Orange-yellow Sponges, white Sea Frost, Red Encrusting Sponge, and Feather Hydroids on a branch of a gorgonian.
Y-Caves, Jackson Bay, Little Cayman Island. Depth between 100 and 125 feet or 30 to 38 meters
Orange-yellow Sponges, white Sea Frost, Red Encrusting Sponge, and Feather
Hydroids on a branch of a gorgonian.
Y-Caves, Jackson Bay, Little Cayman Island. Depth between 100 and 125 feet or 30
to 38 meters
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some distance into one of the two-ended Y-Caves at Jackson Bay, Little Cayman Island.
The depth was perhaps 110 feet or 34 meters. It contains roughly
the same marine organisms as the parent image, except for the absence
of green algae. The orange-yellow sponge is
probably (Ulosa hispidus), and there are traces Red Encrusting
Sponge. The feather-like Hydroids are (Sertularella
speciosa), and the white Sea Frost is a Colonial Serpulid Worm (Filograna
implexa). The Stem serving as a base is from a gorgonian, or
perhaps a species of Black Coral (Antipathes. sp). There is
an obvious similarity between the above image and the previous one. It has been observed that for two-ended, open sea caves of sufficient length, depth of penetration into the cave is related to an equivalent underwater depth. The above image was taken deep in the cave, at a depth of between 100 and 125 feet (30 and 38 meters), and; together with the previous image taken at 185 feet or 55 meters, serves to illustrate the point. There is a clear resemblance. Y-Caves, Jackson Bay, Little Cayman Island. Depth between 100 and 125 feet or 30 to 38 meters |
