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Feather Hydroids (Sertularella speciosa), with many other smaller marine invertebrates.  These include the orange colonial zoanthid (Parazoanthus swiftii).  Y-Caves, Jackson Bay, Little Cayman Island - Depth 125 feet or 38 meters

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Marine Invertebrates of Caves and Walls

Caribbean Underwater Photography Gallery V

 
 * The above image was taken in an densely populated marine environment.  At Jackson Bay in Little Cayman Island, we dived in a series of underwater caves called locally Y-Caves.  Tidal movement caused very swift currents to run through the caves, and dives had to be timed carefully. There was an abundance of invertebrate  life.  We especially remember the feather-like Hydroids (Sertularella speciosa), By the time each dive was over, our diving suits were filled with hydroid stinging cells, and were a source of severe itching. 

To the lower right of the image are sponges covered with winding bands of the orange colonial zoanthid (Parazoanthus swiftii).

Y-Caves, Jackson Bay, Little Cayman Island - Depth 125 feet or 38 meters
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