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Title: Sponges In Shallows, Indonesia
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A pair of a barrel sponges (Xestospongia testudinaria) grow in shallow water, surrounded by hydroids (stinging hydroid: Aglaophenia cupressina), in shallow water beneath trees and sun burst. The Passage betweeb Waigeo Island and Gam Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Dampier Strait. Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
- barrel sponge: Xestospongia testudinaria
- Bird's Head Seascape
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral reef
- Dampier Strait
- Gam Island
- Indonesia
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- Pacific Ocean
- Raja Ampat
- Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae
- South East Asia
- Sponges: Porifera
- stinging hydroid: Aglaophenia cupressina
- sunburst
- tropical
- Waigeo Island
- West Papua
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