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About this site
Marissa 3 lies off Samal Island, across the gulf from Davao City on the southeastern coast of Mindanao, in a stretch known for its channel of small resorts and dive operations along the Davao Gulf. The site is typically reached by a short boat ride from the island's shore. Divers here have reported beaded sea anemones, black longspine urchins, blue linckia sea stars, dwarf hawkfish, golden sea squirts, Indo-Pacific rock-boring urchins, pillow cushion stars, and stalked sea squirts along the bottom.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Stalked sea squirtNephtheis fascicularisReported here · unconfirmed
Acrozoanthus australiaeReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaeiReported here · unconfirmed
Blue LinckiaLinckia laevigataReported here · unconfirmed
Pillow Cushion StarCulcita novaeguineaeReported here · unconfirmed
Black Longspine UrchinDiadema setosumReported here · unconfirmed
Dwarf HawkfishCirrhitichthys falcoReported here · unconfirmed
Golden Sea SquirtPolycarpa aurataReported here · unconfirmed
Beaded sea anemoneHeteractis auroraReported here · unconfirmed
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