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Yawn of the Orange Painted Frogfish
This orange frogfish yawns as a snack goes down the gullet, beyond those sharp teeth. He was waiting for prey -- until someone blundered by. The small white frilly object, just about where his right e...
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January 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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🦑 #seahorse #anilao
Black Seahorse
Sea horses (unlike land horses) can change their color. This particular fellow chose dark brown with white spots and gold trim for this moment. I am guessing that he is male from a brood pouch on his ...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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A white frogfish yawns on the reef at Anilao. 🦑
A white frogfish yawns, displaying a large open mouth and finely textured skin over a lumpy body.
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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Bodiless Sea Spider
Pycnogonids seem to have no bodies: often, important organs are in their legs.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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A rude gesture from an interrupted cuttlefish. #cephalopods #uwphoto #scuba #anilao 🦑 www.kelpscape.com/post/digger-...
Digger Cuttlefish
This cuttlefish was digging in the sand when I swam up. Cuttlefish are cephalopods, like octopi and squids. They are quite intelligent and curious. They dig burrows to conceal themselves from predator...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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www.kelpscape.com/post/crinoid... Crinoid shrimp, possibly Leopard Crinoid Shrimp, Laomenes pardus. #anilao #scuba #uwphoto 🦑
Crinoid Shrimp
Crinoids often have resident shrimp; maybe they always do, because the shrimp are usually hard to find: they are well-camouflaged and like to hide.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Whip coral goby. #scuba #underwaterphoto #goby #Bryaninops #anilao www.kelpscape.com/post/whip-co...
Whip-Coral Gobies
Whip-coral gobies usually live in male-female pairs
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November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Vacant Greenhouse: Phyllodesmium opalescens
Is this nudibranch transparent because it wants to be invisible--or is it just easier not to add pigment? (I understand that the second is why cars are a little less expensive if they are white -- so ...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Local Flâneur: Xeno Crab
Xeno crabs spend their lives strolling along a particular wire coral, like colorfully dressed flâneurs. Like many of his species, this individual has extended his red-and-white camoflage by attaching ...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Hello Stranger! #scuba #underwater-photo #crystalblueresort #anilao #cephalopod #octopus 🦑 www.kelpscape.com/post/greetin...
Greetings! from an Octopus at the Door of His Home
This octopus made his home in a handy tin can, on the sandy bottom near Anilao Pier. He had a shell just outside, a toy. Octopi often keep things with interesting textures at the entrances of their bu...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Orange-Networked Nudibranch: Halgerda batangas
The orange networked pattern, orange-tipped papillae, and white margin distinguish them from the other 2 species in the genus Halgerda.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Get Outta My Space!
This is Brock's Urchin Shrimp, Allopontonia brockii. They live on urchins, usually fire urchins; like their distant cousins the Coleman's shrimp. Unlike the Coleman's shrimp I've encountered, this fe...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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#anilao #frogfish #crystalblueresort #nauticam #bluewaterphoto 🦑
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Frogfish, Dressed in White
The frilly white decoration and golden crown give the scene a bridal aura.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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#scuba #UWphoto #shrimp #anilao 🦑
Whip-Coral Shrimp
his whip-coral shrimp has captured a delicious blob, and rises from its usual position hunkered against the coral to devour it.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Flamboyant cuttlefish, at Anilao. This creature is about the side of a bumble bee. #flamboyantcuttlefish #cuttlefish #scuba #UWphoto #muckdiving 🦑
Flamboyant cuttlefish, crawling along sand bottom.
October 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Skeleton Shrimp on a Hydroid
This skeleton shrimp reminds me of a Chinese proverb: "A peasant can wait a long time on the side of a hill with his mouth open, waiting for a roast duck to fly in."
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August 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Chromodoris magnfica
This nudibranch is veering sharply to its left, but at a snail's pace.
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August 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Harlequin Swimming Crab, Lissocarcinus laevis
This Harlequin Swimming shrimp looks like a boxer, staring me down.
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August 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Bus Stop Goniobranchus
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August 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Life on a Kelp Blade
If you examine the kelp blade close-up, the white spots form intricate networks that look like alien cities.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Black-and-Yellow Rockfish
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August 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Kelp Forest Images
I'm posting archival images from the kelp forest at https://www.kelpscape.com/portfolio-collections/my-portfolio I haven't previously shared the above image, so far as I know. It is from Sutil Island,...
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August 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Cymolutes torquatus: Finescale Razorfish
This Finescale Razorfish was one of the first creatures I spotted at Anilao. I was setting up my camera when he wandered along. I suppose he was curious about the creature who had dropped into his nei...
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August 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Emperor Shrimp Riding a Sea Cucumber
Emperor Shrimp spend most of their lives riding on sea cucumbers, or other mounts including nudibranchs. These provide them with transportation and, presumably, access to feeding grounds. A friendly r...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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A Bottle of Yellow Gobies
Yellow Pygmy Gobies often make their homes in bottles. For the gobies, wine bottles are spacious, secure, with a well-sized entry. Yellow gobies (Lubricogobius exiguus) often (or maybe always) live in...
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August 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM