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Cephalopods (Cephalopoda) Octopus (Octopoda)
Juvenile common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) | Elba, Italy | May 2019
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Cephalopods (Cephalopoda) Octopus (Octopoda)
Juvenile common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) | Elba, Italy | May 2019
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Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Mediterranean violet aeolid (Flabellina affinis) | Elba, Italy | May 2019
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Bobtail Squids (Sepiolidae) Cephalopods (Cephalopoda)
Dwarf bobtail squid (Sepiola rondeleti) | Elba, Italy | May 2019
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Cephalopods (Cephalopoda) Octopus (Octopoda)
White-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus) | Elba, Italy | May 2019
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Cephalopods (Cephalopoda) Cuttlefish (Sepiidae)
European cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) | Elba, Italy | May 2019
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Bobtail Squids (Sepiolidae) Cephalopods (Cephalopoda)
Dwarf bobtail squid (Sepiola rondeleti) | Elba, Italy, | May 2019
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Cephalopods (Cephalopoda) Octopus (Octopoda)
Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) | Elba, Italy | May 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae)
Weedy stingfish (Scorpaenopsis cirrhosa) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Blennies (Blenniiformes) Fish (Teleosts)
Striped poison-fang blenny mimic (Petroscirtes breviceps) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Elisabeth’s chromodoris (Chromodoris elisabethina) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Gobies (Gobiiformes)
Wire-coral goby (Bryaninops yongei) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Bobtail Squids (Sepiolidae) Cephalopods (Cephalopoda)
Eyes of the spotty bobtail squid (Sepiola parva) | Okinawa, Japan | April 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae)
Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Headshield slugs (Cephalaspidea) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Chelidonura amoena | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Puffer/blow fish (Tetraodontidae)
Valentin’s sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Bobtail Squids (Sepiolidae) Cephalopods (Cephalopoda)
The spotty bobtail squid (Sepiola parva) | Okinawa, Japan | April 2019
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Damsel- & clownfish (Pomacentridae) Fish (Teleosts)
The common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Tryon’s hypselodoris (Hypselodoris tryoni) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Bobtail Squids (Sepiolidae) Cephalopods (Cephalopoda)
A spotty bobtail squid (Sepiola parva) wearing its typical ‘sandcoat’ as camouflage
Okinawa, Japan | April 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Lizardfish (Synodontidae)
There is always a bigger fish!
Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) preying on a damselfish | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Pteraeolidia semperi | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Cephalopods (Cephalopoda) Octopus (Octopoda)
Close-up of the eye of a day octopus (Octopus cyanea) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Moray eels (Muraenidae)
Two greyface moray eels (Gymnothorax thyrsoideus) sharing a den | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Bobtail Squids (Sepiolidae) Cephalopods (Cephalopoda)
Burying behaviour in the spotty bobtail squid (Sepiola parva) | Okinawa, Japan) | April 2019
Do you see the tiny suckers on his arm?
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Fish (Teleosts) Shrimpfish (Centriscinae)
School of razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus) | Okinawa, Japan | August 2018
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Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Willan’s chromodoris (Chromodoris willani) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Cephalopods (Cephalopoda) Octopus (Octopoda)
Master of camouflage
Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) seeking shelter under a wooden log | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes)
Peacock sole (Pardachirus pavoninus) | Okinawa, Japan | February 2019
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Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
The pustulose wart slug (Phyllidiella pustulosa) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Bobtail Squids (Sepiolidae) Cephalopods (Cephalopoda)
The spotty bobtail squid (Sepiola parva) | Okinawa, Japan | April 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Porcupinefish (Diodontidae)
Long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) | Okinawa, Japan | February 2019
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Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Elisabeth’s chromodoris (chromodoris elisabethina) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Damsel- & clownfish (Pomacentridae) Fish (Teleosts)
Scissortail sergeant (Abudefduf sexfasciatus) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Goniobranchus leopardus | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae)
Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Headshield slugs (Cephalaspidea) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Ornate batwing slug (Sagaminopterum ornatum) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Hawkfish (Cirrhitidae)
Black-sided hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsterii) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Ardeadoris cruenta | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Damsel- & clownfish (Pomacentridae) Fish (Teleosts)
Clark’s anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Side-gilled slugs (Pleurobranchidae) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Forskal’s sidegilled slug (Pleurobranchus forskalii) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Blennies (Blenniiformes) Fish (Teleosts)
Blenny in a bottle
Striped poison-fang blenny mimic (Petroscirtes breviceps) using a old Coca-Cola bottle as its den | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) Undescribed species
Undescribed flatworm species | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Bobtail Squids (Sepiolidae) Cephalopods (Cephalopoda)
Eye of the spotty bobtail squid (Sepiola parva) | Okinawa, Japan | March 2019
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Cephalopods (Cephalopoda) Octopus (Octopoda)
Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) | Okinawa, Japan | February 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Flatheads (Platycephalidae)
Longsnout flathead (Thysanophrys chiltonae) | Okinawa, Japan | February 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Sandperches (Pinguipedidae)
Speckled sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma) | Okinawa, Japan | February 2019
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Fish (Teleosts) Puffer/blow fish (Tetraodontidae)
Valentin’s sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini) | Okinawa, Japan | February 2019
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Cephalopods (Cephalopoda) Octopus (Octopoda)
Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) | Okinawa, Japan | February 2019
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Reptiles (Reptilia) Turtles (Testudines)
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) | Maafushi, Maldives | August 2013
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Fish (Teleosts) Porcupinefish (Diodontidae)
Spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) | Okinawa, Japan | February 2019
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Cephalopods (Cephalopoda) Octopus (Octopoda)
Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) | Okinawa, Japan | February 2019
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Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda)
Felimare villafranca | Algarve, Portugal | April 2018
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Bobtail Squids (Sepiolidae) Cephalopods (Cephalopoda)
The spotty bobtail squid (Sepiola parva) | Okinawa, Japan | February 2019 | Night Dive