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Bearded fireworm in Adriatic sea, Croatia

Bearded fireworm - Hermodice carunculata

Fire worm underwater Sea life Scuba diver point of view

Bearded Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) Underwater Mediterranean Sea

$The Red Fanworm Protula bispiralis (ex. Protula magnifica) occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific from Westcoast Africa tu Australia. The spieces has with 38 whorls of spirally arranged branchial radioles, a tube diameter of up to 2cm and grows up to 30 cm. There are several common names like Red Hard Tube Coco Worm, Mopworm or Feather Duster. The species uses the feeding crowns to catch microplankton.\nLembeh Strait, Indonesia \n1°27'38.1666 N 125°13'34.2828 E at 8m depth$

Ptilosarcus gurneyi, the orange sea pen or fleshy sea pen, is a species of sea pen in the family Pennatulidae. It is native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean where it lives in deep water anchored by its base in sand or mud. It has received its common name because of its resemblance to a quill in a bottle of ink. Monterey Bay, California.

Hermodice carunculata, the bearded fireworm, is a type of marine bristleworm belonging to the Amphinomidae family

A close-up underwater photograph of a Horned Blenny peeking out from a rocky crevice in Japan. The image highlights its distinctive head cirri, spotted pattern, and curious expression, surrounded by colorful marine algae and reef habitat.

Amphinomidae, also known as the bristle worms or sea mice, are a family of marine polychaetes, many species of which bear chaetae mineralized with carbonate. The best-known amphinomids are the fireworms, which can cause great pain if their toxin-coated chaetae are touched or trodden on. Their relationship to other polychaete groups is somewhat poorly resolved.

Bearded Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) on a reef in the Mediterranean Sea

$Godeffroys Worm Cucumber Euapta godeffroyi occurs in the subtropical and tropical Indo-Pacific from South Africa to Hawaii in a depth range from 0-77m, max. length 40cm. \nThe spicules (microscopic calcareous structures that project through the skin) are a mixture of anchors and perforated plates with large holes. \n\nThe nocturnal species is a deposit feeder spending the day hidden among the rubble and corals. It emerges at night, crawling along using its anchor spicules for adhesion, and extending its tentacles onto the sediment (like this specimen) which sticks to them; food particles are passed to the mouth where they are scraped off. The sea cucumber selects the more nutritious particles it finds and consumes several times its bodyweight each day.\n\nTriton Bay, West Papua Province, Indonesia\n3°54'2.5416 S 134°6'23.8608 E at 9m depth by night$

Sabellastarte - feather duster worms in aquarium

An underwater shot of a eel hiding between mossy rocks. Taken in Kauai, Hawaii, during the day.

Tropical sea cucumber crawling over underwater coral reef in Maldives Indian Ocean atoll

Sea life. Bearded fireworm. Underwater. Very shallow DOF. Macro.

Bearded Fireworm off the coast of the island of Roatan

$The aeolid nudibranch, commonly known as 'Blue Dragon', Pteraeolidia ianthina occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa and the Arabian Sea to Australia across to Japan and Hawaii, New South Wales and Indonesia in a depth range from 1 to 32m, max. length 15cm. \nThe species is way ahead of man in harnessing solar energy. Pteraeolidia has evolved a method of capturing and farming microscopic plants (zooxanthellae) in its own body by feeding on hydroids with symbiotic zooxanthellae. The plants flourish in this protected environment and as they convert the sun's energy into sugars, they pass a significant proportion on to the nudibranch for its own use. This specimen was encountered in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia \n1°28'8.916 N 125°14'39.102 E at 15m depth$

Holothuria sanctori is a species of sea cucumber in the genus Holothuria

The sea pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi, is a colonial cnidaria. One polyp has been modified to form the body while the fringes of the feather contain numerous small feeding polyps. California coast.

A colorful fish swimming around the reefs near the water surface, in shallow waters in Spain.

A picture of a colored and dangerous vermocane

$Orang Utan Crab Achaeus japonicus occurs in the Western Central Pacific in a depth range from 5 to 25m, max. size of the carapace 2cm. It is a member of the Decorator Crab family, frequently, but not always, found in association with the bubble coral Plerogyra sinuosa. In this case, the host is a Flowerpot Coral Goniopora sp. \nOrang Utan literally means man of the forest in Indonesian, and these crabs really seem to look like their land-based namesakes. \nFlowerpot corals are most commonly found in turbid water protected from strong wave action. Flowerpot corals are capable of developing elongated sweeper polyps, like the sweeper tentacles of other corals, which can inflict severe tissue damage on a coral within their reach. It is therefore unusual to see other coral species growing close to the flowerpot coral, and it is believed that this adaptation benefits the flowerpot coral in the intense competition for space on the reef. \nFlowerpot corals have separate male and female colonies (not all corals do) which release sperm and eggs into the water for external fertilisation. The fertilised egg develops into a free-swimming larva that will eventually settle on the substrate and develop into new colonies.\nLembeh Strait, Indonesia \n1°27'38.166 N 125°13'34.284 E at 17m depth$

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