Closeup of the top of a venus flower basket sponge.

A stalked glass sponge. A purple fish is to the left of the sponge's stalk.

A closeup view of the texture of the glass sponge in image expl5612.

An odd stalked creature growing from a near vertical rock wall.

A vase glass sponge.

A stalked white glass sponge.

A glass sponge attached to the bottom by hair-like appendages.

A glass sponge.

A glass sponge, perhaps with a disease or parasites.

A glass sponge with a large red shrimp.

A glass sponge with a large red shrimp.

Stalked glass sponges growing on a dead coral branch covered with hydroids. A squat lobster and amphipods are seen in the lower sponge.

Sponges and a chrsogorgia coral to the left.

A number of sponges growing from a dead coral covered with hydroids near its top. Two hermit crabs are seen in gastropod shells.

A glass sponge with hydroidsat its top and a large red striped shrimp.

A delicate glass sponge.

The base of a glass sponge with a very small brittle star.

A glass sponge in the center, a small white coral, and what appears to be a brown barnacle shell to the right.

A glass sponge growing on a pen coral stalk covered with zoanthids.

A sponge growing on a pen coral stalk covered with zoanthids. A brittle star is adhering to the base of the stalk.

A sponge? or something else?

A reddish-ink encrusting sponge on rock substrate.

A reddish-pink encrusting sponge, a gray sponge, and a white glass sponge from center to right and a a number of corals.

A yellow sponge? with an odd texture and small corals

A closeup of the yellow life form(s) seen in image expl5634.

A glass sponge with a squat lobster in its interior and a yellow feather star crinoid on top.

A large circular glass sponge, a stalked sea lily crinoid in bottom right center , numerous small white corals, and a whip coral on the bottom left.

A large circular glass sponge, a white sea star, and numerous small life forms are seen in the image.

A large glass sponge with two small hermit crabs.

A large glass barrel sponge with a pycnogonid crab to the left and a squat lobster to the lower right.

Large barrel sponges and their associates were observed during the dive. Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at 700 meters depth on a new seamount mapped by the BARUNA JAYA IV during the INDEX SATAL 2010 Expedition.

Glass vase sponges with two yellow crinoids, a pencil urchin, and a squat lobster on black rock substrate. The white objects in the upper left quadrant appear to be bivalve molluscs.

A large sponge with two yellow feather star crinoids, a red crinoid, and arms of a brittle star protruding.

Dead? venus flower basket glass sponge. The animal behind it appears to be a large stalked tunicate.

A red gastropod on a white sponge.

A beautiful marine snail in a garden-like setting

A beautiful marine snail in a garden-like setting

A beautiful marine snail in a garden-like setting

A beautiful marine snail in a garden-like setting

A beautiful marine snail in a garden-like setting

A marine snail on a black rock surface

A marine snail on a black rock surface

Portion of a broken clam shell on a sandy surface.

Bivalve (clam?) attached to rock.

Brown marine snail on coral branch.

A chiton and barnacles on a rock surface

A chiton and barnacles on a rock surface

A chiton and barnacles on a rock surface

An 8 cm long gastropod snail crawling on a wood fall (log) at 1525 meters depth. Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at a site referred to as "Baruna Jaya IV - Site 1".

Closeup of a barnacle