I recently had the bad luck of having to solve a Pyramidellidae snail problem. They’re a plague that can weaken and even kill the beautiful Tridacna clams. I didn’t know about the pyramidellidae snails, including the fact they could be the culprits of the damage to my [...]
Good morning, I have a cool little crab (about 2 inches wide) from the recent Statia expedition found with a deep-sea submersible by scientists from the Smithsonian Institution and Substation Curacao. Crabs are not always easy to photograph! This one here kept burying himself in the sand with [...]
About three years ago, I headed to Chile with my colleague and friend Dr. Patricia Alvarez-Campos. She had received a grant to collect and study polychaete worms in Central Chile. For those of you who don’t know what a polychaete is, think of the gorgeous cousins of your good ‘ol [...]
Hi all, as most of you already know I have the worlds largest collection of live slit-shell photos from all over the Caribbean and now I have them from St. Eustatius. These little beauties were all found on the same trip and they looked different than others we had seen from other areas of the [...]
Good morning, after I did my five days of photography for the Smithsonian Institution off the coast of St. Eustatius, I then started shooting photos for the SIRENAS group which involved shooting deep-sea sponges of every size color and shape one could imagine. One of these sponges was filled with [...]
Hello readers, I have a monster sized crab for you this morning with one of those faces that only an underwater photographer and it’s mother could love. Many of my long time followers know the love I have for any kind of crab and it’s a love that has grown or come from spending hours or days [...]
Hi all, today I have a beautiful three inch, red-spotted hermit crab for your viewing pleasure compliments of the world famous Smithsonian Institution and Substation Curacao. My long time followers already know the love I have for crabs and invertebrates but hermit crabs in general hold a special [...]
I’ve not met an aquarist yet that doesn’t like a tridacnid. So hereare some photos from my recent Maldives expedition of a few beauties I found along the way. This fellow might not be the most attractive overall, but it was quite a size, and under the bright sunlight, [...]