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Research at the Smithsonian Field Station at Carrie Bow Cay, on the Meso-American Barrier Reef in Belize

The spotted cleaner shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus

Carrie Bow Cay as seen from the patch reef near Southwater Caye

The main lab building on Carrie Bow Cay

The scientists' quarters on Carrie Bow Cay

The Pederson cleaning shrimp Periclimenes pedersoni with eggs

The sun anemone shrimp Periclimenes rathbunae on rock next to Condylactis anemone

The flamingo tongue snail Cyphoma gibbosum

The Carrie Bow Cay Club

The spotted cleaner shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus

View of the Maya Mountains after a storm on Carrie Bow Cay

The sun anemone shrimp Periclimenes rathbunae

The sun anemone shrimp Periclimenes rathbunae on the sun anemone Stichodactyla helianthus

Catamaran at Glover's Resort on Northeast Cay of Glover's Atoll

The yellow stingray Urobatis jamaicensis swimming among the turtle grass (genus Thalassia)

The Pederson cleaning shrimp Periclimenes pedersoni

The ocean toilets

The plumbing of the ocean toilet

Small school of the Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea on a ledge in the Pelican Cayes

The spotted cleaner shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus on the giant Caribbean sea anemone Condylactis gigantea

Research boats at sunrise after a storm

The peppermint shrimp Lysmata wurdermanni

Pelicans flying toward Carrie Bow Cay

Sunset view by the dive shed

The spotted cleaner shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus on the giant Caribbean sea anemone Condylactis gigantea

(All photographs by Laura Bagge; contact for rights)

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