WW #32 - Bubble Coral with Tiny Shrimp

Vir philippinensis

20 comments:

  1. Can you see the tiny shrimp with the purple legs and the purple antennae near the top of the photo? That's a Bubble Coral Shrimp (Vir philippinensis). He lives among the vesicles of Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sp.). I wrote about Bubble Coral here.

    I took this macro photo in the Bunaken National Marine Park, near Manado, Indonesia.

    Bobbie

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  2. What a great macro shot! I can almost feel the texture of the coral!

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  3. Very interesting. The texture "looks" very soft, but I am guessing it would feel quite different.

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  4. Hmmm....interesting. Looks like scallops.

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  5. hi there, how's things?

    i'm back for more under-the-sea-photos!

    this is a great shot!!

    Happy WW!

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  6. Amazing shot. That shrimp is so tiny.

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  7. Another wonderful photo. You always have superbs work. Happy WW

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  8. I've seen the shrimp before, but I'd never even heard of bubble coral, let alone seen any! It is beautiful. Thank you for sharing this one! And, your photo is fantastic!

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  9. I would not have known that was a shrimp without you telling me. Thanks for a view of the underwater world. I have water today too, and sea shells.

    Tink *~*~*
    My Mobile Adventures *~*~*

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  10. This is a great shot, unusual too. Happy WW

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  11. For all the snorkeling that I've done, I've NEVER seen such unusual creatures as this! :D

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  12. I see the tiny shrimp! I think the coral looks like fingers. With fingerprints!

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  13. Not sure if you have seen this story yet, just doing our little part to spread the word.

    ><)))*>

    Keep diving!

    _ndg

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  14. Thank you all for visiting. We enjoy reading your comments.

    @ Chris and CatSynth - The Bubble Coral vesicles are sort of rubbery. They inflate during the day, as in the photo, and at night they deflate.

    @ Cathy (tundratantrum) Now that you mention it, the ones in the photo do resemble uncooked scallops.

    @ Martie - If you have not seen Bubble Coral, you have not seen this particular shrimp, since it only lives in Bubble Coral. The shrimp does have a lot of 'cousins' that look very similar.

    @ Mary (The Teach) - This coral doesn't usually grow above about 15 meters (50 feet) depth, so I am not surprised that you never saw it while snorkeling.

    @ NDG - The shark finning article you link to is shocking. Shark finning is a gruesome and wasteful practice.

    Bobbie

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  15. @ Daisy - I see what you mean about the vesicles looking like fingers, and the striations do indeed look like fingerprints.

    Bobbie

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  16. Wonderful image Bobbie, I could see the little guy right off, there are such great details and textures in this. Beautiful work !!!

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Bobbie & Jerry