CDDC-1000
Sponge
Niphatidae
Niphates
all green
Abundant at 5-10m on top reef on coral & rock; v. spongy; finger projections; plenty 2-5mm oscules
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CDDC-1001
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Xestospongia
pink/ beigepink inside
Common at 5-10m on top reef on coral & rock; styrofoam like loaf of bread, breaks easy; solitary; few v. big osc.
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CDDC-1002
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
brown; yellow ins. black out of water
Abundant at 5-10m on top reef/ mangrove on coral; hard & leathery; encrusting, branching, creeping; oscules not vis.
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CDDC-1003
Sponge
Chalinidae
Haliclona; Subg. Reniera
brown
Abundant at 5-10m on top reef/ mangrove on coral & rock; v. soft/ spongy; Recollects No. 05-17, 119?
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CDDC-1004
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Desmacella/ Clathria hirsuta
all maroon
Rare at 5-10m top reef on coral/rock; projections, knobby & porous; encrusting; plenty cavernosa like osc.
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CDDC-1005
Sponge
Callyspongiidae
Callyspongia?
all lighter brown
Common at 5-10m on top reef/ mangrove on sand; v. spongy & soft finely conulose/spiny; encrusting, creeping; plenty 2-5mm osc.
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CDDC-1006
Sponge
Halichondrida
Axinyssa
all orange
Abundant at 5-10m top reef on coral/rock; soft, spongy, conulose; solitary & massive; 2-10mm osc
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CDDC-1007
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
brown
Common at 5-10m top reef on coral/rock; v. rough, conulose; stalk; single 4mm osc. on top of Sponge
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CDDC-1008
Sponge
Dictyonellidae
Acanthella
all orange
Abundant at 5-10m top reef; porous; solitary; plenty 10mm osc.
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CDDC-1009
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Cribrochalina
maroon; change to green out of water
Rare at 5-10m top reef on coral/rock; spongy & soft; branching; plenty 1mm osc. all over; few 5mm ones
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CDDC-1010
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Haliclona; Subg. Reniera
brown
probably = No. 4 (1003), 119
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CDDC-1011
Sponge
Halichondriidae
Halichondria
purplish brown
Rare? at 5-10m on coral on top reef/mangrove; spongy & porous, hispidy under diss. Micr; solitary & bulbous; few 1mm oscules
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CDDC-1012
Sponge
Tetillidae
Paratetilla
yellow
Abundant at 5-10m on coral on top reef/mangrove; hard; solitary & spherical; some 5mm osc. all around
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CDDC-1013
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Nephthea
beige
Abundant at 5-10m on coral/rock on top reef/mangrove; milky green secr.; pungent; branching on stalk
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CDDC-1014
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Lobophytum
whitish; greenish grey out of water
Common at 5-10m on coral; top reef/ mangrove; pungent; hard w. ridges, fleshy in water; on stalk + creeping
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CDDC-1015
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown;black out of water
Common at 5-10m top reef on coral; pungent; clear black secret.; rough & hard w. ridges; branching on stalk; shrunken; lots of sclerites
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CDDC-1016
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
yellow
Common at 5-10m top reef on coral; milky brown mucus secretion; rough & hard w. ridges/projections; stalk
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CDDC-1017
Sponge
Axinellidae
Axinella?
all orange
Common at 5-10m on coral/rock on top reef; milky orange secr.; soft & rough w. ridges; pungent; solitary on stalk & branching; few 3mm osc.
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CDDC-1018
Sponge
Clathrinida
Leucetta
bright yellow
Abundant at 5-10m on top reef/ overhang on coral/rock; hard; lemon shape, solitary; some 3mm osc.
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CDDC-1019
Sponge
Phleodictyidae
Siphonodictyon like
yellow orange
Common at 5-10m on top reef on coral/rock; knobby; branching, boring?; plenty 10mm osc.
