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This is the most comprehensive guide to the tropical Indo-Pacific crustaceans. Produced by collaboration between experienced diver and photographer and leading scientists, this book covers the region from the Red Sea to Papua New Guinea. This book is a first field guide, an assistant for the identification of shrimps, hermit crabs, lobsters, crabs, and other crustaceans in the region. Small and compact, available as a paperback and in electronic form, it is designed for divers, underwater photographers, and snorkelers. This information will be useful to aquarists who are interested in the crustaceans of the region. The book presents more than 1140 species that can be found and photographed in depths and regions accessible to recreational diving. Inside Coral reef crustaceans from Red Sea to Papua New Guinea: - Photographs of 1140+ species;- 500+ species have never before appeared in field guides or popular books;- Easy access to information;- Every effort was made to reduce disturbance to sea creatures- An extensive photo index at the beginning of the book, helps to find the right group of crustaceans, including those readers who have not yet learnt their names;

Marine flatworms are some of the ocean's most beautiful of those creatures that can be encountered by divers, snorkelers or simply lovers of marine life under water or in the intertidal zone. They are relatively simple animals with soft flat bodies. In this book we will focus on the free-living highly diverse marine flatworms of the order Polycladida. Often confused with nudibranchs, they are falling under the completely different phylum platyhelminthes (Platyhelminthes, Greek "platy" flat; "helminth" worm.) The book covers the region from the Red Sea, East and South Africa to Hawaii, Marshall Islands and Guam. Inside the book: -Over 1300 full color photographs of 580+ species;- Particular attention was paid to color variations;- Live photo of hundreds of species have never before appeared in field guides or popular books;- Convenient pictorial guide at the beginning and index at the end of the book.- The book contains photographs of most of the recently described Indo-Pacific flatworms, some of them are represented by holotypes.

This is the most comprehensive photo guide to the starfishes and other tropical Indo-Pacific echinoderms. This book covers the region from the Red Sea to Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, and Guam.Inside the book: - Photographs of 450+ species, including 126 starfish of the region;- 100+ species have never before appeared in field guides or popular books;- Convenient pictorial guide at the beginning and index at the end of the book;- Special attention was given to echinoderm associates and predators, photographs of 60 of them are included;- Every effort was made to reduce disturbance to sea creatures.This book is a field guide, it provides easy identification of commonly encountered starfishes, brittle stars, feather stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers that can be found and photographed in depths and regions accessible to recreational diving. It is designed for divers, underwater photographers, snorkelers, beachcombers, and nature lovers. Photographs, showing color variations are included. The validity of species names was checked with the help of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Seashell or sea shells are the hard exoskeleton of mollusks such as snails, clams, chitons. For most people, acquaintance with mollusks began with empty shells. These shells often delight the eye with a variety of shapes and colors. Conchology studies the mollusk shells and this science dates back to the 17th century. However, modern science - malacology is the study of mollusks as whole organisms. Today more and more people are interacting with the ocean - divers, snorkelers, beachgoers - all of them often find in the seas not empty shells but live mollusks - living shells, whose appearance is significantly different from museum specimens. This book serves as a tool for identifying such animals. The book covers the region from the Red Sea to Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, and Guam. Inside the book: - Photographs of 1500+ species, including one hundred cowries (Cypraeidae) and more than one hundred twenty allied cowries (Ovulidae) of the region;- Live photo of hundreds of species have never before appeared in field guides or popular books;- 2600 full-color images;- Convenient pictorial guide at the beginning and index at the end of the book.It is designed for divers, underwater photographers, snorkelers, shell collectors, beachcombers, and nature lovers. Photographs, showing color variations are included. The validity of species names was checked with the help of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).