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