Sponges in Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands

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Description: English: Sponge biodiversity and morphotypes at the lip the wall site in 60 feet of water. Included are the yellow tube sponge, Aplysina fistularis, the purple vase sponge, Niphates digitalis, the red encrusting sponge, Spiratrella coccinea, and the gray rope sponge, Callyspongia sp. Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands. May 23, 2007. Date: 22 September 2010, 11:08. Source: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/logs/may23/media/sponges_galore.html. Author: Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE.