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  • Anemonefish live in an obligate symbiosis with its host anemone - they cannot survive without the shelter of their home.  In return for shelter, anemonefish defend the anemone from fish that may feed on it.
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  • Several different species of crustacean life in symbiosis with urchins, including the zebra crab.  They all benefit from the protection offered by their hosts spines and in return keep the surface of the urchin clear of debris and parasites. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905090124.jpg
  • Boxer crabs are well known for their mutualistic symbiosis with small anemones that they carry in their claws. Female crabs carry and protect their eggs until they develop and hatch into planktonic larvae. Bunaken Marine Park is a very popular dive destination, famous for its beautiful coral reefs, marine biodiversity and vertical walls.
    SULA200905270048.jpg
  • Coleman shrimps are only found on fire urchins - they live in an obligate symbiosis with their host.  The shrimps remove the stinging arms from a patch on the surface of the urchin. Seraya is located on Bali's NE coast and has become very popular with divers and photographers searching for unusual species.  The signature site, 'Seraya Secrets' has a barren sand floor with small patches of sponge and other encrusting life, and rocks in the shallows. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904180009.jpg
  • Several different species of crustacean life in symbiosis with urchins, including the zebra crab.  They all benefit from the protection offered by their hosts spines and in return keep the surface of the urchin clear of debris and parasites. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905100275.jpg
  • Anemonefish live in obligate symbiosis with anemones - they are unable to survive outside of their host.  In return for the shelter provided by the stinging tentacles of their host, they defend the anemone from fish that feed on the tentacles. Bunaken Marine Park is a very popular dive destination, famous for its beautiful coral reefs, marine biodiversity and vertical walls.
    SULA200905180079.jpg
  • Boxer crabs are well known for their mutualistic symbiosis with small anemones that they carry in their claws. Female crabs carry and protect their eggs until they develop and hatch into planktonic larvae. Bunaken Marine Park is a very popular dive destination, famous for its beautiful coral reefs, marine biodiversity and vertical walls.
    SULA200905270041.jpg
  • Coleman shrimps are only found on fire urchins - they live in an obligate symbiosis with their host.  The shrimps remove the stinging arms from a patch on the surface of the urchin. Seraya is located on Bali's NE coast and has become very popular with divers and photographers searching for unusual species.  The signature site, 'Seraya Secrets' has a barren sand floor with small patches of sponge and other encrusting life, and rocks in the shallows. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904180017.jpg
  • Anemonefish live in obligate symbiosis with anemones - they are unable to survive outside of their host.  In return for the shelter provided by the stinging tentacles of their host, they defend the anemone from fish that feed on the tentacles. Bunaken Marine Park is a very popular dive destination, famous for its beautiful coral reefs, marine biodiversity and vertical walls.
    SULA200905180003.jpg
  • Several different species of crustacean life in symbiosis with urchins, including the zebra crab.  They all benefit from the protection offered by their hosts spines and in return keep the surface of the urchin clear of debris and parasites. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905090140.jpg
  • These squat lobsters benefit from the protection offered by their host - a form of symbiosis.
    AMBO200902280117.jpg
  • The 'solar powered' nudibranchs have a symbiotic relaltionship with zooxanthellae that are stored in the cerata and use photosynthesis to generate food for themselves and their host. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905290010.jpg
  • Anemones play host to a variety of different species, all of which shelter amongst the tentacles of their host. in return the fish and crustaceans defend and clean their host. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905100531.jpg
  • The bivalve, probably a clam or similar, has buried its shell and body within the sand.  The view in this photo is looking down the siphon of the bivalve that is open to the surface.  The shrimp lives within the mantle cavity of its host. Puri Jati is located on Bali's north coast.  Its featureless sandy bottom is home to a huge variety of unusual and interesting species known as 'critters' to 'muck' divers and photographers.  Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904240149.jpg
  • The Gili Islands, located just off Lombok's west coast, are a popular tourist destination.  the three islands - Meno, Air and Trawangan - offer many different options for accommodation, eating and nightlife.  The name 'Gili Islands' is something of a misnomer as 'Gili' means 'small island' in the local Sasak language.  The reefs around the islands have some reasonable hard corals and marine life, but have suffered in the past from damage, bleaching events and pollution.  However the islands are still worth visiting and are especially good for student divers.
