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.
1067-53 - Thorny seahorse, Hippocampus hystrix. Variable in color, this species is often found in sandy, rubble bottoms clinging to sponges or bits of coral. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
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