Marine Sponges II - Caribbean Underwater Gallery VI Last Image

Yellow-orange Tube Sponges, a Red Cup Sponge, Red Rope Sponges, and in the background a Deep Water Gorgonian.  This habitat was a protected shelf in a recess of Grand Cayman's North Wall.

North Wall, Grand Cayman Island - Depth 135 feet or 41 meters

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Marine Sponges II

Caribbean Underwater Gallery VI
 

 
 
 
 
  * This habitat contains several interesting members.  The group of yellow-orange Tube Sponges are a Verongia sp., probably Verongia fistularis.  The Red Cup Sponge is a Mycale sp. , and the Red Rope sponges are Haliclona rubens.  In the background is the Deep Water Gorgonian, Icilogorgia schrammi.  The foreground  contains a clump of green algae.

 This grouping was found on a protected shelf  in a deep recess of Grand Cayman Island's Great North Wall.  The depth of the shelf was about 135 feet or 41 meters.

North Wall, Grand Cayman Island - Depth 135 feet or 41 meters
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