I never knew so many critters lived in tide pools…

Last Friday, Beth and I ventured over to the tide pools in Ka Iwi State Park near Sandy Beach. After Beth gathered pictures of different limu species, I experimented with various camera settings to capture the cool tide pool critters. Here are my results:

Gobies and juvenile Blackspot sergeants

Calcinus seurati (Seurat’s Hermit Crab)

Caulerpa sertularioides

Bathygobius spp. (tide pool goby)

Stenopus hispidus (Banded Coral Shrimp)

Goby perched on top of algae

Crab

Galaxaura rugosa

Crab and Cowry