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CDDC-1020
Sponge
Ancorinidae
Rhabdastrella
redbrown; yellow inside
Abundant at 5-10m top reef on coral/rock; massive; plenty 2-10mm osc; symbionts growing around (pic)
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CDDC-1021
Sponge
Phleodictyidae
Siphonodictyon
white
Abundant at 5-10m on top reef on coral; hard & crunchy; 10mm osc. each; symbiont: red Ascidian (pic)
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CDDC-1022
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Lobophytum
whitish; greenish grey out of water
Common at 5-10m on coral; top reef/ mangrove; pungent; hard w. ridges, fleshy in water (similar 1014)
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CDDC-1023
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown; black out of water
similar to Fj01-036; no real clubs in polypary; clear black secretion
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CDDC-1024
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
yellow; y.brown out water
Common at 5-10m; milky brown mucus; typical Sinularia sclerites
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CDDC-1025
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Cladiella
white
Rare? At 5-10m on coral on top reef/mangrove; hard & rough w. projections; stalk; shrunken
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CDDC-1026
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
yell.-grey; grey outside water
Common? at 5-10m on coral top reef; milky brown secret.; pungent; soft w. projections; arborescent on stalk; typical clubs
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CDDC-1027
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcopthyton
yellowish
Common at 5-10m on coral on top reef; milky lightbrown secr.; soft & fleshy; pungent; massive on stalk
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CDDC-1028
Sponge
Crellidae
bluish-purple
Common at 5-10m top reef on coral/ rock; clear, sticky purplish secr.; v. pungent; spongy; plenty 1mm osc.
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CDDC-1029
Sponge
black-brown
Abundant at 5-10m on coral/rock on top reef/mangrove; fleshy, leathery; solitary
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CDDC-1030
Sponge
Spongiidae
Coscinoderma
black; grey ins. & unders.
Abundant at 7-11m on coral & sand; spongy, leathery, tough & porous; solitary & massive; few 20mm osc.
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CDDC-1031
Ascidian
Stolidobranchia
Polyandrocarpa
greenish black; orange inside
Common at 7-11m on coral under overhang; fleshy; stalk; plenty siphons; for DNA analysis
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CDDC-1032
Sponge
Spongiidae
Phyllospongia
reddish/ brown "elephant ear"
Common at 7-11m on coral at cliff; clear red secretion; smooth & spongy; solitary, thin sheet, cup shaped; plenty >1mm osc.;
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CDDC-1033
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Lobophytum
grey; orangy underside
Common at 7-11m on coral at cliff; clear lightbrown secretion; bit pungent; hard w. ridges; shrunken
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CDDC-1034
Sponge
all black
Common at 7-11m on coral at cliff; clear darkbrown secr. when squeezed; pungent; rough & hard; solitary & massive; few 2mm osc.
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CDDC-1035
Sponge
Phleodictyidae
Siphonodictyon
white
Abundant at 7-11m on coral at cliff; recollect 024?; brittle, projections; volcano shape; 5-10mm osc.
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CDDC-1036
Sponge
Calcarea
bluish white
Abundant at 7-11m on coral at cliff; v. spiculose; hard; encrusting, thin sheet; 5mm osc.; "death star"
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CDDC-1037
Chlorophyta
Udoteaceae
Tydemania
all green
Common at 7-11m on coral/rock at cliff; spongy; creeping
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CDDC-1038
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
La+F1109melloDysidea
lightgreen; change to purple out of water .
Abundant at 7-11m on coral at bottom reef; clear redbrown secr.; microvilli projections; encrusting thin sheet; few 2mm osc.
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CDDC-1039
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
greenish pink
Common at 7-11m on coral at cliff; clear purple secr.; pungent; hard & microconulose w. ridges; encrust. thick sheet; some 3mm osc.
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CDDC-1040
Cnidaria
Gorgoniidae
Rumphella
brown
Common at 7-11mon coral & sand, bottom reef; hard; colonial; fan-like
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CDDC-1041
Sponge
yellow-brown; brown out of water
Rare at 7-11m on coral at cliff; pungent; porous, v. hard & rough; solitary; plenty 2-7mm osc.
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CDDC-1042
Sponge
Haplosclerida
greenish brown
Rare at 7-11m on coral at cliff; pungent; clear pinkish secr.;soft, conulose & spongy; solitary; plenty 2-5mm osc.
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CDDC-1043
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
yellow
Common at 7-11m bottom reef of cliff; gelatinous lightbrown secr.; pungent; smooth & soft; stalk
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CDDC-1044
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
beige; change maroon out water
Common at 7-11m on coral/rock at cliff; milky pink secr.; fleshy & leathery w. ridges; stalk; 1 big osc., closes under water when cut
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CDDC-1045
Sponge
Halichondrida
Halicondrida
brown; underside lightbrown
Common at 7-11m on coral at cliff; areolated & hispid; solitary, encrust. thick sheet; 1osc. of 1mm
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CDDC-1046
Sponge
Dictyonellidae
Liosina
dirty white
Common at 7-11m on coral at cliff; smooth, spongy, rough, slimey; encrusting?; some osc. >1mm
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CDDC-1047
Cnidaria
Zoanthid
Palythoa
beige
Abundant at 7-11m on coral/rock; hard; encrusting thick sheet
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CDDC-1048
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
darkbrownyellow ins. & unders.
