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Title: Sponge Scene. Cayman Islands.
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A sponge brittle star (Ophiactis sp.) clambers over a red boring sponge (Cliona delitrix) covered in sponge zoanthids (Parazoanthus parasiticus), growing on a coral reef. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Amphiuridae
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral reef
- Echinoderms: Echinodermata
- environment
- Grand Cayman
- Hexacorals: Hexacorallia
- Invertebrates
- macro
- Marine Life
- red boring sponge: Cliona delitrix
- Sea Stars: Asteroids: Asteroidea
- Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae
- sponge brittle star: Ophiactis sp.
- Sponges: Porifera
- sponge zoanthid: Parazoanthus parasiticus
- tropical
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- Zoanthids: Zoanthidea: Zoantharia
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