Seafriends images part 1for 2003

Thumbnails of the Seafriends 2005 CD - Part 1
by Dr J Floor Anthoni (2005)
www.seafriends.org.nz/scrntx04/index.htm

This document contains thumbnails of the first half of all 500+ images in the photo slide show of the Seafriends 2005 CD. You can browse the images for the ones you are looking for. Click on an image or the linked photo ID to see the screen-sized image. You can search all text by clicking Edit/Find in page and entering a short search string. You can also print this document for future reference. Use special ink jet paper for best results. Click here for part 2.

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Cape Brett

f036426: sleeping red moki has beautiful colours

f036431: sleeping variable triplefin is beautiful in its colourful pyjamas

f036436: young snapper in pyjamas by night

f036503: female splendid perch has beautiful shape and colours

f036506: young butterfly perch and slender roughies

f036526: male variable triplefin in close-up

f036527: male variable triplefin by day

f036528: female two-spot demoiselle

f036533: male two-spot demoiselle

f036536: snake stars have gathered for mating

Leigh

f036602: diver inspecting an empty cray pot

f036605: a yellow-foot umbraculum feasting on orange golfball sponges

f036607: overturned umbraculum snail shows massive foot and extensible mouth

f036609: diver inspecting a grey nipple sponge

f036612: close-up of a grey polymastia nipple sponge

f036615: painted moki are relatively rare in NZ

f036616: painted moki closeup

f036622: a dense hydroid tree glows in artificial back-lighting

f036624: diver and kelp silhouetted

f036627: large deadman's finger soft coral fully extended, showing all polyps

f036631: large snowy particles do not only smother nature but are also a nightmare for photographers

f036633: with this amount of sedimentation only the hardiest of organisms can survive. Wall near Leigh.

Arid Island

f036708: a hardy colonial seasquirt under attack from poisonous yellow dinoflagellate scum

f036710: purple organ sponge attacked by yellow slime which eventually kills it

f036713: tall kelp reaching for sparse light in the absence of grazers

f036715: the once rich community of invertebrate life under the kelp canopy has vanished through degradation

f036717: a grey umbrella shell eating through the needle sharp glass skeleton of a grey sponge

f036725: weakened by insufficient light, this kelp forest is dying

deep growing kelp in light rebound from sand

f036733: where the sand rebounds the light, kelp can grow deeper than usual

top grey sponge cleansed by rushing water

f036734: location is important for survival as the top grey sponge is cleansed by rushing water

f036736: orange honeycomb sponge

f036802: bits of this yellow nipple sponge survived where once a proud sponge stood

f036803: orange finger sponge in green sea rimu

f036804: a seriously degraded kelp forest devoid of invertebrate life

f036807: dead Calyspongia ramosa rough fingersponge

f036810: this vertical wall is now almost completely devoid of invertebrate life

f036815: where rushing water cleanses, a community of survivors hangs on for dear life

f036819: hardy survivors on a sediment-smothered ledge

rock pool Leigh

f036900: small octopus in a rock pool

f036902: the Scutus shield limpet feeds on detritus

f036909: green urchin growing too large for its socket made by many predecessors

f036911: unidentified Philinopsis nudibranch

f036916: Philinopsis nudibranch tailgating

f036920: snakeskin chiton

f036921: after splitting, an 11-armed star walks around with 5 or 6 arms

f036924: lemon dendrodoris nudibranch is nocturnal

f037003: the lined whelk is a scavenger

f037009: lined whelk near its egg capsules

f037016: unusual common cushion star has six arms instead of five

f037020: 6-armed split of an 11-armed star making 8 new arms to become a 14-armed star

f037024: mottled triplefin Grahamina capito

Leigh

f037702: inquisitive snapper

f037705: snapper

f037708: snapper

f037717: sponges and seasquirts braving fierce currents in an archway

f037722: standing room only on a vertical wall inside an archway. Most are jewel anemones, Corynactis australis

f037727: where life is good, competition is fierce and all space is taken

f037728: strategies for survival: growing fast and being edible (red seaweed) or not (the others)

f037731: fast growing compound seasquirts where more permanent creatures once stood

f037732: only the powerful jaws of eagle rays can crack robust Cooks turban shells

Poor Knights

f037804: compound seasquirt

f037809: 20mm lined tambja seaslug

f037810: 10mm stalked compound seasquirts

f037811: close-up of blue Bugula bryozoa just shows their tiny polyps

f037812: pink strawberry sponges

f037817: gill feathers of Verco's tambja nudibranch

f037820: head and rhinophores (horns) of Verco's tambja

f037822: closeup of a cup coral polyp, Flabellum rubrum

f037824: mouth and tentacles of the polyp of a cup coral, Flabellum rubrum

f037827: a mating orgie of gold ribbon chromodoris nudibranchs

f037829: closeup of a 20mm young goldribbon chromodoris

f037832: Tambja morosa sea slug on its favourite bryozoans

f037834: gem nudibranch Dendrodoris denisoni

f037836: head and horns of a gem nudibranch

f037901: flame slug Janolus ignis on bryzoan firs, Cribricellina cribraria

f037908: clown nudibranch Ceratosoma amoena mating in an improbable threesome

f037910: unidentified flatworm on bryozoa by night

f037918: fiery seaslug Janolus ignis eating bryozoan firs, Cribricellina cribraria