Common at 7-11m on coral at cliff; bit pungent; spongy, porous, hard; solitary; some 2-5mm osc.
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CDDC-1049
Cnidaria
Xeniidae
Heteroxenia
blue/white
Common at 17m in channel on coral/rock ; sticky, milky secr.; v. soft ; colonial on short stalk
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CDDC-1050
Sponge
Haplosclerida
white/pink
Common at 20m on coral at cliff; soft & spongy; creeping; 5mm osc.
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CDDC-1051
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Callyspongia
purple/ white
Abundant at 10-15m on coral at cliff; rough, spongy & conulose; encrust. thick sheet; plenty 2-4mm osc.
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CDDC-1052
Sponge
Halichondrida
Topsentia
white
Common at 10-30m on coral/rock; bit pungent; smooth, rough; solitary & massive; plenty osc. diff. size
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CDDC-1053
Sponge
Clathrinida
Leucetta
purplish; change to pink out water
Common at 25m on coral at cliff; clear lightbrown secr.; pungent; knobby; encrust. thick sheet; some 7mm osc
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CDDC-1054
Sponge
Clathrinida
Leucetta
yellow
Common at 5-8m on coral top reef; aromatic odor; hard & rubbery; some 1mm osc.
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CDDC-1055
Ascidian
Ascidiacea
Trididemnum
green/ brown/ pink
Common? at 50m at wall on coral; clear red secr.; rubbery & tough; encrust. thin sheet
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CDDC-1056
Sponge
Aplysinidae
all darkbrownpurple
Rare? At 10m on coral/rock at wall; purple secr. porous & hard; solitary some 8mm osc.; recollect 058?
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CDDC-1057
Cnidaria
Zoanthid
Palythoa
grey
Common at 9m on coral/rock on boulder; hard; thick encrust. sheet
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CDDC-1058
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Biemna
red/brown
Common at 5-8m on coral top reef; milky brown secr.; pungent; soft & smooth, sfce rugose; encrust. thick sheet; 1mm oscules
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CDDC-1059
Sponge
Halichondrida
Hymeniacidon?
light purple; underside white
Rare at 25m on coral at wall; clear pink secr.; hard & rubbery; sfce hispidy; thick sheet; plenty v. small osc.
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CDDC-1060
Sponge
Thorectidae
fasciospongia
darkbrown; lightbrown inside
Common at 10-20m on coral/rockat wall; clear lightbrown secr.; rubbery, hard & conulose; creeping & solitary w. finger projections; few 3mm osc.; G-1487?
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CDDC-1061
Ascidian
Ascidiacea
Didemnum
green/ white
Abundant at 2-5m on coral top reef; sticky green secr.; fragile, soft & slimey; colonial
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CDDC-1062
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Petrosia
all brown
Abundant at 3m on coral/rock top reef; brown secr. only when sqeezed; soft & spongy w. areolated, finely hispid sfce; 5mm osc. on tube projections
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CDDC-1063
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Neopetrosia
all black
Common at 3m on coral/rock top reef; milky black secr.; pungent; v. soft & finely hispid; plenty 1-3mm
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CDDC-1064
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Xestospongia
orange-brown; white inside
Common at 3m on coral/rock top reef; milky pink secr.; pungent; v. light & brittle; solitary & massive; huge osc.
