We took an underwater photography trip to the Philippines in December 2016.
Isopods have rigid, segmented exoskeletons.
Sponge isopod crabs, Santia sp.
Sea nettles, Lytocarpus sp.
Philippines critter expert Lynn Funkhouser thinks this is a Sacoglassan ("sapsucker slug"), Cyerce sp. It was very tiny, only about a quarter of an inch.
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