Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta; Cobalt Sponge; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Balanophyllia+elegans;+red+alga&title_tag=Balanophyllia+elegans;+red+alga>Balanophyllia elegans; red alga</a>)</small>

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Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta; Cobalt Sponge; (shown with Balanophyllia elegans; red alga)

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Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta
Cobalt Sponge
(shown with Balanophyllia elegans; red alga)

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0705 0878 (2005-07-25)

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date of photo Mar 1992

latitude 36.54630 longitude -121.93121 max error distance 2866 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Myxillidae

order Poecilosclerida

class Demospongiae

habitat Subtidal

notes Forms encrusting blue sheets. Symbiotic bacteria are responsible for the blue color. Photographed at Cypress Cove, Point Lobos, 17 m.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Cobalt Sponge (photographer)

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