One month ago today, Ms Mole and I travelled to St Joe Bay to do some snorkeling in the sea grass.
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I've written previous diaries on the sea grass community here and here and here where you can go for some background. It wasn't the most exciting day but there was some cool stuff to see. Not sure what either of the things below were but I saw them several times.
More recognizable was this spotted burrfish, a close relative of the famous porcupine fish. The first picture is enhanced, the second is unadulterated.
Below are a couple of inverts. First a sea star. The name is in one of the other diaries. It is very handsome and extremely active - I see them gliding over the sand relatively quickly. I also saw sand dollars and sea urchins in reasonable numbers.
This bivalve (a clam?) was buried in the sand. The first of its kind I've seen in the sea grass.
One place I did get lucky was finding fish living in old pen shells. These large shells are good homes. I think this is some kind of blenny.
I also saw a small toadfish in another shell but the pictures are just blurs.
Here's a common species in the sea grass. These juvenile grunts are all over the place.
There were other organisms but few good photo opportunities - the water clarity was a bit low.
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