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WHALE SHARK and Snorkeller - mouth open feeding. 60ft long

VT-6318
WHALE SHARK and Snorkeller - mouth open feeding. 60ft long.
Australia - Worldwide. North West coast Australia. Ningaloo Marine Park.
Rhincodon typus
Very unusual for diver to be so close with mouth open. Distribution: found in tropical warm oceans and seas, worldwide.
Valerie & Ron Taylor
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KA-550 Pygmy Seahorse - this is the a new kind of Pigmy seahorse discovered in Walea

KA-550
Pygmy Seahorse - this is the a new kind of Pigmy seahorse discovered in Walea.
Walea Island Sulawesi / Indonesia
Until now not identified, no latin name. Size 6 mm !
Kurt Amsler
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DOW-149 Vampire Squid

DOW-149
Vampire Squid
Monterey - California - USA
Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Small white discs / Dots are Photophores - Light producing organs - Deep sea 600-900mtrs/2-3000 ft in the oxygen minimum zone - It is currently the only animal in the order Vampyromorphida, an order "in between" octopus and squid, mainly due to the addition of sensory filaments believed to be used for finding food in the deep sea - It has eight long arms and two filaments that extend well past the total length of the body and can retract into pockets found in the webbing between the arms - Within the webbing are two pouches wherein the tactile velar filaments are concealed.
Steve Downer
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