Juvenile Egg Cowrie, Cypraea ovum, Irian Diving, Rajah Ampat

When I saw this juvenile egg cowrie diving in the northern reaches of Irian Jaya's Rajah Ampat islands I thought it was a nudibranch. It crawled across the bottom over tunicates and hydroids, finally settling down on a leather coral where I found it again on the next dive and showed it to Tony and Barb.

2004 Raja Ampat Diving Underwater Photography