The molluscs is a big and very diverse group consisting of animals as different as a mussel and an octopus! Most colorful and strikingly patterned among the molluscs are the cowries, used as currency in different cultures over time and now prized collector items due to their shining and often Read more about Cowrie-day in Lembeh
On a recent dive our Dive Guide Paulus found this beautiful Tiger Cowrie (Crenavolva tigris) on a red seafan, which it feeds on. This Yellow-Black patterned Cowrie is a real beauty and well deserves the name tiger cowrie, which is also commonly used for the much bigger but also much Read more about Beautiful Tiger Cowrie found
Gobies on Corals are fantastic photo subjects – and so are Allied Cowries. That means it must be good as well if you get both in a pack ;) And that’s also what we thought, when we found these two little guys together on the same little Coral Branch. The Read more about Goby and Allied Cowrie