Scuba Diver exploring temperate deep water Sponge Garden. Bicheno, Tasmania, Southern Australia
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Scuba Diver exploring temperate deep water reef comprised of Whip Corals, Sponges, Zoanthids and Anemones. Bicheno, Tasmania, Southern Australia
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Scuba Diver exploring temperate deep water reef comprised of Whip Corals, Sponges, Zoanthids and Anemones. Bicheno, Tasmania, Southern Australia
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Scuba Diver exploring temperate deep water reef comprised of Whip Corals, Sponges, Zoanthids and Anemones. Bicheno, Tasmania, Southern Australia
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Scuba Diver exploring temperate deep water reef comprised of Whip Corals, Sponges, Zoanthids and Anemones. Bicheno, Tasmania, Southern Australia
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Scuba Diver exploring temperate deep water reef comprised of Whip Corals, Sponges, Zoanthids and Anemones. Bicheno, Tasmania, Southern Australia
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Scuba Diver exploring temperate deep water reef comprised of Whip Corals, Sponges, Zoanthids and Anemones. Bicheno, Tasmania, Southern Australia
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Scuba Diver exploring temperate deep water reef comprised of Whip Corals, Sponges, Zoanthids and Anemones. Bicheno, Tasmania, Southern Australia
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Colourful tropical reef scene, showing schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos),sheltering near a Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria). A typical reef scene found throughout Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef.
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Scuba Diver with giant Barrel Sponges. Indo-Pacific
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Scuba Diver exploring Elephant Ear, Barrel Sponge and Whip Coral reef. Indo-Pacific
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Scuba Diver exploring Gorgonian Fan Coral, Elephant Ear Sponge and Soft Coral reef. Indo-Pacific
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Scuba Diver exploring Whip Coral and Sponge reef. Indo-Pacific
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Scuba Diver exploring huge Sponge Garden. Indo-Pacific
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Hinge-beak Shrimp (Rhynchocinetes durbanensis) on Sponge. Bali, Indonesia
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Striped Bumblebee Shrimp (Gnathophyllum americanum) on Tube Sponge. Bali, Indonesia. Within Coral Triangle.
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Feather Star (Himerometra sp. ?) on sponge. Also known as Crinoid. Bali Indonesia
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Crinoid Feather Star (Possibly: Reometra sp.) on sponge. Also known as Crinoid. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Biscuit Star (Tosia australis) - surrounded encrusting Sponge and Ascidian. Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Edithburgh, South Australia
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Biscuit Star (Tosia australis) - surrounded by Sponge. Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Edithburgh, South Australia
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Spurred Sea Star (Patiriella calcar) - surrounded by encrusting Sponge. Also known as Spurred Starfish. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
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Biscuit Star (Tosia australis) - amongst sponges and ascidians. Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Edithburgh, South Australia
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Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) - covered in Crinoid Feather Stars and surrounded by Whip Corals. Found throughtout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) - covered in and surrounded by Crinoid Feather Stars. Found throughtout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Tube Sponge (Cribrochalina olemda). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
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Tube Sponge (Cribrochalina olemda). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
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Tube Sponge (Cribrochalina olemda). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
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Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) and Creinoid. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef.
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Unusual Sponge (Pericharax sp.). Photo taken at Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef.
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A variety of Crinoid Feather Stars using a Barrel Sponge, (Xestospongia testudinaria), as a feeding platform. A typical reef scene that can be found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef.
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Sea Sponge (possibly: Callyspongia sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Unidentified Sponge. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sea Sponge (Euryspongia sp.). Found on moderately sheltered reefs throughout temperate Australian waters. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Sea Sponge (Aplysilla rosea). Found on sheltered reefs throughout tropical and temperate Australian waters. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Sea Sponge (Aplysilla rosea). Found in tropical and temperate seas worldwide. Photo was taken on a jetty pylon in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
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Sea Sponge (Possibly: Callyspongia sp.). Photographed on a jetty pylon in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Auistralia.
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Sea Sponge (Aplysilla rosea). Found on shaded reef, rock wall and jetty pylons throughout Australia. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Sea Sponge (possibly: Cribrochalina sp.). This Sea Sponge is usually seen hanging under ledges and on cave walls and drop-offs. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sea Sponge (possibly: Cribrochalina sp.). This Sea Sponge is usually seen hanging under ledges and on cave walls and drop-offs. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sea Sponge (possibly: Cribrochalina sp.). This Sea Sponge is usually seen hanging under ledges and on cave walls and drop-offs. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sea Sponge (possibly: Cribrochalina sp.). This Sea Sponge is usually seen hanging under ledges and on cave walls and drop-offs. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Vase Sponge (Amphimedon sp.) (cream color) and Sea Sponge (possibly: Phakellia sp.( (orange color), on a drop-off over-hang. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sea Sponge Garden. Photo was taken at Milne bay, Papua New Guinea.
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Vase Sponge (Amphimedon sp.), on a drop-off over-hang. Photo taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Ghost Goby (Pleurosicya micheli), resting on Encrusting Sponge (Clathria mima). Found throughout Indonesia. Photo was taken in Bali, Indonesia.
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Temperate Pink Sea Sponge (Aplysilla rosea), and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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A variety of Sea Sponges attached to a timber pylon beneath Blairgowrie Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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