857-32630 - At the Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore MD Yohan Zohar holds a female sponge blue crab and takes a biopsy of embryos. One female can give up to 3 million embryos.
1067-66 - Encrusting sponge, Clathria sp, detail. This genus takes the shape of whatever it begins growing on. Buyat Bay, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
970-496 - Yellow Tube Sponge (Aplysina fistularis) large group of sponges with surface and boat in background, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean
970-904 - Looking upwards to well lit sponges, corals and sea fans with very blue water and boat silhouette, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean
970-905 - Looking upwards to well lit sponges, corals and sea fans with very blue water and boat silhouette, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean
970-520 - Brown Tube Sponge (Agelas conifera) stand of four tubes against blue water and two scuba divers, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Island, Caribbean
970-908 - Looking upwards to well lit sponges, corals and sea fans with very blue water and boat silhouette, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean
970-907 - Looking upwards to well lit sponges, corals and sea fans with very blue water and diver silhouette, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean
970-518 - Yellow Tube Sponge (Aplysina fistularis) nice group of yellow sponges against blue background, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Island, Caribbean