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Black sponge. No flash enabled - image washed out.
10m

Black sponge. No flash enabled - image washed out.
10m

3-15m or 50ft
Many sponges similar to this at this site. They completely dominated some parts of the wall.

3-15m or 50ft
Brown smooth sponge seen along the wall.

3-15m or 50ft
Was quite large and rarely seen.

3-15m or 50ft
The wall was covered in sponges similar to this.

3-15m or 50ft
Black sponges were uncommon at this site. Was seen along the wall.

3-15m or 50ft
Some kind of sponge seen on the reef next to the wall.

2-4m
This sponge was relatively rare and was seen on the sides or under the coral heads.

2-4m
Not sure what this sponge is, but it was seen once or twice at this site.

2-7m
A bright orange sponge under a piece of coral. Also has bite marks in one of the pictures.

2-7m
There was a hole in the reef with at least 4 different kinds of sponges. This observation is for the beige sponge.

2-7m
A small black sponge.

40ft – 12m
This observation is for the bright red sponge(s). The walls and roof of the cave was covered in sponges like this.

0-5m
Small black sponges were occasionally seen at this site.

0-5m

1-5m

Some sort of orange sponge.
2-4m

0-4m
Strange Ectyoplasia ferox maybe?

2-4m
Another sponge that was seen with two other sponges. Not sure what it is.

Top

< 1m
Two mussel shells next to the anemone.

0-3m
Found under a flipped rock. Might be a bryozoan.

20m or 60ft
Hermit crabs were frequently seen in sponges.

15-40ft or 4-12m
The buoy line had an abundance of these feather like hydroids on it.

15-40ft or 4-12m
Some sort of encrusting organism (possibly a hydroid) that was seen on the sargassum seaweed as it was floating by. Looks similar to the organisms on the buoy line.

3-4m
This encrusting organism/mass was found underneath a dead conch shell that was on the reef. It was slimy and smooth to the touch. Also it was not compressible.

10ft-60ft or 3m-18m

10ft-60ft or 3m-18m
No idea what this thing is. It seemed to have the ability to move itself into various poses. It was seen a twice during the dive.

1-5m
None of these images are great, but this looked like some sort of hairy red algae with many white spots.

1-5m
This coral was underneath a rock where the lobsters were.

Bioblitz

1-3m
Light coloured encrusting organism with pores in it. I don’t know what kind of organism this is. It was soft to the touch and not compressible.