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Last year in Bonaire (Dutch Caribbean) I encountered this strange colony of the scleractinean coral Siderastrea siderea. It has circular patches of a few cms across with smaller polyps, the...
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Since early 2015, on Bonaire (Dutch Caribbean), I sometimes encounter 'humps' on scleractinian corals. They feel like cartilage or a hard gel and have a diameter of about 10-20 mm. The surface...
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This bryozoan colony (~ 15 cm height) was found in June 2015 in St. Eustatius (Dutch Caribbean). It has somewhat flattened branches. Who knows what species this is?
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These two photos show two examples of holes in the scleractinian coral Porites astreoides. What organism is responsible for this? I tend to exclude a gall crab (Cryptochiridae), as they are not...
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This photo was taken on Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean. It shows a Bicolor damsel Stegastes partitus with a parasite on its eye. I guess it is an isopod. The isopod Anilocra partiti is known from this...
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The Dutch part of the North Sea is predominantly sandy or muddy and its benthic life consists of animal species adapted to these sediments. Life on and around shipwrecks shows a strong contrast...
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