Dive Details
Location
Date
26 February, 2013
Time
8:28am - 9:33am
Details
The 19th dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and the first of five dives in the vicinity of Mansuar Island.
Moving to the northern parts of Raja Ampat meant that we'd be in the area where Pontoh's pygmy seahorses can be found. On the very first dive in the area, Nicole points out 2 to us, one that Ongko found and one that Nicole found herself. It was pretty exciting to see yet another species of pygmy seahorse and then to see 2 species of pipefish as well as flatworms, nudibranchs and commensal shrimp.
Buddy
Sheree Papuni
Seas
Slight
Visibility
25 metres
Duration
65 minutes
Maximum depth
22.8 m
Average depth
15.4 m
Water temperature
28.7°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D7000
Lens
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D
Housing
Ikelite 6801.70
Lens port
Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41
Strobe
2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS161
Photographs
Depth information, where present, indicates the depth of the camera when the photograph was taken and can be used to approximate the depth of the subject.
Sea cucumber, Colochirus robustus. 14.5 m.
Nudibranchs, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 20 m.
Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes brevicarpalis. 20.6 m.
Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes venustus. 20.5 m.
Pontoh's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi. 22 m.
Polyclad flatworm, Euryleptid sp. 22.2 m.
Pontoh's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi. 21.5 m.
Nudibranch, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 22.2 m.
Red lionfish, Pterois antennata. 21.1 m.
Nudibranch, Flabellina riwo. 19.8 m.
Nudibranch, Nembrotha kubaryana. 17.5 m.
Polyclad flatworm, Pseudoceros scriptus. 16.8 m.
Jawfish, Opistognathus sp. 16.3 m.
Nudibranch, Nembrotha kubaryana. 13.7 m.
Pipefish, Corythoichthys sp. 13.4 m.
Dragonet, Synchiropus sp. 6.6 m.
Reeftop pipefish, Corythoichthys haematopterus. 6.7 m.
Hermit crab, Calcinus minutus. 5.9 m.