A pair of scuba divers swims above a massive barrel sponge covered in crinoids in the Indo-Pacific


A pair of divers swims above a massive barrel sponge covered in crinoid starfish. Between them is a healthy, rich reef with thousands of fish in the image. Barrel sponges and crinoids are both filter-feeding animals, relying on tiny food particles to move past them.


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Location: Papua New Guinea, West New Britain Province, Witu Island, Krakafat dive site
Photo credit: © Chris Gug / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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