Beautiful Marine Sponges - Caribbean Underwater Gallery II Last Image A Flamingo tongue  grazes on a Purple Sea Fan.
North Wall, Grand Cayman Island -  Depth 65 feet or 20 Meters		 Next Image More about the above image

 

 
 
Colorful Marine Invertebrates

Caribbean Underwater Photography Gallery IV

 
 
 
 
 *  The Flamingo tongue  mollusk (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeds largely on gorgonian polyps, in this case on a Purple Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalina).  The ornamental spotted mantle can be withdrawn, leaving the shell a bone white.

North Wall, Grand Cayman Island -  Depth 65 feet or 20 Meters  -  Time mid-morning

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