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Margarita Egg Cowrie

Diminovula margarita

A Margined Egg Cowrie creeps across a Dendronephthya soft coral, its shell wrapped in a smooth, spotted mantle fringed with white, tentacle-like papillae.

Despite its name it is in fact a ‘false cowrie’, an ovulid that both hides on and feeds upon its host, and I framed it deep among the coral’s vivid spikes so the contrast of soft and sharp carries the image

Lembeh, Indonesia

Nudi Falls

Camera settings

Camera: Olympus TG-7
Lighting: Orcatorch D710
Focal length: 10.3mm
Aperture: f/14
Shutter: 1/250
ISO: 125

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CategoryNudibranchs & Sea Slugs CollectionSoft Coral Spotlight

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