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Pentaceraster alveolatus,Honeycomb Cushion Star

Date: 2019/12/23Category: StarFishTag: colorful

垫子海星

Pentaceraster alveolatus is a starfish from the Oreasteridae family.

The scientific name of the species was published in 1875 by Edmond Perrier.

Pentaceraster alveolatus Pentaceraster alveolatus Pentaceraster alveolatus Pentaceraster alveolatus Pentaceraster alveolatus

Saron marmoratus,Common Marble Shrimp

Date: 2019/12/17Category: ShrimpTag: colorful

花斑扫帚虾

Saron marmoratus is a rather hunch-backed dumpy species of shrimp. Its rostrum is slightly longer than its carapace and is strongly recurved, it has 1 or 2 spines on its dorsal margin, followed by 3 or 4 spines on the carapace, and there are 8-10 long spines on the ventral margin of the carapace. The dorsal margin of the carapace and the abdomen have tufts of setae, which are denser in the females. The males have elongated chaelae which are longer than body and the females possess an obvious brush-like structure of setae on the first pair of legs. The legs feature brown or blue transverse bands. They are variable in colour and the ground colour can be red, blue or brown, mottled with brown or green, the legs are marked with blue or brown transverse bans.

Odontodactylus scyllarus,Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Date: 2019/12/15Category: ShrimpTag: colorful

孔雀螳螂虾、蝉形齿指虾蛄、 纹华青龙虾

O. scyllarus is one of the larger, more colourful mantis shrimps commonly seen, ranging in size from 3 to 18 cm (1.2 to 7.1 in). They are primarily green with orange legs and leopard-like spots on the anterior carapace.

Their ability to see circularly polarised light has led to studies to determine if the mechanisms by which their eyes operate can be replicated for use in reading CDs and similar optical information-storage devices.

Hymenocera picta,Harlequin Shrimp

Date: 2019/12/15Category: ShrimpTag: colorful

油彩蜡膜虾、海星虾、小丑虾、拳击虾

The Hymenocera, or Harlequin shrimp, is usually cream colored or white with occasional spots. Around the Pacific Ocean, many of these shrimp will have red spots while the Indian Ocean shrimp typically have purple spots while its close cousin, the Hawaiian H. picta, has purple and red spots off of their body, the shrimp have two walking legs on each side and large claws, or cheliped. The claws and eyes appear to look flattened and thin. On its head the shrimp have “petal-like sensory antennules” to smell out their prey. Their body usually reaches up to 5 cm or 2 inches, and the male is just a little bit smaller than the female.

Thuridilla albopustulosa,White-spotted Thuridilla

Date: 2019/12/10Category: NudibranchTag: colorful, tiny

白疣平鰓海蛞蝓

The backround colour is light blue with white longitudinal bands. On the mantle are white or crem coloured spots,as its name ‘albopustulosa’ suggests.Rhinophores are white and bright orange.

Thuridilla albopustulosa Thuridilla albopustulosa

Stiliger sp1

Date: 2020/10/1Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

未知

Stiliger is a genus of small and minute sacoglossan or sap-sucking sea slugs. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.

They somewhat resemble nudibranchs, but are not closely related to them. They are a rich green in color, caused by the green algae they eat.

Samla riwo

Date: 2020/7/30Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

海蛞蝓

Samla riwo typically reaches a length of 20 mm when fully mature. It has a translucent white body covered with a lacy, white network of pigment. The oral tentacles are expanded at the tips into spear-like points or paddles. The bottom 2/3 of each of the cerata is translucent with pale peach-coloured digestive gland. Above this region there is a purple band around the ceras, followed by a white tip. The rhinophores have a bare, cylindrical basal region followed by a perfoliate club with 16-22 densely packed lamellae.

Nembrotha lineolata,Lined Nembrotha

Date: 2019/12/9Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

宽纹多角海蛞蝓、 条纹多角海蛞蝓

Nembrotha lineolata grows to a length of about 70 millimetres (2.8 in). The body is slender with a rounded head at one end and a pointed tip to the foot at the other. The exterior of the body is covered with longitudinal wrinkles and there is no sharp demarcation between the dorsal surface and the lateral surfaces. The oral tentacles are thick and long and the large conical rhinophores bear about thirty lamellae and can be retracted. The three large pinnate branchial plumes on the dorsal surface are non-retractile and the anus is located between them. The colouring of this nudibranch is variable across the animal’s range. The body colour is creamy-white with narrow longitudinal lines, some broken, in varying shades of brown. Sometimes these lines merge in places giving transverse bands of colour. There is a blue or purple stripe running round the margin of the foot and often a yellow one as well. The oral tentacles are blue or purple with a yellow band and the rhinophores are red (sometimes yellow in the Comoros Islands) with blue or purple sheaths.

