Sentences with phrase «decorator crabs»
"Decorator crabs" refers to a type of crab that camouflages itself by attaching things like algae, shells, or debris to its body. This helps the crab blend in with its surroundings and hide from predators. Full definition
The highlights were plentiful, ranging from Pygmy Cuttlefish, Papuan and Tasseled Scorpionfish, Decorator Crab ad a few different nudibranchs and flatworms.
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The bull kelp and winged kelp were covered in patches of a colonial organism called a lacy bryozoan and decorator crabs clung to the blades.
There are splendid decorator crabs, the intelligent red octopus, and red and white banded boxer shrimps.
The reef's sloping wall is covered in yellow soft coral, hiding decorator crabs, moray eels and their cleaner shrimps and shrimp - gobies peering out of the holes.
We also saw grey reef shark, candy crab and couple of different decorator crabs.
Among the rubble of rocks on the bottom you can see decorator crabs, huge bull crabs, squid and cuttlefish.
It can get quite heavy, but nobody ever said being fancifully fashionable was easy... but thankfully for decorator crabs, looking good is good for survival.
«It's not a glue or anything; they have these hooked hairs all over their shells,» said biologist Jay Stachowicz, who studies decorator crabs at the University of California, Davis.
The highlights were plentiful, ranging from Wobbegong Shark, pointed out by the Divemaster Jemy, Pygmy Cuttlefish, Papuan and Tasseled Scorpionfish, Decorator Crab ad a few different nudibranchs and flatworms.
Decorator crab.
The decorator crab isn't born with a costume: It makes one.
Giant Decorator Crab: Stenocionopus turcata Primarily seen in the muddy areas of the lagoon, for example as seen behind the fisheries co-op, the Giant Decorator Crab is large, up to 6» and has long spiderlike legs.
There was great macro life, making night dives a real highlight: toadfish, octopus, reef squid, decorator crabs, conches and lobsters.
Iridescent azure vase sponges and blue bell tunicates add to the color of this site and decorator crabs and neck crabs are can be seen clinging to the sea fans.
The night dive, done in Wagmab, was an opportunity to spot creatures like the Crocodile Flathead, Decorator Crab, a couple of scorpionfishes, Blue - spotted Stingray and a sleeping Hawksbill Turtle!
This time the dive guides highlighted, in between others, a lot of critters distributed in different species of nudibranchs and crustaceans, like the Decorator Crab.
The night dive served as an excellent possibility to spot critters creatures, to name a few: Pygmy Cuttlefish, Marbled Shrimp and Decorator Crab.
Some of the critters our divemasters pointed out included: Giant Mantis, Decorator Crab and Long - armed Octopus.
Some of the highlights seen during this dive included: (juvenile) Broadclub Cuttlefish, Tasseled Scorpionfish, Decorator Crab, in between others.
Great underwater scenery, and a great place for macro photography — Living around the soft corals you can find critters including pygmy seahorses, decorator crabs, and many small commensal species living with crinoids.
Night dive we did Friwinbonda again, many pygmy sea horses one pregnant, nudibranchs, flat worms, decorator crabs and a lot more.
Bobtail Squid, Crinoid Shrimp, octopus, crabs, like the Decorator Crab, translucent shrimps and others were spotted.
The eagle eyed divemasters spotted, in between others: Boxer and Decorator Crab, (juvenile) stonefish and Crinoid Squat Lobster.
We spotted sea slugs, couple of bobtail squids, cattle fish and decorator crabs.
As usual, our divemasters spend their time looking for critters, and some of the ones spotted included: nudibranchs, crabs, like the Decorator Crab, shrimps, like the Marbled Shrimp and scorpionfishes.
Thank to the eyes of the dive guides, critters were the main highlight, to name a few: juvenile Reef Octopus, Decorator Crab, Toadfish and Tasseled Scorpionfish.
Some of the ones discovered on this dive were: Decorator Crabs, Snowflake Moray, flatworms, nudibranchs, (juvenile) Broadclub Cuttlefish and more.
As it is usually the case in Raja Ampat, night dives was dedicated mostly for macro life: nudibranchs, Decorator Crabs, Marbled Shrimps and others were some of the findings.
Some of the highlights included: Decorator Crab, Reef Octopus and Pygmy Squid.
Again our divers spotted 2 walking sharks, crocodile fish, few lobsters, decorator crabs and bobtail squid.
After the night dive was done in Whale Rock and some of the highlights included: Pygmy Squid, Pygmy Cuttelfish, Spider and Decorator Crab!
Some of the findings included: Marbled Shrimp, Decorator Crab, juvenile Broadclub Cuttlefish, Reef Octopus and an immense Box Crab.
We spotted pigmy squid, sea slugs, couple of bobtail squids and decorator crabs.
We spotted couple of lobsters, scorpion fish, walking shark and decorator crabs.
This time, Pygmy Cuttlefish, Decorator Crab, a swimming moray and Crocodile Flathead were some of the highlights.
We found many amazing creatures: bobtail cuttle fish, tiny yellow frogfish, hornet pipe fish, yellow black spotted moray eel, decorator crab, spider crab and much more crabs and shrimps.
During this dive we spotted: walking sharks, decorator crabs, king prawn, sea slugs and nudibranch.
Besides that, a good number of moray eels, decorator crabs, nudibranchs and even a big patroling Yellowtail Barracuda were seen!
We spotted 2 walking sharks, decorator crabs, moray eel and nudibranch
Once each dive begins, one of you will fix their face to the wall, scouring the colourful ledges and overhangs of corals and sponges for such creatures as pontohi pygmy seahorses, elegant squat lobsters, whip coral shrimps, slipper lobsters, decorator crabs, fantail pipefish and yellow leaffish.
But really, it's possible that none are as charming as the talents of the decorator crab.
Covered in little hooks for which to attach camouflaging doodads, these decorator crabs are the prima donnas of the tide pools.