Pinnacles

Just a 5 minute boat ride from Barefoot Manta Resort, three large coral bommies sit along side a sloping reef wall. Sandy bottoms surround the edge of each bommie, the deepest sitting at around 18 meters. Overhangs allow for different marine life to grow, such as hanging clams.

Marine life at this site

Around each bommie is a large variety of reef fish, including anemone, damsel and angel fish. Garden eels and a variety of other sandy bottom creatures also call the pinnacles home.

Based on open species observationswithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Lollyfish Sea Cucumber

Holothuria atra2 obs.

Mottled Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus albolineatus2 obs.

Blue Linckia

Linckia laevigata2 obs.

Terebellum Conch

Terebellum terebellum1 obs.

Elegant Phyllidia

Phyllidia elegans1 obs.

swallow cowrie

Bistolida hirundo1 obs.

Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

Pearsonothuria graeffei1 obs.

Thick-edged Cowrie

Erronea caurica1 obs.

Ocellate Phyllidia

Phyllidia ocellata1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra mathaei1 obs.

Lagoon Brittle Star

Ophiocoma scolopendrina1 obs.

Black Sun Coral

Tubastraea micranthus1 obs.

Ermine Cone

Conus mustelinus1 obs.

Amberfish Sea Cucumber

Thelenota anax1 obs.

Leopard Sea Cucumber

Bohadschia argus1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Sand Star

Archaster typicus1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Oxypora lacera1 obs.

Greenfish Sea Cucumber

Stichopus chloronotus1 obs.

Pale Anemone Hermit Crab

Dardanus deformis1 obs.

Gold Ring Cowry

Monetaria annulus1 obs.

Small White Hermit Crab

Calcinus minutus1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Caulastraea furcata2 obs.

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Hidden Hermit Crab

Calcinus latens2 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Clibanarius virescens1 obs.