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This new field guide will describe approximately l,000 species of invertebrates and tunicates that are found in the Central and Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. The narrative for each species will include a description of the animal and discuss its natural history and distribution. The photographs for this field guide have been contributed by 36 of the world's best underwater photographers.

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 "A great resource!" 2009-10-05
By T. Belt (Tipp City, Ohio United States)
This book is exactly what I had hoped it would be. It has beautiful photos and adequate descriptions of the reef life. I used it to identify photos that my husband took on a recent dive trip. I would recommend it very highly.


 "coral reef animals of the indo-pacific:Animal life from africa to hawaii" 2008-08-10
By P. olsson
excellent reference of all sea life in this part of the world. I would highly recommend it.


 "Missing some crucial information" 2007-06-04
By Paul Asman
I relied on the previous reviews and brought this book with me on a recent trip to French Polynesia. I should have been more careful. One reviewer, for example, noted the inclusion of ten (though I see eight) "undescribed little octopi." How does he know that they're little? The book doesn't give size information. The first of the eight is described as large, then there is no size information for the next two, and then the fourth is "another small species." How small? How small is a small octopus, anyway? It's not something I know, but it is something I expect a guide to tell me. Also, the one octopus I spent most time watching changed color repeatedly, and I would have liked to have seen something about coloration possibilities.

I'm rating this book harshly became I see what more it could have been. It's also a heavy book, and weight is crucial on inter-island flights. Next time, I'm bringing Allen and Steene's Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide. It has fewer entries and devotes the plurality of its pages to fish, which are better covered elsewhere, but it's lighter weight and gives size information.


 "great guide for diver, non diver, and any curious amateur!" 2007-01-12
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Great photos, wide coverage, this book is a very simple and easy guide for any lover of the coral reef animals [even if its not a biological or academic textbook with full description and additional detail]. It gives key for coral reef animals identification and provide enough basic information to assist any non specialist, in particular diver.


 "Informative book for identifying invertebrates" 2006-03-01
By M. R. Hooper (Huntsville, Alabama United States)
The book is written from the prospective of the conservator rather than that of the coral reef keeper. However, the information is pertinent to both. The photographs are clear and provide a tool in identifying salt water invertebrates.


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