Some cool marine animals images:
Spearer mantis shrimp (Harpiosquilla sp.)
Image by wildsingapore
These animals are often mistaken for shrimps but mantis shrimps belong to a different Order. They have toothed claws that snap shut like those of their land-based name-sake the praying mantids.
More about this animal on the wildfacts sheets on wildsingapore.
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Male and female
Image by ccarlstead
Espinola Marine Iguanas.
The males get the pretty colors. But they have to work to attract a female.
Espanola Island
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
Pulsing Xenia
Image by nebarnix
A Soft Coral
