The Schmidt Ocean Institute team is calling on all interested scientists, especially those from the mesophotic and deep-sea coral community to join in remotely and provide comments during the dives!
Deep Sea Biodiversity of Ningaloo Canyons Western Australia
Deep Sea Biodiversity Ningaloo Canyons Little is known about deep sea biodiversity, and very few deep sea areas both in and outside of Australia have been well-sampled. A large number of species still remain undiscovered and unnamed, and a recent…
Not All Wilsoni Corals are the Same
In the recents months we’ve been seeing an increase in the availability of insane Australophyllia wilsoni coming from Western Australia. This species is an Indian Ocean endemic, and the only coral that can regularly be found growing among kelp forest.…
Flathead Perch Captive Bred in Western Australia
The flathead perch has been an elusive species to find, both for divers on the natural reef and for fish keepers in the saltwater aquarium hobby. The unique and interesting appearance of Rainfordia opercularis, has made it a target of…
The “Real” Acropora abrolhosensis Shows up at Unique Corals
Acropora abrolhosensis – or the Abro Acro for short – is one of the first, most classic SPS corals that reefers ever loved and actually grew. In the early days of success with small polyp stony corals, the Abro acro…
Mini Scolies Reach new Heights at World Wide Corals
Mini Scolies are an enigmatic species of solitary LPS coral from West Australia which are lighting the aquarium hobby on fire right now. Australian reefers have known about them for years but these first started appearing on the global aquarium…
Fluted Moon Coral Barabattoia from WA Appears in Wild Colors
Barabattoia, the ‘Fluted Moon Coral’ is part of a large group of stony corals belonging to the family Faviidae. We’re all mostly familiar with Favia and Favites moon brains but if you know what to look for, the family is much more…
Five Reef Critters That Come ONLY From Western Australia
Australia is home to so much exotic marine life which differs wildly from coast to coast, including the southern seas which are filled with alien cold water fish. However while most of Australian aquarium animals comes from the Great Barrier…
The kelp reefs of Carnac Island harbor some of Western Australia’s lesser known temperate wrasses
Australia is well known for producing some of the industry’s best psychedelic corals and drool worthy reef fish. The land down under is a wealth of untapped bounty and what we’ve been able to bring to the trade is nothing…
Funky new little ‘Mini Scolie’ now coming in from West Australia
One of the coolest new things spotted at MACNA this year was not necessarily the products, but a treasure trove of colorful “Mini Scolies” from West Australia. New fish species are discovered on an almost daily basis but it’s very…
