Following our series oncoral host to famous critter subject，这是另一个重要的一个，每个人都在他们的圣杯名单上很高！
The host of the King of all critters, the Pygmy Seahorse,Hippocampus bargibanti。
This little cutie lives exclusively on Sea Fan (Gorgonia) of the genusMuricella.。故事是由Georges补助人发现的，同时在1969年在新喀里多尼亚新喀里多尼亚州努美岛公共水族馆进行海洋粉丝。
Sea fans are members of the Soft Coral family Octocorallia, and their characteristic is to have 8 tentacles symmetry on their polyps. Each polyp has 8 tentacles. One other characteristic of this time the Gorgonia genus, is to have an intern skeleton, made of a very particular material called Gorgonin, this material, of black color, give the strength to the coral and the flexibility at the same time.
Thus allowing the coral to resist high flow environment, which are usually the place with the most abundant food. The Sea Fan usually bend into the current up to a certain velocity, then resist. It usually takes up food from the back of the polyps, that are leaning into the flow.
Muricella.Sea Fans, often net-like, are quite easy to tell apart, but will require close examination. They are quite big, up to a meter diameter, they grow in 1 plan, perpendicular to the current. They exist into 2 mainly coloration which is Red and Yellow.
他们的息肉非常大，不能完全缩回骨架，解释它上的凹凸，也在海上。密切检查凭证骨骼的众多硬壳，在树枝和息肉上非常明显。其中一些是着色的。
Even the seahorse has them included in its coloration. Branches and polyps are almost to a millimeter thick. Once you have learned to spot them a couple of time, you will recognize them from meters away.
粉红色版本来自物种通常是M. plectana, and the yellow version is usuallyfromM. paraplectana,但他们也可以生活在其他物种内Muricella.。对物种级别的识别几乎不可能未经训练，但鉴定属的不是太复杂。
The less than 2,4 cm long pygmy seahorse can be very tricky to spot among the Sea Fan, so some you need to know some tips if you want to fasten the painful process of going through the entire Sea Fan.
Start with a small Sea Fan that is known to have Seahorses in it. Trying your luck on a several meter wide Sea Fan will usually waste a dive.
It’s also easier on a Sea Fan that has its polyps closed, if the polyps are open, then it’s a lot bushier and the Seahorse is perfectly camouflaged and hidden in it. but please do not poke the coral to have it to close down its polyps.
尝试发现分支周围的尾巴。
尝试探测通常在海扇中间形成的口袋，因为这通常是最受保护的地方，海马将休息。
在白天，侏儒海马，通常在这些口袋里休息，但在晚上，它们变得更加活跃，可以在风扇觅食的边缘找到。
发现珊瑚，只是开始，有经验，你会学会发现侏儒海马，并带来了更多的经验，你会学会拍摄！
