Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life

Florida Caribbean Bahamas

by Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach

You take the family snorkeling, but instead of thanks you get a barrage of wide-eyed questions about the wonderful things they see. Next time, be ready with the answers! Our Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life will make you an instant underwater naturalist. The 280 color photographs show just about everything you will see in 15 feet of water or less.

In 2015 three leading scientific experts on nudibranchs and sea slugs collaborated to produce this comprehensive guide for divers and scientists to the Indo-Pacific region. Now in a 2nd Edition-- updated and reorganized, to include 185 new species and taxonomic changes. Includes additional photographs of species, an identification key, and an up-to-date classificatSnorkelers of any age can quickly learn to identify fish, creatures, plants, and corals with this practical guide. 80 pages, 6" x 9"paperback.

The Indo-Pacific represents the largest expanse of tropical ocean in the world, stretching from the Indian Ocean coast of southern Africa and the Red Sea to the central Pacific of the Hawaiian Islands, Easter Island and the Marquesas. This region supports the most diverse marine fauna of any place in the world for most groups of marine organisms. The nudibranchs and sea slugs are no exception. There are about 3,000 described species of these organisms in the world and at least 40% have been found exclusively in the Indo-Pacific tropics. This book illustrates 2,138 Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs, including many undescribed species.