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Slender Sponge Goby (Pleurosicya sp.), resting on fan sponge. Found throughout the West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Giant Barrel Sponge, Gorgonian Fan Coral and Whip Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Diver observing a Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) and other sea sponges. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fringed Sponge Crab (Lamarckdromia globosa), with Ascidian "hat". York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sponge Crab (Austrodromidia octodentata), with Sponge "hat". York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fringed Sponge Crab (Lamarckdromia globosa), with Ascidian "hat". York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis sp.), living with its sponge "hat". Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis sp.), living with its sponge "hat". Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis sp.), living with its sponge "hat". Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis sp.), living with its sponge "hat". Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sponge Crab (Cryptodromia octodetata), with its sponge cover used to hide and protect the crab. Found in temperate Australian waters, usually under jetties. Photo taken at Edithburgh Jetty, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Sponge Crab (Cryptodromia octodetata), with its sponge cover used to hide and protect the crab. Found in temperate Australian waters, usually under jetties. Photo taken at Edithburgh Jetty, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sponge Crab (Cryptodromia octodetata), with its sponge cover used to hide and protect the crab. Found in temperate Australian waters, usually under jetties. Photo taken at Edithburgh Jetty, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sponge Crab (Cryptodromia octodetata), with its sponge cover used to hide and protect the crab. Found in temperate Australian waters, usually under jetties. Photo taken at Edithburgh Jetty, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sponge Crab (Dromia dormia). Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), Anemonefish and Anemone and schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), Anemonefish and Anemone and a pair of Butterflyfish. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Crinoid Feather Stars, Soft Corals, a single Pacific Diana's Wrasse and masses of schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Crinoid Feather Stars, Soft Corals, a single Pacific Diana's Wrasse and masses of schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Unusual Sponge (Pericharax sp.). Photo taken at Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (Possibly: Callyspongia sp.). Photographed on a jetty pylon in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Auistralia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge Garden. Photo was taken at Milne bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (Xestospongia sp.). Photo taken in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Sponge (Phakellia flabellata). Photo taken in Kimbe bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia sp.). Photo taken in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), with Crinoid Feather Stars attached. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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