Yesterday we took out “Pygmy” (our white Fiber Speedboat) for a Seatrial after completely cleaning the Hull and maintaining the 85 Yamaha Engine. So i packed 3 Guides (Johan, Joni and Stenly) on the boat and we cruised with high speed to a survey dive to Magic Crack – a place we haven’t dived for a while. We decended down to the Rubble Area and Zick-Zack screened the dive site. Besides several cool Nudibranchs, a orange Frogfish, a Mushroom Coral Pipefish, Xenia Coral Shrimps, a Mantis Shrimp with eggs and various other stuff we also found this weird looking thing: My First thought was, that it is an underwater Scorpion – because the front part of it just looks like a scorpion. My second thought was: Hey no, it is a Transformer! Anyway: i had never seen this particular shrimp before and it took me some time in our marine life library to figure out, that this is a Microprosthema scabricaudatum (if i would have named it, i would have put something with scorpions and transformers, but somebody else was faster). It is a member of the Boxer Shrimp family and it was about 2-3 cm long. And no: it did not transform into a robot – but we will go back to see if it does maybe next time 😉
Critters
Critter Discussion – Nudibranch Colouration
Nudibranchs are renowned for their stunning and diverse colourations, which make them some of the most visually captivating creatures in the ocean. Many Nudibranchs possess exquisite camouflage that allows them to mimic the colours and Read more…