Playa Shon Mosa

This site is a beautiful small beach next to Playa Manzaliña with little parking. The spread out coral reef starts here at about 6 mtr/20ft and slowly slopes down to 30 mtr/100 ft before disappearing into a sandy bottom.

Critters at this site

The reef has some mushroom-shaped coral formations with lots of fish life and macro life hiding under the overhanging parts.

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

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas4 obs.

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

Acanthopleura granulata2 obs.

Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea2 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata1 obs.

Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra lucunter1 obs.

Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus1 obs.

Nimble Spray Crab

Percnon gibbesi1 obs.

Massive Starlet Coral

Siderastrea siderea1 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum1 obs.

Purple Sea Fan

Gorgonia ventalina1 obs.

Four-toothed Nerite

Nerita versicolor1 obs.

West Indian Sea Egg

Tripneustes ventricosus1 obs.

Row Pore Rope Sponge

Aplysina cauliformis1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plexaura homomalla1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Periclimenes yucatanicus1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Mithraculus cinctimanus1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Agaricia agaricites1 obs.

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Mustard Hill Coral

Porites astreoides1 obs.