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Crinoids cling to a large sponge on a healthy coral reef near the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This beautiful, tropical region is home to an incredible variety of marine life.

View from rocks across the clear turquoise waters of Cala Corsara to the pink granite headland of Punta Rossa Corsara, Spargi Island, La Maddalena Archipelago National Park, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Underwater view of the reef along the circumference of the Great Blue Hole on Lighthouse Reef, UNESCO, Belize

Soft corals, sponges, and other invertebrates compete for space on a beautiful reef in Indonesia. This tropical region, within the Coral Triangle, is home to an incredible variety of marine life.

Garden coral, sponges, and other invertebrates grow in a shallow seagrass meadow in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This tropical area in the Lesser Sunda Islands is known for both its amazing marine biodiversity as well its infamous dragons.

Detail of an encrusting sponge growing on a reef in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This tropical region in Indonesia is known for its spectacular coral reefs and high marine biodiversity.

Scorpianfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus), inside barrel sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), Amed, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Grouper (Cephalopholis sp.) inside barrel sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), Amed, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Diver enjoys the sight of colorful sponges, corals and feather stars at Coconut Point, Apo island Marine Reserve, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Diver looks down on blue seastar (Linkia laevigata) on a barrel sponge (Xestospongia sp.) Komodo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Thousands of scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), hovering over corals and barrel sponge, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Highly diverse coral head, including tube sponge (Theonella cylindrica), Apo Island marine reserve, Philippines, Visayan sea, Southeast Asia, Asia

Encrusting sponge, Clathria sp, detail. This genus takes the shape of whatever it begins growing on. Buyat Bay, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus, white phase, Sabang wreck, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines.

Thousands of scalefin anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, hover over corals and barrel sponge, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines.

Soft corals and crinoids on a sponge, Spice Islands, Maluku Region, Halmahera, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

A thorny seahorse, Hippocampus hystrix, sits on a sponge covered perch, Bima Bay, Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Pacific seahorse (Hippocampus ingens) and a small sponge, Ponta de Sao Vicente, Isabella Island, Albemarle, Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean

Cluster Duster (Bispira brunnea), tubeworm, on a brown sponge (Ectoplasia ferox) in front of blue water, Turneffe Atoll, Belize, Central America, Caribbean

Female diver with a lamp looking at a Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia muta) in a multi-coloured coral reef with various sponges and corals, Hopkins, Dangria, Belize, Central America, Caribbean

Female diver with a lamp looking at a Yellow Tube Sponge (Aplysina fistularis) in a coral reef, Hopkins, Dangria, Belize, Central America, Caribbean

At the Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore MD Yohan Zohar holds a female sponge blue crab and takes a biopsy of embryos. One female can give up to 3 million embryos.

A Slender Spongegoby (Phyllogobius platycephalops) and two different species of crabs. Attached to the goby are several parasites with egg cases, that will likely prove fatal over time. Many species live on the convuluted surface of this sponge, Philippin

Triplefin on Orange Sponge, Tripterygion delaisi, Spirastrella cunctatrix, La Vaca, Medes Islands, Costa Brava, Mediterranean Sea, Spain

Finger Soft Coral between Encrusting Sponge, Alcyonium palmatum, Spirastrella cunctatrix, La Vaca, Medes Islands, Costa Brava, Mediterranean Sea, Spain

Tube sponge, Lavender Stovepipe sponge, Aplysina archeri, Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire, Caribbean Sea