Take the 2015 Reef Hitchhikers Survey

Take the 2015 Reef Hitchhikers Survey

Above: Not all reef invasive species are unwelcome—an unusual form of Gonodactylus smithii, the Purple-Spotted Mantis Shrimp (a smasher), that arrived in Dr. Roy Caldwell’s Berkeley lab via a piece of rock with a cave. Courtesy Roy’s List of Stomatopods...
CORAL March/April 2015 Issue Preview

CORAL March/April 2015 Issue Preview

CORAL Magazine Volume 12, Number 2 Gracing the cover is a quintessentially curious dwarf angelfish, in this case a naturally-occurring hybrid known as the “Tigerpyge” (Centropyge eibli x C. flavissima), a fish photographed and kept by “Lemon” Tea Yi Kai....
CORAL Video: An Adamantium Mantis

CORAL Video: An Adamantium Mantis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtNAqK_V-lg Speed Kills: The Fastest Punch in the World This is an excellent, must-see video including a 3D animation of the mechanics of the smashing mechanisms displayed by Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Odontodactylus scyllarus. Imagine an...