Its Latin name is Polycladida pardalis, and it belongs to the phylum, Platyhelminthes. It is easier to call it a leopard flatworm and it looks awesome. It is hermaphroditic and can live up to a year.
One of the few shots I have of increasingly rare trumpet fish. They hover upright, pretending to be a strand of gorgonian soft coral, and snapping to the side to slurp up a small, unsuspecting tomtate, or baby parrot fish. If you are seen to react to their presence,...
These fish are not only rare but also very hard to see. They change the color and pattern of their skin to match the bottom underneath them. When they are very small and existing as plankton, (life forms too small to swim against the current and have to just go with...
Anemones are in the same phylum, Anthozoa, as corals. Their basic commonality is that they are so primitive that they only have one hole. They both eat with their but and throw up poop Unlike corals, which are generally colonial, anemones are usually solitary. They...
Like his namesake in the ‘Lord of the Rings’, Gollum prefers darkness and nighttime. Their daytime vision is poor which results in either shy or inappropriate behavior. He has big dark eyes with a bewildered look. You would not want to hold him because he...
