quokka2's Favorites
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Genus PavonaObserver
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Reef slope on headland, rubble, 5-15m.
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Favites flexuosaObserver
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Snorkel shallow reef opposite Paradise Cove Resort.
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Favites flexuosaObserver
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Lagoon side of S reef, 3-7m, coral bombies with sand channels between.
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Genus ThalassianthusObserver
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Snorkel along fringing reef. Varying turbidity. Good coral cover.
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Genus ThycaObserver
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Fringing reef wall at point, overhangs, rubble bottom. 5-11m.
I'm guessing here because the shape is like Thyca cristallina, normally blue and parasite on the Blue Linckia starfish. Could it have moved off the Linckia and changed colour to match the soft coral?
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Genus ParaplexauraObserver
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Reef outside. Slope, wall, clear water.
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Midnight Snapper (Macolor macularis)Observer
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Outer reef to drop off.
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Family EulimidaeObserver
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Outside edge of barrier reef down to 30m.
Parasite on the seastar Neoferdina cumingi?
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Hydrozoans (Class Hydrozoa)Observer
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Outer reef behind Bike Island. Slope down past 30m.
My husband's photos.
The polyps in the gap between.
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Genus PomacentrusObserver
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Outer reef, gentle slope down. 13-26m. Channels, big table corals.
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Sixband Parrotfish (Scarus frenatus)Observer
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Matuku was hit hard by Cyclone Harold in 2020 with a 6m "tsunami" as it passed. Coral was badly damaged though regrowing in places.
Snorkel lagoon patch reef.
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Genus LithophyllonObserver
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Point, wall, overhangs, rubble bottom. 5-15m.
This one seems a bit odd. Lithophyllon?
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Sea Squirts (Class Ascidiacea)Observer
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End of point. Wall with holes and overhangs down to approx 12m, rubble bottom.
Dark purple sponge in middle.
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Rhopalaea circulaObserver
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Dive across sand (20m+) and along end Nuku Reef (8-12m).
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Micromussa pacificaObserver
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Bommie in lagoon. 5-11m, sand bottom.
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Plate Corals (Family Fungiidae)Observer
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Bommie in lagoon. 5-11m, sand bottom.
