HEYNUS
Description: When first exploring this site, three divemasters including Terry , Ronald and Nus were trying to come up with a name, and Terry said, "What about Hey Nus?", and that is how it got it's name. It is a muck site with a gentle sand slope that drops down to coral patches in about 14-20 meter depth. There are lots of scatterd Physogyra corals and rope sponges along the slope.


Depth: 25 m maximum depth
Boat ride: 16 minute
Primary marine life: Various species of octopus, seahorses and moray eels, emperor shrimps on seacucumbers and T-bar nudibranches, mandarin fish, stick pipefish
Critters: Brittle Star, Lumpy Sea Star, Anax Sea Cucumber, Graeff’s Sea Cucumber, Synaptula Sea Cucumber, Diadema Sea Urchin, Fire Urchin, Broadclub cuttlefish, Flamboyant cuttlefish, Pygmy cuttlefish, Bigfin Reef Squid, Coconut octopus or Veined octopus, Hairy octopus, Longarm Octopus, Mimic octopus, Mototi octopus, Starry night octopus, Wonderpus octopus, Helmet Shell, Chromodoris annae, Chromodoris elisabethina, Chromodoris hintuanensis, Chromodoris magnifica, Chromodoris reticulata, Dendrodoris tuberculosa, Dermatobranchus rubidus, Dermatobranchus sp., Discodoris boholensis, Euselenops luniceps, Glossodoris cincta, Glossodoris hikuerensis, Gymnodoris ceylonica, Gymnodoris rubropapulosa, Hypselodoris bullockii, Hypselodoris kanga, Joruna funebris, Malibe fibriata, Marionia pustulosa, Mexicromis sp., Phyllidiella pustulosa, Phyllodesmium longicirrum, Pteraeolidia ianthina, Risbecia tryoni, T-bar Ceratosoma trilobatum, Chelidonura varians, Amboinensis Crinoid shrimp, Banded Coral shrimp, Bumblebee Shrimp, Emperor shrimp, Giant Mantis Shrimp, Holthuisi Commensal shrimp, Mantis shrimp, Sexy shrimp, Skeleton shrimp, Starfish Shrimp, Galathea sp., Humback prawn, Slipper Lobster, White-Spotted Hermit Crab, Blue Swimming Crab, Box Crab, Carry Crab, Halimeda crab, Harlequin crab, Orangutan crab, Porcelain crab, Retusa Decorator Crab, Sea pen crab, Zebra crab, Beaded Sea Anemone, Night Anemone, Tuberculate Night Anemone, Carla’s Scale Worm, Clavigera Worm, Fire Worm, Aurata Ascidian, Molle Ascidian, Robustum Ascidian, Ornate ghost pipe fish, Robust Ghostpipefish, Rough-snout Ghostpipefish, Banded pipe fish, Stick Pipefish, Thorny sea horse, Zebra Seahorse, Banded Snake Eel, Blacksaddle snake eel, Napoleon snake eel, Stargazer snake eel, Fimbriated moray, Snowflake moray, White Eye Moray, Barramundi Cod juvenile, Double Banded Soapfish, Highfin Grouper, Dotted Sweet Lips, Oriental Sweet Lips, Silver Or Painted Sweet Lips, Dusky Rabbit Fish, White Spotted Rabbit Fish, Razor fish, Banggai cardinal fish, Split Banded Cardinalfish, Black Spotted Puffer, Black-saddle Toby, Purcupine fish, Long Horn Cowfish, Thornback Cowfish, Cornet Fish, Bristle-tail filefish, Leafy Filefish, Whitebar file fish, Striped catfish, Hispid frogfish, Painted frogfish, Warty frogfish, Devil Scorpion Fish, Estuarine Stonefish, Humpback scorpion fish, Common lionfish, Shortfin lion fish, Zebra Lionfish, Cockatoo waspfish, Long spine wasp fish, White face wasp fish, Angler flatfish (flounders), Carpet sole, Cockatoo flounder, Welander's Flathead, Flying gurnard, Stargazer, Fingered dragonet, Orange & black dragonet, Reef lizardfish, Banded Shrimp Goby, Black Rayed Shrimp Goby, Snake Blenny
Heynus
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