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Title: Colourful Sponges. Cayman Islands
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A colourful coral reef wall, with yellow branching tube sponges (Pseudoceratina crassa), brown tube sponges (Agelas conifera) and red rope sponges (Amphimedon compressa), in front of deepwater sea fans (Iciligorgia nodulifera). East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Anthothelidae
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- branching tube sponge: Pseudoceratina crassa
- British West Indies
- brown tube sponge: Agelas conifera
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral reef
- deepwater sea fan: Iciligorgia nodulifera
- East End
- Gorgonians: Gorgonacea
- Grand Cayman
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- red rope sponge: erect rope sponge: Aphimedon compressa
- Retra
- Scleraxonia
- Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae
- Sponges: Porifera
- tropical
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