Rinca Collection (page 3)

Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) adult, flicking forked tongue, walking on beach at edge of water, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, October

Park ranger with stick looking at tourists walking on path in background, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P
Park ranger with stick looking at tourists walking on path in background, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, July

View of bay with liveaboard dive boats, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, July
View of bay with liveaboard dive boats, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, July

Catalas Starfish (Thromidia catalai) adult, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, July
Catalas Starfish (Thromidia catalai) adult, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, July

View of coastline and hills, Komodo N. P. Rinca Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March
View of coastline and hills, Komodo N.P. Rinca Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

View of tropical reef habitat with crinoids, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P
View of tropical reef habitat with crinoids, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

View of tropical reef habitat with fish shoal, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P
View of tropical reef habitat with fish shoal, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Colemans Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) two adults, in Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium), Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Kunes Chromodoris Seaslug (Goniobranchus kuniei) adult, mantle flapping behaviour, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P
Kunes Chromodoris Seaslug (Goniobranchus kuniei) adult, mantle flapping behaviour, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Schmeltz Discodoris Nudibranch (Discodoris schmeltziana) adult, crawling on sand, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Longarm Prawn (Heteropenaeus longimanus) adult, free-swimming, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P
Longarm Prawn (Heteropenaeus longimanus) adult, free-swimming, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Green Wrasse (Halichoeres solorensis) adult, swimming, Gili Mota Island, between Rinca and Flores Islands, Komodo N. P
Green Wrasse (Halichoeres solorensis) adult, swimming, Gili Mota Island, between Rinca and Flores Islands, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris) adult, close-up of gill slits, feeding, Karang Makassar, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Ringed Pipefish (Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus) adult, swimming, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P
Ringed Pipefish (Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus) adult, swimming, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Black-blotched Porcupinefish (Diodon liturosus) adult, close-up of head, inflated in defensive posture, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Urchin Clingfish (Diademichthys lineatus) adult, sheltering in Black Longspine Sea Urchin (Diadema setosum), Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) adults, sheltering amongst Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) tentacles in reef habitat, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P

Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) adult, close-up of head, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P
Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) adult, close-up of head, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Barred Blenny (Cirripectes polyzona) adult, sheltering in hole, Gili Mota Island, between Rinca and Flores Islands, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Tropical Bottletail Squid (Sepiadarium kochi) adult, swimming over sand, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Zebra Urchin Crab (Zebrida adamsii) adult, on Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium), Rinca Island, Komodo N. P
Zebra Urchin Crab (Zebrida adamsii) adult, on Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium), Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Black Coral (Antipathes dichotoma) colony, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P
Black Coral (Antipathes dichotoma) colony, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Table coral in reef habitat, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P
Table coral in reef habitat, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Purple Glomerate Tree Coral (Dendronephthya sp. ) and crinoids in reef, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island
Purple Glomerate Tree Coral (Dendronephthya sp.) and crinoids in reef, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

View of coral reef habitat, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N. P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March
View of coral reef habitat, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Soft red Divaricate Tree Coral (Dendronephthya sp. ) and crinoids in reef habitat, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode
Soft red Divaricate Tree Coral (Dendronephthya sp.) and crinoids in reef habitat, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Orange Glomerate Tree Coral (Dendronephthya sp. ) and crinoids in reef, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island
Orange Glomerate Tree Coral (Dendronephthya sp.) and crinoids in reef, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo N.P. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) four adults, walking on beach habitat, approaching men in kayaks, Komodo N. P
Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) four adults, walking on beach habitat, approaching men in kayaks, Komodo N.P. Horseshoe Bay, Rinca Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) adult, in shallow water on beach, Komodo N. P
Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) adult, in shallow water on beach, Komodo N.P. Horseshoe Bay, Rinca Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, March

View of coastal habitat, Komodo N. P. Rinca Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, march
View of coastal habitat, Komodo N.P. Rinca Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, march

Aceol flatworms (Wamiona sp.) on mushroom coral (family Fungiidae). The flatworms are orange and the coral is white. Flatworms are found in marine, freshwater and damp terrestrial environments