Nembrotha chamberlaini,Chamberlain’s Nembrotha

Date: 2019/12/8Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

张伯伦多角海蛞蝓

Nembrotha chamberlaini is white with streaks of orange, yellow, green, or black and occasionally yellow splashed across the upper mantle. It has very distinctive bright red gills and rhinophores. The foot and mouth parts are typically light-purple. This nudibranch has a very characteristic color pattern which is typical of species that display warning coloration to other species.

Miamira miamirana

Date: 2019/12/10Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

迈阿密多彩海蛞蝓

Formerly better known as Ceratosoma miamiranum,the name is changed to Miamira miamirana.

Miamira miamirana is very variable in colour .The body colour can be a dark greenish-brown or reddish brown, or other variants.It has a relatively hard mantle with tubercles.Miamira miamirana lives on hard or sandy bottom.It is very well camouflaged and difficult to detect.

Janolus savinkini,Purple-tipped Janolus

Date: 2019/12/9Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

裸鳃海蛞蝓

Janolus savinkini, common name purple-tipped janolus, is a colorful sea slug, an arminina (a suborder of Janolus) nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Proctonotidae.The body and caruncle of this species are yellow with a hue of light orange. The papillae and cerata are also this colour except for the tips, which are blue/purple, hence the common name. It is found in East Asian waters and is believed to be extremely rare in Okinawa.

Hypselodoris roo

Date: 2019/12/10Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

未知

A new described species. Very similar to Hypselodoris kanga and Hypselodoris infucata.

Hypselodoris roo

Hypselodoris maculosa,Spotted Hypselodoris

Date: 2019/12/10Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

斑纹多彩海蛞蝓

The mantle colour of is a pale milky orange-brown. On the central part of body are four white lines.The colour pattern is variable.

Hypselodoris maculosa feeds exclusively on yellow sponges from the genus Euryspongia.

Hypselodoris maculosa

Hypselodoris infucata

Date: 2019/12/10Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

斑点多彩海蛞蝓

Hypselodoris infucata feeds on sponge genus Dysidea.

Hypselodoris infucata Hypselodoris infucata

Goniobranchus coi,Co’s Chromodoris

Date: 2019/12/10Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

扇贝多彩海蛞蝓

This species moves by rhythmically flapping the mantle edge up and down.

Goniobranchus coi

Glossodoris cincta,Girdled Glossodoris

Date: 2019/12/9Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

暗衣多彩海蛞蝓,暗衣舌尾海蛞蝓

Glossodoris cincta has a mantle which is tawny brown with blue-white dots and a dark blue margin to the mantle which is separated from the brown by a thin grey line. The rhinophores are dark brown with blue-white dots. The living holotype was 60 mm (2.4 in) in length.

Coryphellina exoptata,Desirable Flabellina

Date: 2019/12/10Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

美艳扇羽海蛞蝓

This nudibranch feeds exclusively on hydrozoon polyps.

Coryphellina exoptata

Chromodoris magnifica,Magnificent Chromodoris

Date: 2019/12/9Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

华丽多彩海蛞蝓

Chromodoris magnifica can reach a maximum size of 60 mm (2.4 in) in length.The body is elongate with a foot which is distinct from the upper body by a skirt like mantle hiding partially the foot.[5] The branched gills and the rhinophores are orange colour and can be withdrawn into specific pockets under the skin in case of danger.[6] The specific epithet magnifica in Chromodoris magnifica means magnificent, so-named because of this nudibranch’s striking, vibrant colors.