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CDDC-1065
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
all black
Common at 5m on coral/rock top reef; clear black secr.; sfce bit tuberculate, hard & rough; solitary & massive; osc. not visible
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CDDC-1066
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
white; brown out of water
Common at 3m on coral top reef; milky brown secr.; stalk; shrunken
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CDDC-1067
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
darkbrown white stalk;
Common at 10m on coral top reef; milky lightbrown secr.; pungent; soft head, hard stalk; shrunken
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CDDC-1068
Ascidian
Ascidiacea
all black
Common? At 20m at wall on coral/rock; clear black secr.; rough & rubbery; encrusting thick sheet
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CDDC-1069
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Haliclona/ Reniera
brown; lightbrown inside
Abundant at 5-15m on coral at cliff; clear brown secr.; v. soft & spongy; solitary; 1-10mm osc.; recollect 004
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CDDC-1070
Sponge
Brown; yellow inside
Abundant at 5-8m on coral; spongy, crunchy & spikey projections; encrusting thick sheet; various size osc. on projections
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CDDC-1071
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Nephthyigorgia
yellow
Common at 5-12m on coral/rock in channel; clear yellow secr.; pungent; projections; fan-like & branching on stalk; v. spiculy
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CDDC-1072
Sponge
Suberitidae
Suberites
dark yellow; yellow inside
Common at 3-5m on coral at top reef; clear yellow secr.; hard, conulose, rubbery & spikey; 3-8mm osc.
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CDDC-1073
Ascidian
Ascidiacea
all black
Common at 3-5m on coral top reef; milky black secr.; rubbery & hard; encrust. thick sheet; siphons visible
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CDDC-1074
Sponge
Suberitidae
Suberites
all black
Common at 3-5m on coral/rock; clear brown secr.; rubbery & hispidy; solitary; some 2-8mm osc.
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CDDC-1075
Alga
maroon
Common at 2-3m on coral/sand at top reef/mangrove; stalked
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CDDC-1076
Sponge
Haplosclerida
yellow-beige; beige inside
Rare at 3m on coral top reef; clear, sticky colourless secr.; sand grains, brittle & crunchy; encrust? thick sheet; unusual growth; osc. not vis, symbiont: 5mm "hairy" material;
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CDDC-1077
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Zyzzya
black
Common at 5-8m on coral at wall; rubbery; encrust. thick sheet;several 2-7mm osc.; recollect111?
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CDDC-1078
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Siphonodictyon
dirty orange-yellow
Abundant at 5-8m on coral/rock at wall; recollect#9?; phosporus odor; hard, hollow & tough; encrust. thick sheet; 2-10mm osc.
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CDDC-1079
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Petrosina
red
Common at 4m on coral on boulder; redbrown secr; soft, spongy, fragile, hispid & conulose; encrust. thick sheet; some 1mm osc.
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CDDC-1080
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
brown
Abundant at 5-8m on coral on boulder; rough, rubbery & conulose; encrust. & creeping; 1-3mm osc.
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CDDC-1081
Cnidaria
Melitheidae
Melithaea
redbrown
Abundant at 5-8m on coral/rock on boulder; aromatic odor; fan-like
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CDDC-1082
Sponge
Polymastiidae
Polymastia
light- purple/ white
Common at 5-8m on coral top reef/ boulder; pungent; spongy, rough, porous, rubbery, conulose; encrust. thick sheet; plenty 1-7mm osc.
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CDDC-1083
Ascidian
Ascidiacea
red
Common at 8-10m on coral and plant material; milky orange secr.; aromatic; smooth; encrust. thin sheet (pic); siphons not visible; recollect?
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CDDC-1084
Sponge
Petrosiidae
yellow-brown
Rare at 8-10m on coral/rock on boulder; spongy, microhispid; solitary, thick sheet; plenty 1mm osc. all over
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CDDC-1085
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Lobophytum
grey; white underside
Common? at 5-8m on coral on boulder; clear colourless secr.; pungent; encrusting; shrunken
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CDDC-1086
Sponge
Callyspongiidae
brown; yellow inside
Common at 8-12m on coral on boulder; lightbrown secr.; v. soft, v. porous, spongy, rugose & compress.; solitary, massive; plenty 1mm osc.; recollect?
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CDDC-1087
Sponge
Callyspongiidae
Euplacella
pink/ white
Abundant at 8-12m on coral/rock on boulder; milky pink secr.; crab odor; smooth, spongy, porous, brittle & v. light; solitary; plenty v. small osc.
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CDDC-1088
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
yellow; change darkgreen out of water
Rare? at 3m on coral top reef; clear lightbrown secr.; pungent; soft & fleshy; stalk; shrunken
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CDDC-1089
Sponge
Agelasida
Agelas
white/orange/brown yellow underside
Rare at 8-12 m on coral/rock top reef/mangrove; hard, porous, conulose hispidy; solitary? thick sheet; plenty 1-15mm osc. (pic)
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CDDC-1090
Sponge
Halicondrida
Halicondria
white w. marks; yellow inside
Abundant at 10m on coral bottom reef & patches of rocks;rough, smooth & rubbery; encrust. thin sheet; osc.?
