Colors on the bottom of the sea

Small creatures like shrimps, crabs, sea slugs, sea cucumbers . are also enough to create a colorful picture of the ocean world.

Bali, Indonesia, is home to this strange species - mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus). This shrimp is eaten by braking its prey until it can eat the internal tissue.



It's easy to understand why the macaroni worm (Loimia medusa) has such a name. They radiate long fringes to collect food.



The puffer fish (Lactophrys triqueter) swims in the Grand Turk island in the Caribbean. They blow water through their mouths to reveal prey such as worms, sponges, crustaceans.



Like a transparent ship in the night sky, this nudibranch has a very flexible body to swim underwater and can reach a length of 15 cm.



The goby (Trimma okinawae) peeked out from the anemones in Solomon Islands. They can change sex from male to female and vice versa.



The colorful sea slug (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeds on the Grand Turk island.



This dark blue sea slug is swallowing a prey. Its colorful colors come from the foods they eat every day.



Dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in Indonesian waters. Less than 2.5 cm long, sizes and colors help disguise it in corals.



A shrimp and a crab are lying on themselves of a sea cucumber.



Colorful crabs accompany the purple sea urchins in Clallam Bay, Washington.