Photos / Sounds

Observer

spirula

Date

August 2023

Place

Missing Location

Description

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

Photos / Sounds

What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

0-4m
Strange Ectyoplasia ferox maybe?

Photos / Sounds

What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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

Photos / Sounds

What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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

Photos / Sounds

What

Sponges (Phylum Porifera)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

1-5m

Photos / Sounds

What

Sponges (Phylum Porifera)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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

Photos / Sounds

What

Sargassum Sea Mat (Jellyella tuberculata)

Observer

susanhewitt

Date

April 30, 2024 09:41 AM AST

Photos / Sounds

What

Typical Salps (Genus Salpa)

Observer

robin_dive_diva

Date

January 30, 2024 06:24 PM EST

Description

Top

Photos / Sounds

What

Tunicates (Subphylum Tunicata)

Observer

emwilson243

Date

July 23, 2024 09:32 AM CST

Photos / Sounds

What

Pelagic Tunicates (Class Appendicularia)

Observer

djscho

Date

May 11, 2024 08:51 PM EST

Photos / Sounds

What

Azure Vase Sponge (Callyspongia plicifera)

Observer

coralreefdreams

Date

January 24, 2019 01:44 PM AST

Description

Capt. Don's Habitat House Reef

Photos / Sounds

Observer

spirula

Date

April 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

< 1m
Two mussel shells next to the anemone.

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans)

Observer

liittschwager

Date

December 2, 2012 02:44 PM PST

Description

Specimen #: BBEL_0177, Common Name: lionfish, Scientific Name: Pterois volitans, Size: 3 inches snout to vent (7.6cm), Notes: Collected by Franklin Brightwater December 2, 2012, no collection event #, Location: Smithsonian Institution's Field Station on Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Photos / Sounds

What

Sea Squirts (Class Ascidiacea)

Observer

sylvain_le_bris

Date

December 8, 2014 10:54 AM CST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

blythenilson

Date

November 19, 2021 05:49 AM AST

Photos / Sounds

What

Caribbean Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea)

Observer

saschant

Date

May 21, 2024 01:15 PM AST

Photos / Sounds

What

Lettuce Sea Slug (Elysia crispata)

Observer

jonahowens

Date

June 13, 2024 04:04 PM CST

Photos / Sounds

What

Lettuce Sea Slug (Elysia crispata)

Observer

coralreefdreams

Date

January 1, 2022 01:50 PM EST

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Boring Sponge (Cliothosa delitrix)

Observer

pleahy

Date

August 9, 2012 10:21 AM EDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Mola (Mola mola)

Observer

tedjudah

Date

December 16, 2023 08:38 PM PST

Description

Aumentos Reef, Monterey, CA
The Mola was moving - eyes looking around, gills and mouth were cycling.

Photos / Sounds

What

Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)

Observer

shmavin

Date

March 17, 2024 08:26 PM EDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Queen Conch (Aliger gigas)

Observer

robin_dive_diva

Date

February 6, 2024 09:09 AM EST

Description

Juvenile. Washed up on beach. Put it back in water.

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Finger Sponge (Iotrochota birotulata)

Observer

djscho

Date

December 22, 2023 06:16 PM EST

Photos / Sounds

What

Maiden Plum (Comocladia dentata)

Observer

astrobirder

Date

December 3, 2023 10:21 PM EST

Photos / Sounds

What

Netted Barrel Sponge (Verongula gigantea)

Observer

kerry_lewis

Date

October 15, 2022 11:55 AM EST

Photos / Sounds

What

Fingerprint Cyphoma (Cyphoma signatum)

Observer

djscho

Date

February 10, 2023 06:37 PM EST

Photos / Sounds

What

Pink Vase Sponge (Niphates digitalis)

Observer

robin_dive_diva

Date

September 19, 2022 04:51 PM EDT

Photos / Sounds

Observer

rogelio_67

Date

July 10, 2024 10:42 AM EST

Photos / Sounds

What

Bryozoans (Phylum Bryozoa)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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

Plants

Photos / Sounds

What

Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

Observer

spirula

Date

December 2023

Place

Missing Location

Tags

Photos / Sounds

What

Shortfinger Hermit (Pagurus brevidactylus)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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

Photos / Sounds

Observer

candy702

Date

June 29, 2024 05:04 PM CST

Photos / Sounds

What

Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum)

Observer

coralreefdreams

Date

November 6, 2007 04:10 PM AST

Description

Dog Island

Photos / Sounds

What

Smooth Risso (Zebina browniana)

Observer

margaritahermoso

Date

July 10, 2007 07:54 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Hydrozoans (Class Hydrozoa)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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

Photos / Sounds

What

Hydrozoans (Class Hydrozoa)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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.

Photos / Sounds

What

Overgrowing Tunicates (Family Didemnidae)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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.

Photos / Sounds

Observer

dayronbreto

Date

June 17, 2024 02:00 PM CDT
Other Animals

Photos / Sounds

What

Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

10ft-60ft or 3m-18m

Other Animals

Photos / Sounds

What

Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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.

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Algae (Phylum Rhodophyta)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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

Photos / Sounds

What

Plexaurid Sea Fans (Family Plexauridae)

Observer

spirula

Date

May 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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

Photos / Sounds

Observer

moots_htx

Date

May 27, 2024 05:33 PM EST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

moots_htx

Date

May 27, 2024 05:32 PM EST

Photos / Sounds

What

Tropical Tramp (Beckianum beckianum)

Observer

frank375

Date

December 20, 2017

Photos / Sounds

What

Caenogastropods (Subclass Caenogastropoda)

Observer

rickowen

Date

September 15, 2016 07:36 AM CDT

Photos / Sounds

Observer

blazeclaw

Date

December 27, 2018 02:24 PM EST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

marique

Date

November 20, 2021 02:55 PM -05

Photos / Sounds

Observer

kerry_lewis

Date

November 20, 2021 08:07 AM EST

Description

Bioblitz

Photos / Sounds

What

Periwinkle Snails and Allies (Superfamily Littorinoidea)

Observer

gorillarebecca

Date

June 29, 2022 07:27 AM EST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

mreith

Date

January 20, 2022 02:39 PM EST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

damionwhyte

Date

February 20, 2022 11:34 AM EST

Photos / Sounds

What

Tunicates (Subphylum Tunicata)

Observer

spirula

Date

January 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

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.

Photos / Sounds

What

Periwinkle Snails and Allies (Superfamily Littorinoidea)

Observer

nickevision

Date

September 13, 2020 10:10 AM UTC

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