Jalan Masuk
Jalan Masuk是Bunaken岛以南的Bunaken国家公园的潜水地点。潜水地点位于莱库安2和莱库安3遗址之间，附近的零件入口附近。贾兰·马苏克（Jalan Masuk）是印度尼西亚人的入口，您可以看到它在该岛通道入口处的潜水地点。
潜水是垂直的墙壁，侧面有镀板和包裹的珊瑚，在珊瑚礁顶部的硬质珊瑚。有时，您可以通过此频道具有很强的电流，您会注意到这一点，因为许多镀层珊瑚都采用了靠近礁石墙的粘附形式。
Reef Wall
也有一些不错的Acroporacolonies jutting off the side of the wall, and I was able to photograph one coral that has a perfect example of a strong solid base.Acroporacorals, in particular, will focus most of their energy on creating a thick base able to hold up the weight of the colony before spending energy to branch or plate.
Some of the corals which really stood out to me on this dive were theMycediumcorals.Mycedium珊瑚是可以想象的每种颜色，并制作出色的摄影主题。Mycedium通过其倾斜的杯状珊瑚岩可以区分，始终远离菌落和珊瑚岩的中心，直径为5至15毫米，具体取决于物种。
我们发现沿岩壁散布着一些大菌群，并能够拍摄两个普通物种mycedium robokaki和Mycedium elephantotus彼此相邻显示珊瑚岩尺寸的明显差异。
Along the side of the reef wall, we found quite a high diversity of corals species, honestly more than we could count!
我喜欢这张照片，因为它确实显示了Jalan Masuk的珊瑚多样性，并突出了Sulawesi中的珊瑚潜水。这张照片中至少有十种珊瑚，我们可以看到珊瑚如何争夺太空。
We found some rather large colony ofMontipora，以及几种不同种类的Pachyseries和Platygyra.In the second picture set below you can see aPachyseris speciosaon the left andPlatygyra antortaon the right.
珊瑚礁顶
Jalan Masuk的礁石墙的顶部确实值得一看。在墙壁顶部的顶部边缘围绕着分支和大规模形式的珊瑚种类，由后面的深色水构成。
For coral photographers this is a dream subject and going through my photos I found it hard just to pick a few images. They were all just so darn pretty.
The top of the reef slope has a crowning layer ofIsoporacorals, similar to what you find at the曼陀林墙网站。These thick branches can withstand the high current that can flow over the reef crest.
Again just like the side of the wall there were more species of coral than we could count. Some notable colonies on the reef top werebranchingHydnophora, Porites, and Pocilopora corals.You can also find boulder ofPorites和Goniastrea。一些更大的殖民地叶叶当然还有一些丰富多彩的Symphylliabrain corals.
You will notice that all of these corals have thick dense, even compact skeletons. All a strong indication of the flow condition on this reef top. Near the end of the dive, I spotted a unique coral formation and had to go in for a closer look.
The bumpy yellow colony had me intrigued. It was unlike anything else on the reef. Upon further investigation, we quickly identified this coral as aTurbinaria.The bright yellow color, cone-shaped corallite, and polyps which are outside the coral gave it away. Narrowing down the species was a bit more of a challenge.
由于珊瑚生长受到珊瑚礁的地位影响，因此通常仅生长形式或形状不足以积极地识别物种。珊瑚可以根据流量，光和营养等状况，以不同的形式采取不同的形式。在这个高流动环境中，这种物种Turbinaria,which mostly grows as a plating corals, takes on a more encrusting, boulder shape.
我的第一个猜测是Turbinaria stellulata, which is an encrusting species ofTurbinaria形成圆顶的圆顶斜坡上的殖民地。这种包裹物种是一种罕见的形式Turbinariawhich has large corallites. The species above shows some plating form on a small scale and the corallites are still quite small.
After some deliberation and consulting with other coral spotters, we came to the conclusion that this was most likely the common speciesTurbinaria reniformis,with a compact, encrusting form due to the high energy reef top environment. This is the perfect example of what makes coral spotting and coral identification such a challenge, but also thenever-endingg treasure hunt searching for those rare and unusual species.
谢谢Murex潜水胜地for showing us around Norther Sulawesi.
