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The reefs around Sangalaki and her neighbours are pretty diverse, gardens, walls, slope, channels and plains which are home to countless interesting things. This is a mixed selection of small fun stuff.

An extreme coral close up, probably a slipper coral	Little hydroids, looking very much like our own Oaten pipes	A rare siting of a 'sweetie' nudibranch with its...	Here it is again! They never do this! - Phylidiella...	Here's another one! Honestly, this is a very rare sight!
Obviously getting less rare all the time... - Phyllidia...	Here's a Blue Dragon Nudibranch, covered in big rosettes...	Here he is further away, making his general shape a bit...	Not very attractive, but quite an exciting nudibranch......	...It looks a bit like it's covered in icing sugar... -...
...Not very nice, is it? - Phyllodesmium kabiranum	This is a much prettier nudibranch - Flabellina exoptata	Here's another, snacking on tiny hydroids. Probably...	Not quite sure whether this is a flatworm or a nudi, it...	This one is definitely a flatworm! They can swim through...
Here's another flatworm, looks like it's wearing the...	The 'feelers' at the front are just rolled up bits of the...	Another flatworm example pretending to rear up -...	An extreme close up of mushroom coral	Boo! A clownfish (the Spinecheek Anemone fish - Premnas...
A 'Fiding Nemo' style clownfish Western Clown Anemonefish...	Cute little nippy blenny. The Bicolour Combtooth Blenny -...	A rather nice Red Fire goby - Nemateliotris magnifica....	Red Fire goby - Nemateliotris magnifica	Whip coral fish on a whip coral, oddly enough -...
Here's one pretending to be a different type of whip...	Whip Coral Partner Shrimps - Pontonides unciger - on yet...	A closer view. A bit icky aren't they? Whip Coral Partner...	Here's a different colourway. Again, the polyps are only...	On this one, you can see the individual mouths inside...
This shrimp is looking a bit obvious, now his whip coral...	A small grouper hoping for a wrasse to come and clean his...	There are two tiny Mushroom Coral Pipefish -...	Here's one from above, in case you missed it before -...	We're not absolutely sure what these are on, but they are...
Trumpet fish, looking put out	Variagated Lizard fish - Synodus variegatus, waiting to...	Another cute blenny. Two-Colour Combtooth Blenny -...	Boarfish. Possibly.	I know this one! Moray eel!
Tube dwelling anemone	Inhalent siphon on a giant clam. Pretty isn't it?	Another bit of a giant clam	Two little clams grown into some coral	Symbiotic goby and bulldozer shrimp relationship... Red...
The goby guards while the blind shrimp keeps the tunnel...	The gobies flick the shrimps with their tails to warn...	...see?Orange Spotted Shrimp Goby - Amblyeleotris guttata	And again Orange Spotted Shrimp Goby - Amblyeleotris...	Luckily, Rob's really patient... Orange Spotted Shrimp...
The centre of a Featherstar, these are usually full of...	...this is a Crinoid Squat Lobster - Allogalathea elegans	Bubble Coral Shrimp - Vir philippinensis - in Bubble...	...See how it's full of eggs? Bubble Coral Shrimp - Vir...	Tiny Partner Shrimp -Periclemenes Spp - on a starfish,...
It helps if you have someone to act as a'starfish lazy...	I'm sure the starfish had chosen to sleep on its back -...	ChristmasTree Worms! These are all over the Red Sea if...	My favourite colour	This one looks like a really nice dessert
This is actually a tiny fanworm, like our Bispira worms	Fish!	Another fish!	Sad clown fish	These are really nippy, I hate them! Striped Triplefin -...
Aw's Fang Blenny - Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos - having a...	Isn't he cute? Just waiting to jump out and rip lumps out...	Sharpnosed Toby with a nasty parasite on his eye	A mosaic puffer, like a big nervous dog	Bluebell seasquirts
More little squirts, we haven't seen these ones before	The common big blue solitary squirt	Sea Posy. A huge range of squirts and hydroids	This one is mostly comprised of little stalked squirrts	A floppy Seapen

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