Starfishes and other Echinoderms of the Tropical Indo-Pacific
About this ebook
• Photographs of 450+ species, including 126 starfish of the region;
• 100+ species have never before appeared in field guides or popular books;
• Convenient pictorial guide at the beginning and index at the end of the book;
• Special attention was given to echinoderm associates and predators, photographs of 60 of them are included;
• Every effort was made to reduce disturbance to sea creatures.
This book is a field guide, it provides easy identification of commonly encountered starfishes, brittle stars, feather stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers that can be found and photographed in depths and regions accessible to recreational diving. It is designed for divers, underwater photographers, snorkelers, beachcombers, and nature lovers. Photographs, showing color variations are included. The validity of species names was checked with the help of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
About the author
Andrey Ryansky, a resident of Sharm El Sheikh (South Sinai) can usually be found diving or snorkelling in sea. After years of traveling in Southeast Asia and publishing a unique series of books on the marine life of the region, he returned to where it all began in 2000 when he first dived into the tropical sea.
He has achieved the highest levels of diver certification in scuba, trimix, caves. Won international underwater photography competitions. But a deep interest in marine life won. Now he dedicates his dives to the search for rare marine life, then creating photo guides with a unique quality of content and scientific expertise.
His photo guides on fish, nudibranchs, crustaceans, sea shells, echinoderms and flatworms have been highly acclaimed by the diving and scientific communities
Underwater photography for him is an instrument to promote the education and the care of the oceans and its inhabitants.
