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What

Manta Ray Manta birostris

Observer

muir

Date

Apr 15, 2013 06:04 PM EDT

Place

Kona coast (Google, OSM)

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Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

On the City of Refuge tidepools at dusk. About 7. Photo by SKB.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

On the edges of a brackish pond at City of Refuge, near dusk. Photo by SKB.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

On the edges of a brackish pond at City of Refuge, near dusk. Not the usual G. tenuicrustatus.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

In a rather gross brackish pond at the City of Refuge. Photos taken above the water so are a bit distorted.

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What

Black Nerite Nerita picea

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

Plentiful as always.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

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Medusa Spaghetti Worm Loimia medusa

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

A particularly luxuriant one.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

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White-spotted Sea Cucumber Actinopyga mauritiana

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

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Nudibranchs Order Nudibranchia

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

Egg ribbon. This was above the water line (still quite wet, though).

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Rock-boring Urchin Echinometra mathaei

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

Crab on top of a smaller crab. Seemed to just be sitting there (or mating?), and not harming it. Crawled off after being disturbed by my flash (second pic).

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

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Worm Snails Family Vermetidae

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

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Blackspot Sergeant Abudefduf sordidus

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

In one of the larger, deeper pools along with several other schools of juvenile reef fish.

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Raccoon Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

Lone juvenile in one of the larger, deeper pools.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

(2 leftmost fish)

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

School of juveniles in one of the larger, deeper pools. Convict Tangs and Moorish Idols also.

Not sure if these are Indo-Pacific Sergeants or hybrids or what. They're pretty yellow.

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Nudibranchs Order Nudibranchia

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

Egg ribbon.

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Convict Tang Acanthurus sandvicensis

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

School of juveniles in one of the larger, deeper pools. Juvenile Moorish Idols and Sergeant Majors also.

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Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

A school of juveniles in one of the larger, deeper pools. Juvenile Convict Tangs and Sergeant Majors also.

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Feeble Shrimp Palaemon debilis

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 23, 2011

Description

Dusk tidepooling at City of Refuge.

Quite a few along the edges of one of the larger, deeper pools.

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Reticulated Cowry Cypraea maculifera

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 24, 2011

Description

Snorkeling at Two Step.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 24, 2011

Description

Tidepools at Two Step.

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Rock-boring Urchin Echinometra mathaei

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 24, 2011

Description

Tidepools at Two Step.

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sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 24, 2011

Description

Tidepools at Two Step.

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Orangeband Surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 24, 2011

Description

Snorkeling at Two Step.

A new low for photo standards! But their bright orange lozenge is really distinctive.

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Convict Tang Acanthurus sandvicensis

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 24, 2011

Description

Snorkeling at Two Step.