CategoriesMaldives Mollusks Octopus cyanea – Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome Posted onFebruary 8, 2025February 8, 2025 This octopus from the Maldives lead me to a few facts and numbers I wasn’t expecting at all. Fascinating creatures … Continue ReadingOctopus cyanea – Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
CategoriesFish Maldives Aetobatus ocellatus – Welcome to Punxsutawney Posted onJanuary 10, 2025January 10, 2025 I can’t believe what is going on here. A. ocellatus is only the second ray on picmybug, after Mobula alfredi. … Continue ReadingAetobatus ocellatus – Welcome to Punxsutawney
CategoriesBirds Maldives Corvus splendens – Fifty shades of black Posted onJanuary 3, 2025January 28, 2025 The house crow, or Indian crow, is one of approximately 46 to 50 species in the genus Corvus. All these … Continue ReadingCorvus splendens – Fifty shades of black
CategoriesFish Maldives Nebrius ferrugineus – The words shark! Posted onDecember 30, 2024January 28, 2025 My research on the nurse shark was firework of interesting facts, or rather words. Language at its best. We also … Continue ReadingNebrius ferrugineus – The words shark!
CategoriesFish Maldives Amphiprion nigripes – Exclusively magnificent! Posted onNovember 17, 2024January 28, 2025 The Maldivian clown fish, in Dhivehi Maagandu mas, taught me the American way of symbiosis, and a fascinating fact about … Continue ReadingAmphiprion nigripes – Exclusively magnificent!
CategoriesMaldives Mollusks Coriocella hibyae – Belgian doctors?! Posted onAugust 7, 2024January 28, 2025 The Maldivian sponge snail is another fascinating marine creature from the Maldives. I have seen dozens of them, and now … Continue ReadingCoriocella hibyae – Belgian doctors?!
CategoriesFish Maldives Gymnothorax flavimarginatus – Dinoflagellates, this time it’s ugly! Posted onJune 24, 2024January 28, 2025 The yellow margin moray eel is a rather common species in the Maldives. The front of this fish is speckled … Continue ReadingGymnothorax flavimarginatus – Dinoflagellates, this time it’s ugly!
CategoriesFish Maldives Plectorhinchus gibbosus – Harry hotlips talks! Posted onMay 12, 2024January 28, 2025 Sometimes things take time. It took me a while to identify this fish, and even longer to write about it. … Continue ReadingPlectorhinchus gibbosus – Harry hotlips talks!
CategoriesCrustaceans Maldives Coenobita brevimanus – Gistel, the hermit Posted onApril 14, 2024January 28, 2025 It happened again, just when I thought an identification would be easy, it turns out it isn’t. No guarantee as … Continue ReadingCoenobita brevimanus – Gistel, the hermit
CategoriesFish Maldives Galeocerdo curvier – I of the tiger Posted onMarch 26, 2024January 28, 2025 This is already the third tiger on picmybug! Following the cute, purring tiger tail seahorse, and the colorful tiger beetle, … Continue ReadingGaleocerdo curvier – I of the tiger
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