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Aplysina fistularis
I havnt even edited the colours in this, it was positively glowing! Tube Sponges pump huge quantities of water through their bodies, filtering out the tiny particles on which they feed. They can pump five times their volume of water every second!! Their vivid yellow colour is due to special fluorescent pigments in the sponge tissue.
Spotted on Jan 11, 2011
Submitted on Nov 11, 2011
29 Comments (1–25)
Great efforts required for under sea spottings.. All these under sea spottings are precious for Project Noah..!!
Beautiful photo!
That is a great picture
Wonderful colors
wow amazing photo
Although note this isnt a coral, its a sponge, different family, corals are part of the jellyfish family Cnidaria while sponges are in Porifera!!
Its true sunscreens can damage corals as they increase susseptibility to viruses! Also you should never touch corals as you can transmit human pathogens to them such as the Herpes virus!!
Una pequeña muestra de la riqueza natural de nuestro hermoso país...felicidades moralcoral!
Lovely spotting and congrats.
IrmaFelicitas your comment is important; I'm going to try to translate it into English. I'm not very good at this.
When swimming to see corals, don't use creams or sunscreen because they damage the corals.
The baton has been passed on to a worthy spotter. Well deserved spot of the day. Great photo.
que presiozuras de corales la berdad no se porq los maltratan
Qué increíbles colores! Adoro mi tierra mexicana, por favor cuando vayan a ver los corales, no usen cremas o cosas antisolares, porque dañan permanentemente el arrecife al mezclarse con el agua. Gracias.
Yay =)
Spotting of the Day!
"Yellow tube sponges pump five times their own volume of water every minute, filtering out the tiny particles on which they feed."
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nice colors!
Very Pretty Coral!
Wow Indeed!
WOW!
Nope. We see the bears(oso), kinkajous(cusumbo), tayra(cabeza de mate) and some of the cooperative have seen puma but the little cats are so timid. I'm off for a night in a hammock next week, that'll be our best bet...
Id love to see an oncila! have you seen any (not via camera trap)?
It looks like flowers blooming underwater. Very nice.
Caecilians or oncilas and you're in.
Forest Corals Maybe, or snakes im good with them too!
Dunno id rather be in Santa Lucia!! If you ever need a coral expert?? =)