Critters Wonderlands – DAUIN

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Here we are for a new chapter of “The critter wonderlands”, where the small creatures crowd the reefs and the sandy bottoms. This time we talk about Dauin, a place on the south oriental coast of Negros Island in the Phillipines Visayas. Dauin offers several dive sites, some of them with coral reefs or coral patches and others in pure muck dive style. The dive sites are often located in marine sanctuaries, where fishing and sailing are not permitted.

Maybe due to the period of my stay, I did not meet so many nudies. Sea slugs apart, a great benthic biodiversity just interrupted with the excursions to Apo island, Sumilon island or at the whale shark show in Oslob.

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Chromodoris annae – Dauin south

Goniobranchus reticulatus – Bahura

Nembrotha lineolata – Masaplod sand

Flabellina exoptata – Atlantis south

Apo island

the whale shark show – Oslob

Many interesting subjects on the sand and among the algae.

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Amphiprion ocellaris – Cottege point (Sumilon island)

Amphiprion bicinctus – Ship wreck

Amphiprion bicinctus – Bahura

Aspidontus taeniatus – People dive

Pteroidichthys amboinensis – Bonets corner

Antennarius maculatus – Bahura

Antennarius maculatus – Atlantis south

Histrio histrio – Cogon (Apo island)

Hippocampus histrix – Atlantis south

Trachinocephalus myops – Bonets corner

Calappa gallus – Pura vida

Odontodactylus latirostris – Dauin north

Amphioctopus mototi – Dauin north

Hapalochlaena lunulata – Bonets corner

Metasepia pfefferi – Dauin north

Metasepia pfefferi – Ship wreck

Metasepia pfefferi – Ship wreck

Filogranella elatensis – Palition cave (Siquijor island)

Anyway I found the real explosion of life among the polyps of the corals and the tentacles of anemone and crinoid.

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Neopetrolisthes maculatus – El Dorado house reef

Neopetrolisthes maculatus – Pura vida

Ancylocaris brevicarpalis – Ginama point

Achaeus japonicus – Palition cave (Siquijor island)

Vir philippinensis – Atlantis south

Galathea bimaculata – Dauin north

Lauriea siagiani – Atlantis south

Laomenes sp. – Ginama point

Laomenes tigris – Masaplod sand

Discotrema crinophila – Bahura

Allogalathea elegans – Car wreck

Tozeuma armatum – People dive

Tozeuma armatum – People dive

Bryaninops yongei – Masaplod sanctuary

Bryaninops yongei – Atlantis north

Miropandalus hardingi – Masaplod sand

Pontonides sp. – Pura vida

Pontonides ankeri – Atlantis south

Pleurosicya annandalei – Masaplod sand

Pleurosicya boldinghi – Masaplod sand

Hoplophrys oatesi – Masaplod sanctuary

Manipontonia psamathe – People dive

At list Dauin is the right place for those like me…… the sick of macro photography!

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