Wildlife Day: A glimpse of the wealth of marine life scattered along Mumbai's shores

[caption id=“attachment_6185071” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Mudskipper is an amphibious fish that lives in water and also spends a significant amount of its time (in daily life) out of water. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185051” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] A sea star and periwinkle. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185001” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] A sea fan under water. Image credit: Sejal Mehta/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185301” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] A sea fan up close. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6184991” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Three sea stars sharing a nook. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6184981” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] A fiddler crab. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6184941” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] A sea anemone and Nassa. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185261” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] A brittle star fish. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185271” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Coral Polyps. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185331” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Bivalves shooting water from between rocks on a Mumbai beach. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185011” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] An octopus. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185281” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] A grey sea star. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185291” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] A porcelain crab. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185311” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] A soldier crab. Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6185321” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Starfish alert! Image credit: Shaunak Modi/Marine Life of Mumbai[/caption]