SPECIE NAME:Dardanus megistos

COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE: Spotted Hermit Crab

LOCATION: Living in reefs in the Indo-Pacific region from Africa to the South China Sea and Hawaii.

HABITAT: These crabs spend most of their life underwater as aquatic animals, live in varying depths of saltwater from shallow reefs and shorelines to deep sea bottoms and rarely leave for land.

SIZE: UPTO: 8 CM. ; 0.01 KG.

DIET:

FACT: Unlike true crabs, if a hermit crab gets sick of its shell, it can move out. In fact, they have to change shells as they grow. While gastropods like whelks, conch and other snails make their own shells, hermit crabs seek shelter in the shells of gastropods. Hermit crabs can commonly be found inhabiting the empty shells of animals such as periwinkles, whelks and moon snails. They usually don't steal shells that are already occupied. Instead, they'll search for vacant shells.

SPECIE NAME:Panulirus ornatus

COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE: Tropical Rock Lobster

LOCATION: This species is known from the Indo-West Pacific. It ranges from Natal in South Africa, along the coast of East Africa and the Red Sea, to southern Japan, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory south to New South Wales), New Caledonia and Fiji .

HABITAT: This species is known from slightly turbid coastal waters, sandy and muddy substrates, rocky and coral reefs; most commonly to depths of 8 m, though there are a few records documenting it to 50 m

SIZE: UPTO : 50 CM 0.5 KG.

DIET: The ornate spiny lobster eats snails, clams, crabs, and sea urchins. It is also a scavenger, meaning that it will sometimes eat dead things, like fish, that it finds on the floor of the reef. Since it eats other animals, it is a carnivore.

FACT: The ornate spiny lobster does not have big front claws, but it does have long spines covering much of its body and its antennae. Its front two antennae can grow up to 2 feet (61 cm) long, and it uses them to sniff out its prey.

SPECIE NAME:Asteroidea

COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE: Starfish

LOCATION: Starfish species inhabit all of the world's oceans.

HABITAT: Mainly a marine group, asteroids are found in all the oceans. Except for a few species which inhabit brackish waters, asteroideas are benthic organisms found in marine environments.

SIZE: UPTO:2 CM 0.8Kg

DIET: Asteroideas are mainly scavengers and carnivores. In many areas where they are found they are high level predators. Asteroideas feed on slow moving prey and other invertebrates.

FACT: Although they are named "starfish", they are not related to fish at all. Starfish belong to the group of marine invertebrates which also include sea cucumber, sea urchin and sand dollar.

SPECIE NAME:Stichodactyla haddoni

COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE: Haddon’s Carpet Anemone / Haddon’s Sea Anemone

LOCATION: Indo-West Pacific; from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean through Southeast Asia and the Coral Triangle to Australia and the central Pacific. It is also recorded from India, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

HABITAT: Marine, tropical, mainly on sandy sea floors, sand flats and seagrass beds; generally found in shallow coastal waters, approximately 0.5–30 m deep.

SIZE: Usually about 40–50 cm across; can reach approximately 75–80 cm in oral-disc diameter. Reliable body-weight data are not available.

DIET: Carnivorous; captures prey using sticky, stinging tentacles. It also receives nutrients from symbiotic photosynthetic algae (zooxanthellae).

FACT: Its short, sticky tentacles form a carpet-like oral disc and it provides a host home for several clownfish species.