CategoriesMaldives Mollusks Porpita porpita – Communal vagabonds Posted onJune 22, 2023June 22, 2023 Jellyfish … Continue Reading >Porpita porpita – Communal vagabonds
CategoriesMaldives Mollusks Sepioteuthis lessoniana – It’s Lessepsian – complex Posted onJune 4, 2023June 4, 2023 Is that a squid or a cuttlefish? A simple, and often asked question for divers, developed into this blog post. … Continue ReadingSepioteuthis lessoniana – It’s Lessepsian – complex
CategoriesMaldives Protista Noctiluca scintillans – An algae, but not a plant! Posted onJanuary 9, 2023June 15, 2024 The new Avatar movie was just released, and as if it was an advertiser, suddenly the beach in the Maldives … Continue ReadingNoctiluca scintillans – An algae, but not a plant!
CategoriesArthropoda Maldives Pycnogonida – They need no body! Posted onDecember 16, 2022August 12, 2023 This animal walked up my leg after a dive, and it reminded me of a harvestman for a second. To … Continue ReadingPycnogonida – They need no body!
CategoriesFish Maldives Rhincodon typus – The world’s largest aquarium fish Posted onOctober 23, 2022October 23, 2022 Three holy grails of diving in a row: First the Mola mola, then the Manta, and now the Whale shark, … Continue ReadingRhincodon typus – The world’s largest aquarium fish
CategoriesFish Indonesia Mola mola – 300 million tiny suns! Posted onSeptember 23, 2022September 23, 2022 It’s the first time that I’m writing about an animal of which I have no photo yet. I haven’t had … Continue ReadingMola mola – 300 million tiny suns!
CategoriesSea cucumbers Singapore Colochirus quadrangularis – Common name confusion! Posted onNovember 10, 2021September 24, 2022 Colochirus quadrangularis is called the Thorny sea cucumber. From its appearance it could also be described as pink warty sea … Continue ReadingColochirus quadrangularis – Common name confusion!
CategoriesFish Singapore Hippocampus comes – They purr and growl! Posted onNovember 2, 2021September 24, 2022 Seahorses are very special fishes, and so exiting findings during a dive. The divers signal alone is fun, because it … Continue ReadingHippocampus comes – They purr and growl!
CategoriesMollusks Singapore Doto greenamyeri – Limaciform! Posted onOctober 21, 2021September 24, 2022 The tiny donut or honey-dipper nudibranch is only up to 15mm in size and not easy to find. It was … Continue ReadingDoto greenamyeri – Limaciform!
CategoriesArachnids Singapore Tachypleus gigas – The hoRRoR in relation to science Posted onSeptember 29, 2021September 29, 2021 This is by far the worst bug story I have to tell so far, and I hope nothing is going … Continue ReadingTachypleus gigas – The hoRRoR in relation to science
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