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About this site
Popabawa lies off the Tanzanian coast, in the waters near Zanzibar in the western Indian Ocean. It is rated a beginner dive, and divers here have reported granulated sea stars, lynx cowries, and ocellate phyllidia nudibranchs.
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Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Granulated Sea StarChoriaster granulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Lynx CowryLyncina lynxReported here · unconfirmed
Ocellate PhyllidiaPhyllidia ocellataReported here · unconfirmed
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