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Title: Kittiwake Sponges. Cayman Islands
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A diver (Olivia Sen) observes an impressive growth a sponges (azure vase sponge: Callyspongia plicifera and yellow tube sponge: Aplysina fistularis) under an overhang of USS Kittiwake (US Military submarine rescue vessel), which have grown in the 6 years since this wreck was sunk. Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- azure vase sponge: Callyspongia plicifera
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- East End
- Grand Cayman
- Invertebrates
- Kittiwake wreck
- Marine Life
- Olivia Sen
- shipwreck
- Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae
- Sponges: Porifera
- tropical
- wreck
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