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Genus RhopalaeaObserver
quokka2Description
Reef in outer lagoon.
Guessing. See this brown one from time to time.
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Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)Observer
fiftygritDescription
white sponge in foreground
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Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)Observer
quokka2Description
Outer edge fringing reef. 3-6m.
Looks a bit like Spirastrella cunctatrix but location is wrong!
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Calcareous Sponges (Class Calcarea)Observer
drelodiecamprasseDescription
IDing the whitish sponges (?) looking like a tube on the right top corner
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Sponges (Phylum Porifera)Observer
wamozDescription
A beautiful shade of red but also noticeable for the filaments that are created when broken (images #2 & #3).
Snail shell posted as a separate observation - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/46700029
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davemmdaveDescription
These yellow orange brownish sponges were very prevalent under most ledges in depths greater than ~1 m,during this ~ 2 hour snorkel from shore.
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Sponges (Phylum Porifera)Observer
davemmdaveDescription
Cream mesh-like colony @~centre=subject.Under turned rock,on sandy rubble.
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Genus StellettaObserver
davemmdaveDescription
Subject=the navy blue ball sponges.
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Sponges (Phylum Porifera)Observer
wingspannerDescription
Exposed at low tide on the down facing side of a rock.
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Sponges (Phylum Porifera)Observer
nicklambertDescription
Guess. Attached to red algae
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Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)Observer
davemmdaveDescription
Larger growths of this very porous,distinctive sponge than the few earlier submissions of mine from same KI dive trip.(Subject species dominates image field but does not include the more solid yellow sponge in lower field).
Boat dive,depth ~8 m.
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Calcareous Sponges (Class Calcarea)Observer
marinejanineDescription
A decade ago, this was undescribed, even to family. Not sure if there have been any taxonomic developments on this sponge since then.
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Sponges (Phylum Porifera)Observer
danimationsDescription
Two of these were sighted among seagrass.
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Sycon capricornObserver
nickoshawDescription
Still to ID this creature! better photo this time. Hairy spnge?
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
marisa_aDescription
central light green one
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Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)Observer
davemmdaveDescription
Large irregular sponge on side of jetty pile in heavy shade.
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Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)Observer
ikenmenDescription
ID for the blue one
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Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)Observer
quokka2Description
3-14m wall, overhangs.
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Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)Observer
mikejonesdiveDescription
Golf Ball Sponge (Tethya sp.)
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Sponges (Phylum Porifera)Observer
bobi1Description
Eagles dive site
Around 70ft
79F
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