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Blue Crab (Discoplax hirtipes). This land crab is common on Christmas Island, usually seen in close proximity of fresh water springs and mud patches. Photo taken Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Crab (Discoplax hirtipes). This land crab is common on Christmas Island, usually seen in close proximity of fresh water springs and mud patches. Photo taken Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Coral Crab (Quadrella maculosa), on Black Coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Boxer Crab (Lybia tessellata), female with eggs. Note: stinging Sea Anemones held in claws for use as defence. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus pedunculatus). This species covers its shell in Sea Anemones, providing camouflage and protection for the crab. Common throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus pedunculatus). This species covers its shell in Sea Anemones, providing camouflage and protection for the crab. Common throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus pedunculatus). This species covers its shell in Sea Anemones, providing camouflage and protection for the crab. Common throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rock Crab (Plagusia dentipes). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Squat Lobster (Galathea sp.), on Coralline Alga (Halimeda opuntia). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rock Crab (Plagusia dentipes), feeding on an Octopus that it just captured. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Box Crab (Calappa sp.), closed in lock position in defence. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Box Crab (Calappa sp.), walking across a sandy bottom. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes sp.) - on a Sea Pen. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgonian Crab (Xenocarcinus depressus), on a gorgonian coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral Hermit Crab (Paguritta sp.), living in a hole in hard coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Yap, Micronesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spider Crab in Alcyonarian Soft Coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, Including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo was taken at Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cuttlefish (Sepia sp.) - using cryptic camouflage to blend in with the sea floor. Found on shallow water reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) - juvenile using cryptic camouflage to blend in with a crinoid feather star. Found on shallow water reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cuttlefish (Sepia sp.) - using cryptic camouflage to blend in with the sea floor. Found on shallow water reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) - using cryptic camouflage to blend in with surrounding reef. Found on shallow water reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Indo-Pacific
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) feeding on mysid Shrimp. Indo-Pacific
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), swimming near a reef of Soft Corals. Photo taken off Komodo, Indonesia. (This is a digital composite comprising of two or more images).
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), showing detail of exhaust siphon whilst swimming. Found throughout the Indo Pacific.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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One-fin Flashlight Fish (Photoblepharon palpebratus) showing bioluminescent light organ on head. Bali, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endeavour Dogfish (Centrophorus moluccensis). Also known as Smallfin Gulper Shark. Found between 130-820m in the western Indian Ocean off South Africa and parts of western Pacific; Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Australia. Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endeavour Dogfish (Centrophorus moluccensis). Also known as Smallfin Gulper Shark. Found between 130-820m in the western Indian Ocean off South Africa and parts of western Pacific; Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Australia. Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata). Found in tropical and sub-tropical wetlands throughout Australia, Indonesia, Pilippines, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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