Underwater Photography by Jay Torborg 

"Commensal Shrimp on Wire Coral"

Two Barred Wire Coral Shrimp (Pontonides unciger) are living on this stretch of wire coral (Cirrhipathes anguina). The shrimp are found in pairs, with the female the larger of the two shrimp. Sometimes small gobies are found on wire coral as well.

This wire coral was photographed in about 45 feet of water off the south Kohala Coast near the Mauna Lani Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Photographed with a Nikon N90s in a Sea&Sea NX90 housing with two Ikelite 200 strobes. Nikon 60mm f2.8 macro lens. Fuji Provia 100F transparency film scanned with a Nikon LS-2000.

Copyright Jay Torborg  2000