    LOMB200904140042.jpg
  • The bivalve, probably a clam or similar, has buried its shell and body within the sand.  The view in this photo is looking down the siphon of the bivalve that is open to the surface.  The shrimp lives within the mantle cavity of its host. Puri Jati is located on Bali's north coast.  Its featureless sandy bottom is home to a huge variety of unusual and interesting species known as 'critters' to 'muck' divers and photographers.  Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904240152.jpg
  • Along with shrimps and anemonefish, porcelain crabs live in a symbiotic relationship with anemones.  Their host provides them with shelter, and in return they clean the surface of the anemone.  In the case of anemonefish, they even defend the anemone from predators. Puri Jati is located on Bali's north coast.  Its featureless sandy bottom is home to a huge variety of unusual and interesting species known as 'critters' to 'muck' divers and photographers.  Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904240013.jpg
  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
    WPAP200903220049.jpg
  • Anemonefish, or clown fish, can only survive in the sheltering arms of an anemone.  This anemone has bleached, probably as a result of warm water temperatures.
    AMBO200902280089.jpg
  • Close up of a giant grouper with golden trevallies, Mabul, Sabah, Malaysia.
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  • Snake eel with a periclemenes commensal shrimp, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. These shrimps feed on parasites and debris removed from the skin of other animals such as snake eels. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200609070316.jpg
  • These small shrimps adopt the coloration of their host whip coral. Bunaken Marine Park is a very popular dive destination, famous for its beautiful coral reefs, marine biodiversity and vertical walls.
    SULA200905200052.jpg
  • Sponge crabs use their back legs to hold a piece of sponge over their bodies, as both camouflage and protection from predators. Seraya is located on Bali's NE coast and has become very popular with divers and photographers searching for unusual species.  The signature site, 'Seraya Secrets' has a barren sand floor with small patches of sponge and other encrusting life, and rocks in the shallows. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904190201.jpg
  • Parasitic isopods feed on the tissues of their host.
    WPAP200903210037.jpg
  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
    WPAP200903220047.jpg
  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
    WPAP200903220044.jpg
  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
    WPAP200903220023.jpg
  • A batfish being cleaned by blue streak cleaner wrasse, Sangalaki, Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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  • Diver with Clark's anemonefish, Yapen, West Papua, Indonesia.
    WPAP200510300045.jpg
  • Boxer crab, Seraya, Bali, Indonesia. The boxer crab has a symbiotic relationship with a species of anemone.  The crab holds the anemones in its claws and uses them to ward off predators. Seraya is located on Bali's NE coast and has become very popular with divers and photographers searching for unusual species.  The signature site, 'Seraya Secrets' has a barren sand floor with small patches of sponge and other encrusting life, and rocks in the shallows. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200512310952.jpg
  • The 'solar powered' nudibranchs have a symbiotic relaltionship with zooxanthellae that are stored in the cerata and use photosynthesis to generate food for themselves and their host. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905290029.jpg
  • The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905090579.jpg
  • Imperial shrimps have a symbiotic relationship with sea cucumbers, nudibranchs and other species.  Their host provides them with shelter and access to a wider variety of different areas for feeding. Gilimanuk or Secret Bay is located at the north western tip of Bali.  It is open to cold upwellings of water that flow between Bali and Java.  The daily influx of nutrient-rich cold water means this shallow site has become famous for unusual 'muck' critters or species, not easily found elsewhere in Indonesia.  Gilimanuk has become very popular with underwater photographers. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904250234.jpg
  • Along with shrimps and anemonefish, these swimmer crabs live in a symbiotic relationship with anemones.  Their host provides them with shelter, and in return they clean the surface of the anemone.  In the case of anemonefish, they even defend the anemone from predators. Puri Jati is located on Bali's north coast.  Its featureless sandy bottom is home to a huge variety of unusual and interesting species known as 'critters' to 'muck' divers and photographers.  Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904240032.jpg
  • The reefs of Raja Ampat are some of the most diverse and healthiest in the world.
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  • Pulau Weh lies at the most north westerly tip of Indonesia, where the Indian Ocean meets the Andaman Sea.  The deep water and strong currents that sweep past the island provides perfect conditions for both large and small marine species.  The island has active volcanic vents that emit   sulphurous gases and lies close to an active subduction zone.  Pulau Weh lies just off shore from Banda Aceh, the city that was devastated during the 2004 tsunami.  Fortunately, damage on the island was minimal compared to the devestation on the mainland.
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  • The coastal waters of Triton Bay are rich in nutrients washed down from the surrounding hills.  As a result underwater life is dominated by filter feeders such as colorful soft corals and black corals.  Triton Bay is also very well known for its marine biodiversity.  at the southern end of the Bay are healthy coral reefs with plenty of fish life.  The area has become popular with divers that use liveaboard boats to explore the reefs and islands of West Papua.
