Blog Log - Feb 12, 2005

For the past 3 weeks, not a dive has gone by without us sharing a moment with these gorgeous Gorgonian shrimp (Torzeuma armatum). Also known as the Needle shrimp or Saw blade shrimp, this crustacean lives an almost invisible life upon gorgonians.



They occur in a variety of colours, from red to blue, to white or translucent. So far, we've sighted three varieties in our waters, and in a varied levels of maturity. In our first post, we'd mentioned these animals breed easily as long as there is a healthy population of whips. We hope this holds true, and pray the present abundance of whips we have in our waters holds up for the better.



Apart from rare shrimps, Hantu's reefs also house an incredible diversity of nudibranches.



Today alone, we'd sighted several species of nudis, and over time, we've come across some really rare specimens as suggested by sea slug biologists.



Then of course there were other pretty things like anemones...



And crinoids! We don't know why all the crinoids we encountered during this dive were hiding in holes...


On the surface, as busy as it was underwater, barges and their little mighty tug bots were busy busy busy in the fairway... Reminding us that our bid to preserve Hantu Island is an ever urgent one.