around 50 feet.
Previous spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7857118
A type of feather star that I always see perched on rocks or hard coral.
A type of hard coral with beaded, finger-like branches. Also known as Digitate ...
These nudibranchs occur everywhere around the islands of Samal,
My previous spotting of this species: ...
This coral has soft, finger-like projections emanating from a flat bottom.
This is a pair of aeolid nudibranchs, also referred to as Phidiana indica.
Transparent body with white and orange patches. Its atennae are white and the ...
My previous spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7928277
A nudibranch with yellow, black and tan/orange stripes. Very easy to mistake ...
Also known as Waving Hand Coral and Wood's Polyp Coral. They feed on plankton, ...
I think these might be juvenile cuttlefish. I photographed the pair at a depth ...
Greenish transulcent tentacles terminated by translucent white discs. Some of ...
Also called Blackspotted Sea Cucumber, Leopard Sea Cucumber.
Also known as Banded Sleeper Goby, Brown-barred Goby, Dragon Goby and Bullet ...
Also known as Yanoi Goby and Flagtail Pinkbar Goby. They feed on small ...
My previous spotting of this charming critter: ...
Also known as Red-lined Sea Cucumber and Peppermint Sea Cucumber. They feed on ...
This coral is identified by the colony's large, pink-centered and thick-ridged ...
My previous spotting of this critter: ...
Also known as Solitary Fan, Solitary Fan Seaweed, Elephants Ear, Elephants Ear ...
Also referred to as Phyllidiopsis xishaensis. Similar in appearance to P. annae ...
Also known as Warty Sea Slugs, Pustulus Philidiella, Pustule Sea Slug, Pustule ...
This species is found in shallow reef environments, especially where protected ...
Also known as Grace Thuridilla and Glazed Thuridilla, this sea slug varies in ...
My previous spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7874227
A type of branching coral with miniature staghorn-like branches; it can easily ...
This bluish-gray brittle star moves quite fast! I was lucky to have taken a ...
My previous spotting of this nudibranch: ...
Formerly referred to as Chromodoris geometrica. Found singly or in pairs, they ...
Also known as Ocellate Phyllidia, Ocellata Sea Slug, Ocellated Wart Slug, ...
Also known as Anna Sea Slug, this nudibranch feeds on hydroids, coral, sponges ...
