Mantaray House Reef

Just off the front of Mantaray Island resort is our beautiful house reef, this reef is thriving with life as it is a marine reserve. You can walk off the beach so it is perfect for snorkeling or intro dives. The edge of the reef is sat at 12 meters. There are resident reef sharks and even leopard sharks.

Critters at this site

As it is a marine reserve it attracts many kinds of predator and prey, including the smallest fish to large pelagic fishes, including Spanish mackerel. It is a very healthy marine ecosystem.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~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.