Chromodoris annae,Anna’s Chromodoris

Date: 2019/12/9Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

安娜多彩海蛞蝓

Chromodoris annae can reach a maximum size of 5 cm length. The body is elongate with a foot which is distinct from the upper body by a skirt like mantle hiding partially the foot. The branched gills and the rhinophores are orange to yellow. The main background color is bluish, the intensity of the latter varying from blue-grey to intense blue, slightly speckled by tiny black spots. The blue dorsal side and the foot are bordered with a black line which can be discontinuous depending on the specimen. A black dash between the rhinophores distinguishes this species from similar species like Chromodoris elisabethina and Chromodoris westraliensis. The mantle edge and the foot are bordered with white and orange to yellow lines in which the width and the color intensity can vary greatly from a specimen to another.

Caloria indica,Indian Caloria

Date: 2019/12/9Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

印度灰翼海蛞蝓

Caloria indica have a orange body colour with blue, orange and white striped cerata.The body is narrow with a very long and pointed tail. This nudibranch has a wide distribution area and is an invasive species in Europe.Caloria indica feed exclusively on hydroids.

Caloria indica Caloria indica

Bornella anguilla,Snakey Bornella, Eel Bornella

Date: 2019/12/10Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

火麒麟、鳗游二列鳃海蛞蝓

The Snakey Bornella feeds on hydroids.

Bornella anguilla

Armina semperi

Date: 2019/12/10Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

未知

Armina semperi have a black and white longitudinal ridged body,a blue foot and yellow-orange border.This nudibranch is nocturnal and lives on sandy or silty bottom.This species usually feeds on soft corals and sea pens.

There are many similar Armina species may be mistaken.

Aegires villosus,Hairy Norse God

Date: 2019/12/10Category: NudibranchTag: colorful

端紫三鰓海蛞蝓

Sea slugs of genus Aegires feeds exlusively on calcareous sponges.

Aegires villosus Aegires villosus Aegires villosus

Pygoplites diacanthus,Bluebanded Angelfish, Empress Angelfish, Regal Angelfish

Date: 2019/12/27Category: FishTag: colorful

甲尻鱼、锦文棘蝶鱼、双棘甲尻鱼,皇帝神仙、帝王鱼

The body of the Regal Angelfish is moderately elongate and is very compressed. The preorbital bone convex and has no strong spines. There is 1 prominent spine at an angle at the preopercal. The ventral edge of the interopercle is smooth. The eyes are moderately small along with the mouth that is terminal. The mouth is also protractile. They have a maximum length of 25.0 cm.They have a total of 14 dorsal spines, and 17-19 soft dorsal rays. They have 3 anal spines and 17-19 anal soft rays. They also have 16-17 pectoral fin rays. Their caudal fin is rounded. The precise coloration of this fish can vary as regional differences can occur, most notably in populations from the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and South Pacific Ocean. A commonality, however, is a body edged in narrow blue-white and orange stripes that are narrow and angle backward. The posterior portion of dorsal fin is black or blue with close-set blue dots, and the posterior portion of anal fin has alternating yellow and blue bands running parallel to body contour. The caudal fin is yellow. Juveniles are colored with a large dark spot on basal portion of the soft dorsal fin.[1] They have been reported of living 15 years.

Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus,Yellowmargin Triggerfish

Date: 2019/12/25Category: FishTag: colorful

黄边副鳞鲀

The yellowmargin triggerfish, Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus, are marine fish in the triggerfish family Balistidae. They originate in coastal tropical waters and reefs of the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east from southern Japan south to Indonesia, Philippines and Samoa. They can be found at water depths from 2–50 m (6.6–164.0 ft).

Pomacanthus annularis,Bluering Angelfish, Blue Ring Angelfish, Blue-ringed Angelfish

Date: 2019/12/27Category: FishTag: colorful

肩环刺盖鱼、环纹刺盖鱼、环纹盖刺鱼、环纹神仙

Pomacanthus annularis can reach a body length of about 45 cm (18 in), but usually the total body length get up to about 30 cm (12 in). Bodies are deeply compressed and the mouth is quite small. They have 13 dorsal spines, 20-21 dorsal soft rays, 3 anal spines and 20 anal soft rays.

Labroides dimidiatus,Cleaner Wrasse,Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse

Date: 2020/8/4Category: FishTag: colorful

裂唇鱼、清洁鱼、鱼医生、半带拟隆鲷、蓝带裂唇鲷

This is a small wrasse, averaging 10 cm long (14 cm max). It can be recognized thanks to a wide longitudinal black stripe running along the side and eye; the back and the stomach are white (sometimes slightly yellowish). This white part changes to a bright blue on the front of the animal, while the black band widens at the tail. The young are black with an electric blue line.

