A hermit crab with blue eyes and white specks on its red legs and claws perks out from its conch shell home. It is photographed on the sandy seafloor and the blue green of the water is in the background.
Another hermit crab in a conch shell - this friend is the White Speckled Hermit Crab (Paguristes punticeps). I love how its striking blue eyes matches the hue of the water in the background.
San Salvador Island Bahamas
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That is so cool!
27.01.2025 19:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Itty bitty macro monsters! 😍
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A giant hermit crab in a conch shell on the sandy sea floor
No banana for scale but this giant #hermitcrab (Petrochirus diogenes) was huge. It's living in a conch shell covered in hydroids and algae. Did you know: hermit crabs are not true crabs! I still love them though.
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Is it just #crabs or something else entirely?
24.01.2025 20:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I love crabs. Seeing one of these in the wild is kind of my holy grail. It's also perfect for my @onlycrabs.bsky.social 😏
24.01.2025 20:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0What aperture did you shoot this at? 😏
24.01.2025 19:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0LOVE the detail in the pipefish! I can never manage to do this without completely blowing out the sand and any highlights on the fish 🫣
24.01.2025 19:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0What a capture! 😍🐙
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A lavender colored oblong sea snail, the West Indian Simnia (Cymbovula acicularis) on a purple coral against a dark background.
I was entirely unaware of the existence of the West Indian Simnia (Cymbovula acicularis, a sea #snail) until our guide on San Salvador Island pointed one out. This one is my favorite color so of course I love this photo.
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Oh my gosh that sounds fun! Please do!
23.01.2025 06:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The fish that ate the whale, which is actually about the banana industry. I'm a non-fiction nerd mostly.
23.01.2025 02:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0In the deep sea, every ecosystem is built on evolutionary and ecological patience. But here we are—rushing to destroy habitats before we even understand them. Spoiler alert: The abyss is not likely to bounce back in the span of human life.
22.01.2025 22:16 — 👍 25 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1Nah, totally a land sea urchin.
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Frozen Charles River
22.01.2025 16:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I cannot stress how much I love the tail on this #shark
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A Caribbean reef shark swims along the sand under blue water with a lot of backscatter in the foreground, resembling stars
When backscatter completely mars a photo I just pretend I took it in outer space.
Caribbean Reef Shark, San Salvador Island Bahamas. I think there are garden eels in the background.
An arrow blenny, which is a small fish with a curved tail, a white stripe running down its back, and several black dots near its tail.
Once a buddy pointed out the weird and wonderful arrow blenny (Lucayablennius zingaro), I kept my eye out, fought with getting a shot in focus, and ended up with this. Not the super-macro glamor shot I hoped for but I'll take it.
San Salvador Island, Bahamas
The cover of William McKeever's book Emperors of the Deep
Sorry I'm late to the party. Is this my favorite shark book? No. Is it alright? As far as I can tell.
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A flamingo tongue marine snail on a purple coral
Please enjoy this marine snail on a coral.
22.01.2025 04:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm just glad you found something close enough to the one on the other thing so I could follow you here 💜
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