f037919: mouth and tentacles of a cup coral polyp

f037925: fiery seaslug Janolus ignis

f037930:unidentified snail

f037934: gold margined chromodoris nudibranch Chromodoris aureomarginata

f037935: unidentified mitre shell

f037936: tiny 10mm fan worm is very shy

f038003: large clown nudibranch on a red sponge

f038008: pores of a massive colonial seasquirt

f038010: decorator seasquirt collects debris as defence

f038013: the speckled moray is NZ' largest, Gymnothorax obesus

f038020: closeup of strawberry sponges

f038023: coiled egg mass of a clown nudibranch

f038024: closeup shows neatly arranged rows of nudibranch eggs

f038027: purple mushroom seasquirtsoverrun by pink strawberry sponges

f038030: each node of this bryozoan fir is a boxed animal, its tiny polyp pointing inward

f038031: closeup of mauve compound mushroom seasquirt Hypsistozoa fasmeriana

f038032: closeup of hydroid sea fir shows tiny polyps, fruiting bodies and predating snail

f038034: closeup of demoiselle at night

f038036: closeup of fragile cementing tubeworms

f038103: the sea spider has such a small body that many of its organs reside inside its long legs

f038105: portrait of a 5cm blue-eyed triplefin in spawning colours

f038112: blue-dot Elysia nudibranch

f038114: iridescent red seaweed reflects blue light. Champia laingii

f038116: colonial seasquirts growing like running plant roots

f038119: pale strawberry sponge looks like a moon landscape

f038121: closeup of pale strawberry sponge

f038126: mauve mushroom seasquirts discoloured by sunlight and algae, Hypsistozoa fasmeriana

f038127: closeup of mauve mushroom seasquirts, Hypsistozoa fasmeriana

f038132: coralline bryozoans and others in the background

f038133: spectacled triplefin in red colours

f038134: portrait of spectacled triplefin in dark colours

f038201: the Poor Knights cowrie is rarely seen. This one of 25mm is dead.

f038203: blue-eyed triplefin on a dark nipple sponge, Polymastia fusca

f038205: stalked compound seasquirt

f038208: portrait of a young grey moray, Gymnothorax nubilus

f038213: transparent flask seasquirts. Clavelina sp.

f038214: closeup of transparent flask seasquirts, Clavelina sp.

f038216: lined tambja nudibranch

f038217: portrait of blue-eyed triplefin

f038218: male demoiselle fanning his nest of eggs

f038222: portrait of 7cm crested blenny peeping out of its hole

f038223: portrait of a 7cm crested blenny peeping out of its hole

f038226: brittle star arms and hard bryozoan colony

f038228: blue eyes of larvae inside 0.4mm demoiselle eggs on a bryozoan mat

f038229: detail of orange nipple sponge Polymastia granulosa

f038230: skin detail of an orange golf ball sponge, Tethya fastigata

detail of skin of orange golf ball sponge

f038231: exhaust and skin detail of an orange golf ball sponge, Tethya fastigata

f038232: detail of the purple carpet sponge

camouflaged shrimps hiding amongst the Solanderia hydroid tree

f038233: camouflaged shrimps hiding amongst the tiny polyps of the Solanderia hydroid tree

f038234: knarled trunk of a Solanderia hydroid tree

f038300: gorgonean fan corals on a vertical wall

f038305: growth underneath an overhang

f038309: diver and fish silhouetted

f038310: diver and demoiselles silhouetted

f038326: a marble fish scurries away up a steep rock wall

f038331: demoiselles above lessonia strap weed

f038335: male butterfish in spawning colours races around in circles

f038336: male butterfish in spawning colours

yellow zoanthid anemones invading a dead sponge

f038404: yellow zoanthid anemones invading a large dead toilet sponge

f038405: a large and healthy crater sponge

f038407: unidentified yellow encrusting sponge

f038408: unidentifired yellow encrusting sponge

f038416: golden snapper under a rocky overhang

f038417: golden snapper are nocturnal, preferring a dark sheltered place by day

f038424: inquisitive golden snapper approaching the photographer

f038425: golden snapper outside a small cave

f038430: a lush stand of tough Lessonia strap weed

f038431: a lush stand of tough Lessonia strap weed

f038432: a stand of lush feather weed

f038502: a snorkeldiver explores the enchantment of shallow mixed seaweeds

f038503: snorkeldiver in a seaweed garden

f038508:snorkeldiver amongst sunlit seaweeds

f038519: snorkeldiver in a pallette of colours

f038521: a seaweed garden seen through a hidden passage

f038523: snorkeldiver above stalked kelp garden

f038527: a snorkel diver dives down above a stalked kelp garden

f038535:a diver find nautilus shells

f038537: a snorkeldiver has found complete paper nautilus shells

f038606: a diver demonstrates a pelagic salp which consists of a colony of seasquirt-like organisms

f038611: the fragile shells of paper nautilus inkfish are very fragile and most of the ones found in spring, are damaged

f038613: diver looking surprised with a rare longfinned boarfish' interest

f038615: a long-finned boarfish couple, although not afraid, is suspicious of the photographer

f038616: male and female longfinned boarfish bond for life

f038617: longfinned boarfish couple surprise a diver

f038629 ctenophore jelly

f038630: ctenophore jelly

f038635: a large comb jelly opens up while a diver observes

f038701: a 30cm long salp

f038705: a fragile comb jelly

f038710: a solid compound seasquirt underneath one live and two dead stalked kelp

f038712: a solid compund seasquirt amongst other sessile life forms

f038718: a large salp resting on the kelp canopy

f038721: this stocking-shaped salp is closed on one end. As the thousands of animals making up its skin pump water from the outside inward, this also propels it jet-like