May was too kind to us with eight more first time captures including a couple of Cuban aglajas, an umbrella corallimorph, a post larval queen triggerfish, two spot cardinalfish, Atlantic giant cockle and a colorful moon snail.
We were also able to capture a number of unique behaviors like a flounder/box crab hunting team, a club-tipped anemone catching a bloodworm and a crawling murex. Of course there were a number of uncommon animals we don’t usually see on the reef as well, such as a music volute, Atlantic thorny oyster, jackknife fish, spiny brittle star and a web burrfish.
Stop reading and watch the video already!
UNCOMMON SEA LIFE AND FIRST TIME CAPTURE IDENTIFICATION
We primarily use two sources to validate sea life we don’t recognize. The first is Florent's Guide To TheTropical Reefs which can be found at reefguide.org. Its free and has lots of pictures, but is not comprehensive. The second is “The Reef Set: Reef Fish, Reef Creature and Reef Coral (3 Volumes)”. The box set can be found on Amazon; however with all our travels, we also purchased the eBooks (fishid.com/store/product-categ...) so we don’t have to carry an extra five pounds of paper in our luggage. :-) We also reference other sources from time to time as well.
Here are some links to more information/images about animals from this video.
* Atlantic Thorny Oyster - reefguide.org/thornyoyster.html
* Flying Gurnard - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_...
* Club-Tipped Anemone - reefguide.org/carib/clubtippe...
* Lettuce Slug - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_...
* Southern Lugworm - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenicola
* Longlure Frogfish - www.fishbase.se/summary/3084
* Jackknife Fish - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-kn...
CAMERA EQUIPMENT
* Underwater Camera - iPhone 15 Pro Max
* Underwater Housing - Divevolk Seatouch 4 Max
* Underwater Lights - Kraken Hydra 8000 WRGBU
* Camera App - Black Magic Camera App
* Macro Lenses
* Divevolk +8 Close-Up Lens
* AOI UCL-900 +15 Close-Up Lens