| 6050 |  |
A yellow sponge, a cup coral, and a small white coral. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6051 |  |
Yellow sponge with translucent material and a small stylaster coral in the background. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6052 |  |
Yellow sponge, crinoids, small corals and other life forms. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6053 |  |
Two venus flower basket glass sponges with a squat lobster. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6054 |  |
Stalk of glass sponge with hydroids growing on top. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6055 |  |
Large translucent glass sponge, smaller yellow and white sponges. Note shrimp on large sponge on left side. Small white urchin to right of big sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6056 |  |
Stalked white sponge growing from rock face. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6057 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6058 |  |
Translucent stalked sponge blending in with sand cover over black rock. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6059 |  |
Brown sponge growing from rock wall. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6060 |  |
A festive white sponge on a stalk. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6061 |  |
Closeup of white stalked sponge seen in image expl7535. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6062 |  |
A festive white sponge on a stalk anchored to rock wall devoid of surrounding sediment. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6063 |  |
Translucent tunicate? in middle left of image. A tube worm is below. Numerous triangular pteropod shells are seen. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6064 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6065 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6066 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6067 |  |
A white stalked glass sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6068 |  |
A stalked glass sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6069 |  |
A stalked glass sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6070 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6071 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6072 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6073 |  |
A small blue sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6074 |  |
A small yellow sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6075 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6076 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6077 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6078 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6079 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6080 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6081 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6082 |  |
A glass sponge |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6083 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6084 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6085 |  |
A brownish red spiky-looking holothurian |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6086 |  |
A grayish-white holothurian on a sandy bottom. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6087 |  |
A brownish red spiky-looking holothurian. A hydroid in upper left and a red sponge in lower right. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6088 |  |
A closeup of the "legs" of a holothurian. Odd white material on some of the upper "legs". |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6089 |  |
A purplish-white holothurian on a rock and sand bottom. There appear to be numerous small sponges on the rocks. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6090 |  |
Holothurian covered with sand and pteropod shells on a sand covered rocky ledge. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6091 |  |
Holothurian covered with sand and pteropod shells on a sand covered rocky ledge. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6092 |  |
A purplish red translucent swimming holothurian |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6093 |  |
Benthothuria, an escape swimmer. When disturbed , Benthothuria flexes its body and empties its gut of heavy sediment. Having come off the bottom, it remains suspended due to the neutral buoyancy of its thick purple body wall. Somehow it gains enough weight to sink and resume feeding. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6094 |  |
Benthothuria, an escape swimmer. When disturbed , Benthothuria flexes its body and empties its gut of heavy sediment. Having come off the bottom, it remains suspended due to the neutral buoyancy of its thick purple body wall. Somehow it gains enough weight to sink and resume feeding. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6095 |  |
Benthothuria, an escape swimmer. When disturbed , Benthothuria flexes its body and empties its gut of heavy sediment. Having come off the bottom, it remains suspended due to the neutral buoyancy of its thick purple body wall. Somehow it gains enough weight to sink and resume feeding. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6096 |  |
Benthothuria, an escape swimmer. When disturbed , Benthothuria flexes its body and empties its gut of heavy sediment. Having come off the bottom, it remains suspended due to the neutral buoyancy of its thick purple body wall. Somehow it gains enough weight to sink and resume feeding. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6097 |  |
Anemone? corallimorph? with scale worm in lower left. |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6098 |  |
Translucent purple holothurian |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
6099 |  |
Translucent purple holothurian with outline of intestinal tract visible |
Gulf of Mexico, North |
