Pink sponge ball - Dysidea arenaria
80mm

Finally, this exquisitely delicate pink sponge ball was just too pretty not to photograph. It was attached to the reef at the base of a gorgonian on a lagoon pinnacle. A well-camouflaged nudibranch (not in this photo) feeds on this kind of sponge.

Posted 24 December 2010

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