Sponges

Encrusting Silica Sponges (Cliona sp.) and Ascidians on pier pylon.
Encrusting Silica Sponges (Cliona sp.) and Ascidians on pier pylon. colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint invertebrate invertebrates cling clinging clingy stick sticking adhere adhesive vertical sponge vertical Sponges |Encrusting Silica Sponges (Cliona sp.)

Encrusting Silica Sponge (Tethya sp.) on pier pylon.
Encrusting Silica Sponge (Tethya sp.) on pier pylon. colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint invertebrate invertebrates cling clinging clingy stick sticking adhere adhesive vertical sponge vertical Sponges |Encrusting Silica Sponge (Tethya sp.)

Encrusting Silica Sponges (Cliona sp.) and Ascidians on pier pylon.
Encrusting Silica Sponges (Cliona sp.) and Ascidians on pier pylon. colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint invertebrate invertebrates cling clinging clingy stick sticking adhere adhesive vertical sponge vertical Sponges |Encrusting Silica Sponges (Cliona sp.)

Silica Sponge (Thorecta sp.) at 32m depth on reef wall.
Silica Sponge (Demospongiae) at 32m depth on reef wall. Sponges |Silica Sponge (Thorecta sp.)

Yellow Silica Sponge (Polymastia sp.)
Yellow Silica Sponge (Polymastia sp.) colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint Sponges |Yellow Silica Sponge (Polymastia sp.)

Silica Sponges (Demospongiae)
Silica Sponges (Demospongiae) vertical colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint Sponges |Silica Sponges (Demospongiae)

Orange Finger Sponge (Demospongiae) on deep reef.
Orange Finger Sponge (Demospongiae) on deep reef. colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint sponges finger fingers Sponges |Orange Finger Sponge (Demospongiae)

Orange Finger Sponge (Demospongiae) on deep reef.
Orange Finger Sponge (Demospongiae) on deep reef. colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint sponges finger fingers vertical Sponges |Orange Finger Sponge (Demospongiae)

Silica Sponges (Demospongiae) on deep reef wall.
Silica Sponges (Demospongiae) on deep reef wall. sponge finger fingers colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint vertical Sponges |Silica Sponges (Demospongiae)

Orange Silica Sponge (Demospongiae) on deep reef wall with diver and torch.
Orange Silica Sponge (Demospongiae) on deep reef wall with diver and torch. single one alone lonely isolated individual dive diver diving adventure tourist ecotourism eco tourism tourism adventurous discover discovery discovering tourist tourists tourism eco tourism eco-tourism ecotourism ecotourist eco-tourist eco tourist ecotourists eco-tourists holiday holidays vacation adventure discovery adventuring discover vertical colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint Sponges |Orange Silica Sponge (Demospongiae)

Silica Sponges (Demospongiae) growing on deep reef wall.
Silica Sponges (Demospongiae) growing on deep reef wall. mass many group together same identical similar colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint sponge invertebrate invertebrates Sponges |Silica Sponges (Demospongiae)

Silica Sponges (Demospongiae), zoonanthid anemones and other sessile animals growing on deep reef wall just below kelp line.
Silica Sponges (Demospongiae), zoonanthid anemones and other sessile animals growing on deep reef wall just below kelp line. mass many group together same identical similar colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint sponge invertebrate invertebrates Sponges |Silica Sponges (Demospongiae)

Silica Sponges (Demospongiae), zoonanthid anemones and other sessile animals growing on deep reef wall just below kelp line.
Silica Sponges (Demospongiae), zoonanthid anemones and other sessile animals growing on deep reef wall just below kelp line. mass many group together same identical similar colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint sponge invertebrate invertebrates Sponges |Silica Sponges (Demospongiae)

Football Sponge (Demospongiae) growing on deep reef wall just below kelp line.
Football Sponge (Demospongiae) growing on deep reef wall just below kelp line. colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint sponge invertebrate invertebrates single one alone lonely isolated individual Sponges |Football Sponge (Demospongiae)

Silica Sponges (Demospongiae), zoonanthid anemones and other sessile animals growing on deep reef wall just below kelp line.
Silica Sponges (Demospongiae), zoonanthid anemones and other sessile animals growing on deep reef wall just below kelp line. mass many group together same identical similar colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint sponge invertebrate invertebrates Sponges |Silica Sponges (Demospongiae)

Silica Sponges (Demospongiae) growing on deep reef flat.
Silica Sponges (Demospongiae) growing on deep reef flat. mass many group together same identical similar sponge sessile growth temperate Sponges |Silica Sponges (Demospongiae)

Silica Sponge (Demospongiae) on deep reef wall.
Silica Sponge (Demospongiae) on deep reef wall. single one alone lonely isolated individual porifera grey gray sessile temperate sponges Sponges |Silica Sponge (Demospongiae)

Encrusting Silica Sponges (Cliona sp.) on pier pylon.
Encrusting Silica Sponges (Cliona sp.) on pier pylon. colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint invertebrate invertebrates cling clinging clingy stick sticking adhere adhesive vertical sponge red orange pylons pier wharf jetty Sponges |Encrusting Silica Sponges (Cliona sp.)

Yellow Silica Sponge (Leucetta chagosensis) with Brittle Star (Ophiothrix purpurea)
Yellow Silica Sponge (Leucetta chagosensis) with Brittle Star (Ophiothrix purpurea) single one alone lonely isolated individual colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint yellow syphon syphons Sponges |Yellow Silica Sponge (Leucetta chagosensis)

Branching Tree Sponge (Demospongiae sp.) on deep reef.
Branching Tree Sponge (Demospongiae sp.) on deep reef. single one alone lonely isolated individual branch branches slim slender fragile sponges finger fingers depths vertical Sponges |Branching Tree Sponge (Demospongiae sp.)