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PAIR OF COLEMAN SHRIMPS (PERICLIMENES COLEMANI) LIVING IN FIRE URCHIN (ASTHENOSOMA VARIUM). THE FEMALE IS THE LARGER SHRIMP. ANILAO, BATANGAS MARINE PROTECTED AREA, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

HEDGEHOG SEAHORSE (HIPPOCAMPUS SPINOSISSIMUS) ATTACHED TO A SMALL SOFT CORAL. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

PORTRAIT OF A GURNARD LIONFISH (PARAPTEROIS HETERURA) ON THE SEABED. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

NUDIBRANCH (GONIOBRANCHUS HINTUANENSIS) PORTRAIT SHOWING RHINOPHORES. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

DWARF HAWKFISH (CIRRHITICHTHYS FALCO) PERCHED ON THE RIDGES OF A BARREL SPONGE. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

RED OCELLATED TOZEUMA SHRIMP (TOZEUMA LANCEOLATUM). ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

BROOK'S URCHIN SHRIMP (ALLOPONTONIA BROOKI) CRAWLING OVER THE SURFACE OF A FIRE URCHIN (ASTHENOSOMA VARIUM). ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

BIGFIN REEF SQUID (SEPIOTEUTHIS LESSONIANA) IN MIDWATER AT NIGHT. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

BIGFIN REEF SQUID (SEPIOTEUTHIS LESSONIANA) CAPTURING A PELAGIC SHRIMP WITH LONG RED ANTENNAE, IN MIDWATER, AT NIGHT. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

COLEMAN SHRIMP (PERICLIMENES COLEMANI) CLOSE UP, ON A FIRE URCHIN (ASTHENOSOMA VARIUM). ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

SOFT CORAL CRAB (HOPLOPHRYS OATESIL) CLIMBING OUT ONTO A BRANCH OF YELLOW AND RED SOFT CORAL (DENDRONEPHTHYA SP.) AT NIGHT. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

NEUSTONIC JELLYFISH (PORPITA PACIFICA) AT THE SURFACE, VIEWED FROM ABOVE. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

FLAMBOYANT CUTTLEFISH (METASEPIA PFEFFERI) FEMALE HUNTING FOR SMALL CRUSTACEANS. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

YELLOW HAIRY GOBY (PARAGOBIODON XANTHOSOMA) SHELTERING IN CORAL. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

CLOSE UP DETAIL OF THE PATTERN IN A COLONIAL TUNICATE (BOTRYLLUS SP.). ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

WHITEMARGIN STARGAZER (URANOSCOPUS SULPHUREUS) BURRIED IN THE SAND, AT NIGHT. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

NUDIBRANCH (CHROMODORIS WILLANI). ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.

YELLOW PYGMY GOBY (LUBRICOGOBIUS EXIGUUS) GUARDING EGGS (ON TOP OF TUBE) AS IT PEEKS OUT FROM ITS HOME IN AN OLD WORM TUBE. ANILAO, BATANGAS, LUZON, PHILIPPINES. VERDE ISLAND PASSAGES, TROPICAL WEST PACIFIC OCEAN.