
Old drunk samurai crab; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Sea (not a) spider; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Close-up of the orbital hoods of Alpheus cf rapax (Alpheidae); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

A rather unusual blue flatworm (Pseudoceros bifurcus); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Diopatra sp (Onuphidae) from mudflats of Singapore; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Mangrove water scorpion (SF Nepinae); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Very cute galeommatid bivalve, possibly Scintilla sp; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Snapping shrimp (Alpheus cf facetus); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Jewel pebble crab (Seulocia cristata); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Out-of-space clam (Galeommatidae); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Mantis shrimp tail fan (Oratosquillina inornata); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Glass squid; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Amazing tonguefish; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Halfbeak jaws; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Rhizopa gracilipes parasitised by a sacculinid rhizocephalan; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Latreutes anoplonyx, one of two jellyfish-associated shrimps; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Berthelinia sp (possibly B. chloris), a bivalved sea slug; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Mole crab (Albunea cf groeningi); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Mimocaris heterocarpoides, a very unusual member of the (polyphyletic) family Hippolytidae; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

A juvenile horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas) in ventral view; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Noble volute (Cymbiola nobilis); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Diopatra sp (Onuphidae); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Frontal view of a porcelain crab (Lissoporcellana sp); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Rhizopa sp, frontal view; Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Spongy pebble crab (Pariphiculus spongiosus); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Flat-rock elbow crab (Cryptopodia fornicata); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Hairy porcelain crab (Raphidopus cf ciliatus); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Colourful king prawn (Penaeus cf semisulcatus); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Pebble crab (Ixa pulcherrima); Straits of Johore, October 2012. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Spiny pebble crab (Arcania erinacea); CMBS, Singapore. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Sluggish mud crab (Chasmocarcinops gelasimoides); CMBS, Singapore. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Xanthid crab (Epiactaea nodulosa); CMBS, Singapore. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Synalpheus iocasta; Singapore Marine. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Cute sea slug; Singapore Marine. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

The “bipedal crab”, Gomeza bicornis; Singapore Marine. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Sea apple – the most colourful sea cucumber in the world; Singapore Marine. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Deep-water pebble crab; Singapore Marine. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Sponge-associated porcelain crab (Polyonyx sp); Singapore Marine. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Tail fan of a mantis shrimp; Singapore Marine. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Small snapping shrimp (Synalpheus streptodactylus); Singapore Marine. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

Lysmatella prima; CMBS, Singapore. (Photo by Arthur Anker)

“Imperfect” Iconaster longimanus – the upper arm was damaged and regenerated, which affected the typically perfect shape of the “star” on the disk. Singapore Marine. (Photo by Arthur Anker)
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