RickCollier > Scarlet cleaner shrimp hang out in their protected cleaning station, a hole in the reef.  St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor rock coral hole scarlet cleaner shrimp
RickCollier > Scarlet cleaner shrimp hang out in their protected cleaning station, a hole in the reef.  St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor rock coral hole scarlet cleaner shrimp
RickCollier > A stingray "breaks cover" to swim away from divers.  St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand sandy bottom ocean floor sea bed stingray
RickCollier > Stingray.  St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand sandy bottom ocean floor sea bed stingray
RickCollier > Caribbean painted lobsters wave their long spiny antennae at potential predators to defend themselves.  St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor rocks cave hole crustacean shellfish lobster
RickCollier > A batwing crab hides in a hole waiting for night, when it will come out to forage.  St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor rocks cave hole crustacean shellfish batwing crab cleaner goby cleaning fish sponge
RickCollier > A porcupinefish swims above the reef.  St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive reef fish porcupinefish porcupine fish
RickCollier > The stonefish lies on the bottom and looks like a rock.  It has poisonous spines that can be quite dangerous if you don't notice it is there and touch, grab, step, or bump into it.  St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive reef fish sand bottom sandy sea floor sea bed stonefish "stone fish"
RickCollier > A pair of banded shrimp (red-banded cleaner shrimp).  St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive banded shrimp
Scarlet cleaner shrimp hang out in their protected cleaning station, a hole in the reef. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor rock coral hole scarlet cleaner shrimp
RickCollier > Scarlet cleaner shrimp hang out in their protected cleaning station, a hole in the reef.  St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor rock coral hole scarlet cleaner shrimp
Scarlet cleaner shrimp hang out in their protected cleaning station, a hole in the reef. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




"St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor rock coral hole scarlet cleaner shrimp
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