Images Dated 17th July 2014

Feather-duster worm (Bispira sp.)

Feather-duster worm (Bispira sp.), a tube worm with a colourful 'crown' of ornate feeding and respiratory tentacles. It is a sedentary polychaete safely enclosed within its tube which is usually largely embedded in sand at the edge of a shallow patch reef. Anilao, Manila, Philippines

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Inland freshwater crab (Austrothelphusa transversa)

Inland freshwater crab (Austrothelphusa transversa), in a tributary of Running River, Burdekin River catchment. Gives birth to live tiny versions of itself that can exist in an arrested state under the mother's abdomen for up to six months until rain comes. Adults can live in their metre-deep burrow for six years waiting for rain. Mount Zero-Taravale Wildlife Sanctuary, adjoining the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia

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Moontail bullseye (Priacanthus hamrur)

Moontail bullseye (Priacanthus hamrur) portrait with with its large mouth open. French Polynesia

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