Scientific name: Sabellastarte spectabilis
Size: From 2.8 to 4 inches
Color: white and brown
Distinguishing feature: The visible part looks like a feather duster of white or brown gills (or both). The hidden part is a 4 inches thick worm.
Where did we see it: Mayotte
Scientific name: Sabellastarte spectabilis
Size: From 2.8 to 4 inches
Color: white and brown
Distinguishing feature: The visible part looks like a feather duster of white or brown gills (or both). The hidden part is a 4 inches thick worm.
Where did we see it: Mayotte
Indian feather worm is a tubular worm often buried in sand or lodged between two corals. It deploys a feather-shaped gill wreath to the outside, allowing it to breathe or catch food.
Divers approach is not easy, it tends to retract its gills if it feels a displacement of water.
The tiger shark has slender marks similars to the lines of tigers, hence its name.
When it is juvenile, these marks are round and not vertical. They change when it grows.
Some sharks can stay motionless on the sand (white tips reef sharks, nurse sharks, etc.).
These sharks don't have to swim to bring oxygen to their gills like other sharks (grey, hammerheads tc.)
The kakihona sushi (sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves) are really the best!
To eat them, you have to go to Nara!