Comb jelly attached to a starfish
Comb jelly (Coeloplana astericola, red and white) attached to the arm of a luzon starfish (Echinaster luzonicus). Photographed off Rinca, Indonesia

Blue-spotted grouper (Cephalopholis argus) among coral. This fish, also called the peacock rockcod, inhabits coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. Photographed off Rinca, Indonesia

Porcelain crab on a sea pen
Porcelain crab (Porcellanella triloba) on a sea pen (Virgularia sp.). Sea pens are colonial organisms related to sea feathers. Photographed off Rinca Island, Indonesia

Disc anemones (Amplexidiscus fenestrafer) on a reef. Disc anemones are similar to sea anemones because they have no calcerous skeleton, but anatomically they more strongly resemble stony corals

Hydroid crab on a seasquirt (blue). The hydroid crab (Hyastenus bispinosus) has decorated its body with hydroid (Hydrozoa) polyps

Sponge crab. Close-up of a Dromidiopsis australiensis sponge crab with its sponge. Sponge crabs are known for their ability to shape a living sponge into a portable shelter

Seahorse and sea squirts
Seahorse with sea squirts. Seahorse (Hippocampus sp.) with stalked green ascidians, or grape tunicates, (Oxycorynia fascicularis) on a reef

Anemones with anemonefish. Clarks anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) swimming over Magnificent anemones (Heteractis magnifica). Photographed off Rincah Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Bluespotted stingray hidden in sand. Bluespotted stingray (Dasyatis kuhlii) hidden under sand on the seabed with just its eyes sticking out

Bluespotted stingray (Dasyatis kuhlii) on the seabed. Photographed off Bali, Indonesia

Porcelain crabs on a sea pen
Porcelain crabs (Porcellanella triloba) on a sea pen (Virgularia sp.). Sea pena are colonial organisms related to sea feathers. Photographed off Rinca Island, Indonesia

Zebra crab on a fire urchin
Zebra crab (striped) on a fire urchin (Asthonosoma varium). Zebra crabs (Zebrida adamsii) live on sea urchins and are found throughout the Indo-Pacific

Hydroid crab on a sea pen (Pteroides sp.). The hydroid crab (Porcellanella triloba) has decorated its body with hydroid (Hydrozoa) polyps. Sea pens are colonial organisms related to sea feathers

Semicircle angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus) feeding on a sponge on a reef wall. Photographed in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Rinca, Indonesia

Nudibranch and emperor shrimp
Nudibranch (Chromodoris annae) with an emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator, centre). Nudibranchs, or sea-slugs, are shell-less marine molluscs that live in seas around the world

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Rinca Island, located in the stunning Komodo National Park in Indonesia, is a paradise for nature enthusiasts. One of its most iconic residents is the mighty Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis), a fearsome creature that roams freely on this island. These magnificent reptiles can grow up to 10 feet long and are known for their powerful bite and venomous saliva. But Rinca's wonders don't stop at the Komodo Dragons. Underneath its crystal-clear waters lies a vibrant underwater world filled with fascinating creatures like the Nudibranch, an exquisite sea slug displaying an array of dazzling colors and patterns. As you explore further, you'll encounter another majestic sight: large shoals of Horse mackerel schooling together in perfect harmony. The shimmering silver bodies move as one, creating a mesmerizing spectacle that will leave you breathless. Venturing deeper into Rinca's marine ecosystem reveals more hidden treasures. The Purple sea pen gracefully sways on the sandy seabed, adding a touch of elegance to this already enchanting environment. Its delicate beauty contrasts with the Feather duster worm (Sabellidae), which proudly displays its feathery appendages to capture passing nutrients. For those who dare to delve even deeper into Rinca's depths, an extraordinary kaleidoscope awaits them. Brittlestars dance upon Sea pens, forming intricate patterns against the backdrop of colorful corals and sponges. This surreal scene is like stepping into another dimension where every corner holds surprises waiting to be discovered. Rinca Island truly captivates all who visit it – from adventurers seeking encounters with ancient dragons to underwater enthusiasts yearning for glimpses of rare marine life. With each step or dive taken here, nature lovers are rewarded with unforgettable experiences that remind us why protecting these fragile ecosystems is crucial for future generations.