RMDFWN5F–Caribbean barrel sponge is spawning at the Mesoamerican barrier reef.
RMREJTCR–. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. TOP: Occasionally, the researchers catch and tag sponge crabs - female crabs with eggs - in the ocean. MIDDLE: Female crabs can be recognized by the red tips on their claws. BOTTOM: To fasten the tag securely to the crab, the tag wire is hooked around the points of the crab's carapace. Research Program. "As long as they're in high salinity, they don't care." According to Rittschof, female crabs can lay multiple clutches of eggs — up to eight clutches in 18 weeks. Spawning female crabs are known t
RMPKJA2M–Giant sponges (species unknown) broadcast spawning on shallow tropical reef. Taken in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
RF2J6KC5C–Seascape with Butterflyfish while spawning of Grooved Brain Coral in coral reef of Caribbean Sea, Curacao