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CDDC-1091
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Neopetrosia
brown; pink inside
Common? at 10m on coral of a patchy reef; hard & crunchy w. ridges; solitary w. spicule brushes sticking out; plenty 1-3mm osc.
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CDDC-1092
Sponge
Geodiidae
Geodia
white
Common at 0m on top reef in coral; pungent; v. hard & sandpapery; encrust., boring; plenty 0,5mm osc.
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CDDC-1093
Sponge
Spirastrellida
Spheciospongia
all brown/ lightbrown
Abundant at 0m on sandy shore/ seagrass; firm & crunchy; boring w. finger project.; 1osc on top 10mm
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CDDC-1094
Sponge
Spirastrellida
Spheciospongia
brown; yellow-brown ins. & unders.
Abundant at 0m on sandy shore/ seagrass; spongy & porous; solitary & boring; plenty 2-6mm osc
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CDDC-1095
Pheophyta
Dictyotales
Padina
yellow-brown w. white
Abundant at 0m on top reef on coral; smooth & fragile
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CDDC-1096
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Zyzzya
all black
Common at 0m in seagrass on sand; clear black secretion; chunky; solitary; osc. not visible
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CDDC-1097
Sponge
yellow
Abundant at 0m on coral top reef; spongy & v. light; encrusting thin sheet; plenty v. small oscules
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CDDC-1098
Alga
brown
Abundant at 0m on coral top reef; clear gelatinous pink secretion; soft
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CDDC-1099
Sponge
Tetillidae
Cinachyra(ella)
brown; pink inside
Rare? at 15m bottom reef on coral/rock; soft; solitary, globular; several 5-10mm osc.
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CDDC-1100
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Xestospongia
brown; lightbrown-pinkish ins. & unders.
Common? at 15m bottom reef on coral; pink, clear secr.; soft, breaks easy; solitary & massive; plenty 1-5mm osc.
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CDDC-1101
Sponge
Clionaidae
Cliona
grey-yell. /black
Susan # 70; Common? at 12-15m; boring, encrust.; v. stinky (H2S)
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CDDC-1102
Sponge
Clionaidae
Cliothosa
yell.-grey; grumbly yell. ins.
Susan # 71; At 1m low tide; film & shiny; boring; stinky H2S
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CDDC-1103
Sponge
purple/ black/grey
Common at 0m top reef on coral; hard & chunky; encrusting? thick sheet; symbiont w. other Sponge
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CDDC-1104
Sponge
Halichondrida
Axinellida
all orange
Common at 12m on dead animal on wall in channel; projections, hard, knobby; solitary; few 3mm osc.
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CDDC-1105
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphaeria
green
Abundant at 6m on top reef; knobby buttons, smooth & hard;resembling L. patella; intact
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CDDC-1106
Sponge
yellow?
Susan # Momi Bay; At 6m; boring into coral head; stinky
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CDDC-1107
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Callyspongia
greenish brown
Rare at 5-10m on top reef on oyster; smooth, soft & spongy; encrust. thick sheet; plenty 5mm oscules
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CDDC-1108
Sponge
Haplosclerida
brown
looks like elephant ear
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CDDC-1109
Sponge
Haplosclerida
brown
looks like elephant ear
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CDDC-1110
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
brown, grey inside
Hippospongia looks, spikey
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CDDC-1111
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
brown
Thorectidae looks; spikey
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CDDC-1112
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
l. purple/ yellow
Dysidea looks; plenty oscules
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CDDC-1113
Sponge
black
looks chondrosida
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CDDC-1114
Sponge
Thorectidae
Fascaplysinopsis
brown
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CDDC-1115
Sponge
Halichondrida
orangey yellow
slippery; with big oscules
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CDDC-1116
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
yellowish grey
conulose; with fingery projections; Hippospongia looks
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CDDC-1117
Sponge
Halichondrida
white/ yell
round blob; few oscules
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CDDC-1118
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
brown/yell
Thorectidae looks; spikey
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CDDC-1119
Sponge
Astrophorida
Rhabdastrella
red; yell. inside
typical specimen
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CDDC-1120
Ascidian
Ascidiacea
Eudistoma
l. purple; dark outs. Water
flat mat with star shaped imprints; encrusting
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CDDC-1121
Sponge
blood red
crella looks
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CDDC-1122
Sponge
Callyspongiidae
Callyspongia
l. green
very spongy and light
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CDDC-1123
Sponge
Halichondriidae
Strogylodesma
beige
ropey; v. light
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CDDC-1124
Sponge
Callyspongiidae
Callyspongia
greenish grey
vase shaped; very spikey and light
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CDDC-1125
Sponge
Halichondrida
brown/ mix
amorphus blob
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CDDC-1126
Sponge
Guitarridae
Tetrapocillon
all black
looks slippery
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CDDC-1127
Sponge
Spongiidae
Coscinoderma
black; grey ins.
