Helmut Debelius Boeken

This book sets a new benchmark for the identification of nudibranchs. It presents nudibranchs that have been photographed by the authors over a period of more than 30 years, along with numerous pictures by contributing diving friends and scientists from around the world. - 2500 photos of nudibranchs in their natural environment - over 1180 species of nudibranchs illustrated - identification of most nudibranchs known to species level - repationships between species from different oceans - information on behaviour (defense, camouflage + mimicry) A comprehensive photo-identification guide to nudibranchs of the world seas.

The author made his first dives in tropical waters around Sri Lankka 25 years ago. Since then he explored the whole Indian Ocean with his camera, diving not only in the tourists centres like the Maldives or Seychelles, but also taking uw-photos at remote islands like Cocos-Keeling in the East of Aldabra in the West. The results are shown in this book including more than 1.000 photos from the natural habitat of the marine animals. Special emphasis was given to rare species like sharks and rays.

The definitive guide to the tropical fish inhabiting the Indian Ocean and the waters off Maledives [i.e. Maldives], Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Madagascar, East Africa, Seychelles, Arabian Sea and Red Sea. Hundreds of species photographed and described in expert detail.