A Pink Vase Sponge and a brown Chicken Liver Sponge provide refuge for
an Arrow Crab and Brittle Stars.
Jackson Bay, Little Cayman Island - Depth 125 feet
or 38 meters
* A Pink Vase Sponge (Dasychalina cyathina) is the foreground of the above image, a brown Chicken Liver Sponge (Chrondrilla nucula) is the background. An Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) and Brittle Stars (Ophiothrix swensonii) take refuge between them. Above is the reef-building coral (Montastrea cavenerosa.) Jackson Bay, Little Cayman Island - Depth 85 feet or 30 meters |