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Sam's Wall - 2012-01

Crabs, pipefish, mandarinfish, giant clams, and other creatures and fish encountered along Sam's Wall - Jan - Feb 2012.
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White-Spotted Hermit Crab. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 162.
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White-Spotted Hermit Crab. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 162.

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  • White-Spotted Hermit Crab. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 162.
  • White-Spotted Hermit Crab. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 162.
  • White-Spotted Hermit Crab shown with the complete shell that he inhabits. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 162.
  • Cardinalfish beneath the floating dock.
  • Ringed Pipefish have a "red tail with white margin and a central white spot" and white alternating bars encircling the body. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 162.
  • Ringed Pipefish eyes are visible in this photo. This Pipefish has a "red tail with white margin and a central white spot" and white alternating bars encircling the body. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 162.
  • Saddled Butterflyfish. See Gerald Allen, et al, Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific (2003) at page 24.
  • Network Pipefish on Sam's Wall.
  • Dragonet. See Gerald Allen, et al, Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific (2003) at page 292.
  • Dragonet. See Gerald Allen, et al, Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific (2003) at page 292.
  • Feather Duster at Sam's Wall.
  • Unidentified urchin, possibly a cake urchin, disguised by some debris. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 451.
  • Rock-boring Urchin. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 453.
  • Black Longspine Sea Urchin. It forms a small 5 pointed star at the center of its body. This urchin's spines can inflict painful wounds. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 449.
  • Small reef fish eyes me warily.
  • A beautiful Boring Giant Clam. These clams "burrow deep into cracks in reefs" and are the smallest of the Giant Clams. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 390.
  • Giant Clam and its exhalant siphon. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 390.
  • Inhalant siphon of a Giant Clam. White Gills can be seen through the inhalant siphon. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 390.
  • Exhalant siphon of a Giant Clam. At the base of the exhalant siphon is a speckled, sponge-like organ. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 390.
  • Giant Clam appears to reflect the shadows of the water overhead. See Paul Humann, et al, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific (2010) at page 390.
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