Halichoeres hortulanus,Rainbowfish,Checkerboard Wrasse

Date: 2020/7/30Category: FishTag: colorful

方斑海猪鱼 、 云斑海猪鱼、方斑海猪鱼,黄花龙

The checkerboard wrasse is a small sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 27 centimetres (11 in). Both its sex and appearance change during its life, and the colouring at each stage is rather variable based on location. The body is thin, relatively lengthened and its mouth is terminal.

Coris gaimard,African Clown Wrasse, African Coris, Clown Wrasse, Gaimard’s Wrasse, Rainbow Wrass

Date: 2019/12/27Category: FishTag: white, red, colorful

盖马氏盔鱼、露珠盔鱼、盖马氏鹦鲷,柳冷仔、红龙

This species can reach 40 cm (16 in) in total length, though most do not exceed 20 cm (7.9 in).As a juvenile, it is a bright red colour with large, black-margined white spots. As an adult, it has a pink face and fins, with the exception of the tail fin, which is bright yellow. The body is green towards the anterior darkening and decorated with bright blue specks towards the caudal peduncle. The fish also gains a very bright orange anterior when it grows into adulthood, and has a drastically shaded body in the posterior region that is dotted with very bright blue spots ringed with dark blue.

Cirrhitichthys falco,Coral Hawkfish , Dwarf Hawkfish, Falco Hawkfish , Falcon Hawkfish

Date: 2019/12/27Category: FishTag: colorful

真丝金䱵、鹰金䱵

The dwarf hawkfish can reach 7 cm (2.8 in) in total length. The dorsal fin has ten spines with numerous tassels on the tips of the spines. The anal fin has three spines and six soft rays. The pectoral fins are thick and elongated and spread out when the fish is resting on the substrate. This fish is pinkish-red and white in color with vertical banding or mottling.

Chaetodon ephippium,Saddle Butterflyfish, Blackblotch Butterflyfish

Date: 2020/6/14Category: FishTag: colorful

鞍斑蝴蝶鱼、鞭蝴蝶鱼、月光蝶

It is a large butterflyfish, at up to 30 cm (nearly 12 in) long together with the Lined Butterflyfish (C. lineolatus) the giant among its genus. In shape it resembles certain angelfishes more than most of its relatives. The overall color is yellowish grey, with a large black spot bordered below by a broad white band on the back and wavy blue lines on the lower sides. The throat and the outline of the hind parts is bright yellow. Adults have a filament extending posteriorly from the upper part of the soft portion of the dorsal fin.

Balistoides viridescens,Titan Triggerfish

Date: 2019/12/24Category: FishTag: colorful

褐拟鳞鲀、 绿拟鳞鲀、胡麻皮剥鲀、黄褐炮弹、剥皮鱼、褐拟板机鲀

The titan triggerfish, giant triggerfish or moustache triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a large species of triggerfish found in lagoons and at reefs to depths of 50 m (160 ft) in most of the Indo-Pacific, though it is absent from Hawaii. With a length of up to 75 centimetres (30 in), it is the largest species of triggerfish in its range (the stone triggerfish, Pseudobalistes naufragium, from the east Pacific is larger).

Balistoides conspicillum,Big-spotted Triggerfish, Clown Trigger-fish

Date: 2019/12/25Category: FishTag: colorful

花斑拟鳞鲀、圆斑拟鳞鲀、花斑皮剥鲀,小丑炮弹、花斑拟板机鲀

The clown triggerfish is a fish which grows up to 50 cm. Its body has a stocky appearance, oval shape and compressed laterally. The head is large and represents approximately one third of the body length. The mouth is small, terminal and has strong teeth.

Acanthurus japonicus,Japanese Surgeonfish

Date: 2019/12/25Category: FishTag: colorful

日本刺尾鱼、 日本刺尾鲷、花倒吊,粗皮鱼

Acanthurus japonicus is a tang from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 21 cm in length. It is also known as Japan surgeonfish, white-faced surgeonfish, gold rim tang, powder brown tang and white-nose surgeonfish.

Calcinus latens,Blue Sock Hermit Crab

Date: 2019/12/17Category: CrabTag: colorful

隐伏硬壳寄居蟹

Calcinus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae

Calcinus latens