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Title: Spawning Sponge, Cuba
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A giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta) releases a smokey cloud of gametes as it spawns, watched by two white grunts (Haemulon plumieri). Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.
- behaviour
- Caribbean Sea
- coral reef
- Cuba
- Gardens of the Queen
- giant barrel sponge: Xestospongia muta
- Invertebrates
- Jardines de la Reina National Park
- Marine Life
- reproduction
- Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae
- spawning
- Sponges: Porifera
- tropical
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