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Family EulimidaeObserver
quokka2Description
Outside edge of barrier reef down to 30m.
Parasite on the seastar Neoferdina cumingi?
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Hydrozoans (Class Hydrozoa)Observer
quokka2Description
Outer reef behind Bike Island. Slope down past 30m.
My husband's photos.
The polyps in the gap between.
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Genus PomacentrusObserver
quokka2Description
Outer reef, gentle slope down. 13-26m. Channels, big table corals.
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Sixband Parrotfish (Scarus frenatus)Observer
quokka2Description
Matuku was hit hard by Cyclone Harold in 2020 with a 6m "tsunami" as it passed. Coral was badly damaged though regrowing in places.
Snorkel lagoon patch reef.
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Genus LithophyllonObserver
quokka2Description
Point, wall, overhangs, rubble bottom. 5-15m.
This one seems a bit odd. Lithophyllon?
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
quokka2Description
End of point. Wall with holes and overhangs down to approx 12m, rubble bottom.
Dark purple sponge in middle.
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Rhopalaea circulaObserver
quokka2Description
Dive across sand (20m+) and along end Nuku Reef (8-12m).
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Micromussa pacificaObserver
quokka2Description
Bommie in lagoon. 5-11m, sand bottom.
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Plate Corals (Family Fungiidae)Observer
quokka2Description
Bommie in lagoon. 5-11m, sand bottom.
