Strange Sea Creatures

Created By: violet-ray
Last Modified: 01/03/06
Summary: A sea horse that looks like seaweed, a viciously adorable shrimp that eats live starfish, coral that expands to feed at night and a fish called fairy basslet that is always born female but can change into male when need be...so many strange creatures under ze sea! Also, check out the strange and sexy sting ray mating footage by Nova.
Blue Clown Shrimp
Summary: Cute Blue Harlequin Shrimp that devour live starfish
Link: Shedd Aquarium
Summary: Bicolor fairy basslets live together in a large group. ... Small and elegant,bicolor fairy basslets float over the reef in waves of bright color. ...
Link: NOVA Online | Island of the Sharks | Dispatch: October 13, 1998
Summary: Marbled stingrays were massing along the southern tip of the island, he said,... Their eyes, so thoroughly camouflaged in their mottled heads that at first ...
Link: Rays
Summary: These rays are some of the largest in the Manta family with wing spans of up toand even over 20 feet. ... Sting Rays. Marbled Sting Ray ...
Link: Basket Star Arms
Summary: Basket Stars are one of the stranger cousins of starfish. ... This photo shows an extreme close-up of a section of a large Basket Star. ...
Link: Basket Star on Coral
Summary: Basket Stars are one of the stranger cousins of starfish. ... This photo shows a young Basket Star approximately three inches in diameter. ...
Link: Blue Harlequin Shrimp - Hymenocera elegans
Summary: Beautiful photos and info about Blue Clown Shrimp.
Link: Leafy Sea Dragon main page, Phycodurus eques
Summary: A fully grown Leafy Sea Dragon grows to about 18 inches (45 cm). ... For a February 2002 updated overview of the leafy sea dragon, see this page from the ...

