Sentences with phrase «squat lobsters»

"Squat lobsters" is a term used to describe a group of small crustaceans that resemble a mix between a shrimp and a lobster. They have a hunched or squat appearance, which is where their name comes from. Full definition
Take a look at the huge barrel sponges, sometimes you will find the hairy squat lobster hiding around the base.
The eagle eyed divemasters spotted, in between others: Boxer and Decorator Crab, (juvenile) stonefish and Crinoid Squat Lobster.
underwater macro photography of pink siagiani squat lobster crustacean in padang bai white sand beach dive site bali
Using an underwater camera and acoustic current profilers strategically placed along Barkley Canyon, researchers recently observed two food chains intersecting as bottom - feeders called squat lobsters reaped a windfall.
In turn, these limpets are a favorite food source for squat lobsters, who have been known to eat forty or more limpets in one sitting.
With these soft corals we often find our macro like Squat lobsters both hairy and common, squat shrimps, translucent anemone shrimp, nudibranchs, orangutan crabs, hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, mantis shrimps and flatworms as well as isopods.
Pink Squat Lobster Blue - Ringed Octopus Halimeda Ghost Pipefish Hypsellodoris apolegma Robust Ghost Pipefish
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.
Hard coral crabs, nudibranch, hairy squat lobsters, mantis shrimp, peacock tail anemone shrimp and painted spiny lobsters.
Some of the celebrated creatures of this dive were: Epaulette (walking) Sharks, Wobbegong Shark, Juvenile Reef Octopus, Crinoid Squat Lobster.
Macro critters: frogfish, ornate, robust and ghost pipefish, leaf scorpionfish, pygmy seahorses, nudibranches and flabelinas, siagiani squat lobsters, orang - utang crabs, zebra crabs and other rare crustaceans.
There, the shrimp likely meet their demise in the eager claws of the squat lobsters.
The «black smoker» chimneys are often colonized by giant tubeworms in the genus Riftia, which grow over two meters (six feet) long, as well as limpets, crabs, squat lobsters, and Alvinella palmworms.
Many larger organisms have been found living near hydrothermal vents, including tubeworms, mussels, crabs, squat lobsters, limpets, alvinella worms, scaleworms, zoarcid fish, and octopus.
In the canyon and vibrant coral areas, you should be able to spot reef sharks and critters such as orangutan crabs, porcelain crabs, and squat lobsters.
Among the school of trevallys we have been seeing: Moray eels, Hairy squat lobsters, shrimps, turtles, Peacock mantis shrimp, robust pipe fish and not to leave out we had a lovely encounter with an Eagle ray cruising down the end of Meno slope towards Bounty wreck.
Soft Coral was a first for me and a truly beautiful dive site with schools of reef fish, Pygmy seahorse, squat lobsters, bat fish and a colourful range of soft and hard corals covering boulders and rocks, a great dive site to conduct the Advanced Navigation dive.
The macro that we have been spotting around here is squat lobsters, painted spiny lobsters, squat shrimps, anemone shrimps, peacock tail shrimps, crabs, nudibranch, flatworms, ornate and robust ghost pipe fish and so on.
The Hairy Squat Lobster is one little critter our guests delight in seeing here in Lembeh.
These reef tops allow for long multi-level dives that end with extended searches for finds such as pygmy seahorses, hairy squat lobsters, cuttlefish, octopus and nudibranchs.
Pygmy seahorses cling in numbers to gorgonian fans, anemones play home to crabs and shrimps, crinoids shelter clingfish, and squat lobsters and whip corals often have a little coral shrimp or two on board.
Looking carefully on these sponges you'll find even weirder looking critters like this Hairy squat lobster and polyclad flatworm behind it.
Schultz Pipefish, Baby Octopus, Ringed Pipefish, Crinoid Squat Lobsters, a juvenile scorpionfish, in between others.
You'll find everything from turtles to squat lobsters.
The site gets its name from the vertical fissures that the coral colonies make, forming «chimneys» which scuba divers can examine close up for moray eels and macro marine life in the form of molluscs, squat lobsters and small crustaceans.
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