    WPAP200903250262.jpg
  • The coastal waters of Triton Bay are rich in nutrients washed down from the surrounding hills.  As a result underwater life is dominated by filter feeders such as colorful soft corals and black corals.  Triton Bay is also very well known for its marine biodiversity. Many different crustaceans hide in the branches of soft coral.  They may help their host by removing debris and parasites on the surface of the coral.
    WPAP200903260387.jpg
  • Like most reef fish, damselfish big and small utilise the services of cleaner wrasse to remove dead skin and parasites from the surface of their bodies.
    WPAP200903210029.jpg
  • Like most reef fish, grouper utilise the services of cleaner wrasse to remove dead skin and parasites from the surface of their bodies.
    WPAP200903200107.jpg
  • Like most reef fish, filefish utilise the services of cleaner wrasse to remove dead skin and parasites from the surface of their bodies.  This species of wrasse however does not normally act as a cleaner.
    WPAP200903220003.jpg
  • Many different crustaceans hide in the branches of soft coral.  They may help their host by removing debris and parasites on the surface of the coral.
    WPAP200903210235.jpg
  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
    WPAP200903220024.jpg
  • Anemonefish, or clown fish, can only survive in the sheltering arms of an anemone.  This anemone has bleached, probably as a result of warm water temperatures.
    AMBO200902280092.jpg
  • A pufferfish being cleaned by blue streak cleaner wrasse, Sangalaki, Kalimantan, Indonesia.
    SANG200605200387.jpg
  • The 'solar powered' nudibranchs have a symbiotic relaltionship with zooxanthellae that are stored in the cerata and use photosynthesis to generate food for themselves and their host. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905290023.jpg
  • The 'solar powered' nudibranchs have a symbiotic relaltionship with zooxanthellae that are stored in the cerata and use photosynthesis to generate food for themselves and their host. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905290019.jpg
  • Tulamben is located on Bali's NE coast and has become very popular with divers and photographers.  The area is famous for the wreck of the USAT Liberty Glo, a WWII era ship that lies just off the beach in Tulamben village.  The areas is also very well known for its high marine biodiversity. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904230031.jpg
  • Shrimp gobies live in a symbiotic relationship with blind shrimps.  Both share a single hole in the sand - the goby guards the shrimp whilst it maintains the burrow. Seraya is located on Bali's NE coast and has become very popular with divers and photographers searching for unusual species. The signature site, 'Seraya Secrets' has a barren sand floor with small patches of sponge and other encrusting life, and rocks in the shallows. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904220196.jpg
  • These gobies live their entire lives hidden amongst the branches of a hard coral colony.  In return for the shelter provided by their host, they are thought to keep the coral clean from debris and parasites and even defend their home from predators such as crown of thorn starfish. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905210129.jpg
  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
    WPAP200903220039.jpg
  • These crabs live in pairs on sea urchins.  the female lives inside the anal sac of the urchin, whilst the male remains outside, hidden amongst the spines of its host.
    AMBO200902270131.jpg
  • Both procelain crabs and anemonefish live symbiotically with anemones.  In fact most anemomefish cannot survive without an anemone host.
    AMBO200902270011.jpg
  • Close up of a giant clam, Maratua, Kalimantan, Indonesia.
    SANG200605251065.jpg
  • These squat lobsters live amongst the spines on the surface of the urchin.  Seraya is located on Bali's NE coast and has become very popular with divers and photographers searching for unusual species.  The signature site, 'Seraya Secrets' has a barren sand floor with small patches of sponge and other encrusting life, and rocks in the shallows. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904180018.jpg
  • Imperial shrimps have a symbiotic relationship with sea cucumbers, nudibranchs and other species.  Their host provides them with shelter and access to a wider variety of different areas for feeding. Gilimanuk or Secret Bay is located at the north western tip of Bali.  It is open to cold upwellings of water that flow between Bali and Java.  The daily influx of nutrient-rich cold water means this shallow site has become famous for unusual 'muck' critters or species, not easily found elsewhere in Indonesia.  Gilimanuk has become very popular with underwater photographers. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
    BALI200904250225.jpg
  • Anemones play host to a variety of different species, all of which shelter amongst the tentacles of their host.  in return the fish and crustaceans defend and clean their host. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905100495.jpg
  • Anemonefish live in an obligate symbiosis with their host - they are unable to survive outside the protection of the anemone. Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905110056.jpg
  • False clownfish live in an obligate symbiosis with their host - they are unable to survive outside the protection of the anemone. Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905090198.jpg