typical specimen
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CDDC-1128
Sponge
Callyspongiidae
Callyspongia
brown
vase shaped; thin ectosome
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CDDC-1129
Ascidian
Polycitoridae
Eudistoma
all black
looks slippery
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CDDC-1130
Ascidian
all black
same
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CDDC-1131
Sponge
Aplysinidae
Aplysina
brownish yellow
spikey ropes
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CDDC-1132
Ascidian
lemon yellow
colonial; looks like Diazona
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CDDC-1133
Cnidaria
Antipatharia
Antipathes
brown
Rare at 9m at wall on coral; Algae smell; soft at ends, hard at center; solitary on stalk & branching; intact
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CDDC-1134
Cnidaria
Antipatharia
Antipathes
brown
Common at 10m at wall on coral; hard; Algae smell; solitary on stalk & branching; intact
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CDDC-1135
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Nephthya
purplish
Common at 10m at wall on coral; clear, light purple mucus; pungent
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CDDC-1136
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
grey/ brown
Common? at 8m at wall on coral/ rock; milky, green mucus; sinularia feel w. ridges; colonial; shrunken
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CDDC-1137
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown; black outs. water
Common at wall at 12m on coral/ rock; clear black secr.; pungent; hard w. ridges; colonial; shrunken
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CDDC-1138
Cnidaria
Melitheidae
Melithaea
purplish-red
Common at 15m at wall on coral; hard; colonial & fan-like on stalk
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CDDC-1139
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
green
Common at 15m botttom reef on coral/sand; clear lightgreen secr.; pungent; soft; colonial on stalk
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CDDC-1140
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Lemnalia
grey
Common at 12m at wall on coral; soft; milky grey secr.; pungent; colonial on stalk & branching
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CDDC-1141
Cnidaria
Gorgoniidae
Rumphella
brown
Common at 12m under overhang on coral/rock; clear brown secr.; pungent; soft; colonial on stalk
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CDDC-1142
Sponge
brown
Common at 10m on coral; spongy w. ridges; solitary; osc.2-9mm
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CDDC-1143
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
green
Common at 15m botttom reef on coral/sand; clear lightgreen secr.; pungent; soft; colonial on stalk
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CDDC-1144
Bryozoa
Phidoloporidae
Tryphyllozoon
orange
Abundant from 8-15m on coral at wall; hard, fragile & brittle; colonial
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CDDC-1145
Sponge
Clionaidae
Cernicornia
green; yellow inside
Abundant at 0m; spikey;(= 03-112?); collected mainly for DNA extraction
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CDDC-1146
Sponge
Clionaidae
Cernicornia
green; yellow inside
Similar to 111 above, but projections tinier; Fresh DNA extraction
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CDDC-1147
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
creamy; white ins.; brown outs. water
Common? at 10m on coral/rock at bottom reef; greenish mucus secr. when cut; brain like ridges w. sinularia feel; encrusting thick sheet
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CDDC-1148
Sponge
brown; yell. ins.+ unders.
Common at 12m on coral at bottom reef; spongy; solitary; plenty 1-2mm oscules in one area
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CDDC-1149
Sponge
Dictyonellidae
green
Common? at 12m on coral at bottom reef; a bit whitish mucus; pungent; v. spongy, soft; creeping, encrusting thick sheet; plenty 1-2mm osc.
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CDDC-1150
Cnidaria
Zoanthid
Palythoa
lightbrown creamy inside
Abundant at 12m on rock on bottom reef; hard; encrusting thick sheet; plenty 5mm openings
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CDDC-1151
Sponge
all black
Common at 8-12m on bottom reef; clear black mucus; hard, fibrous; bit pungent & aromatic; encrusting; few 2mm oscules
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CDDC-1152
Sponge
Dictyonellidae
Acanthella
redorange
Common at 12m at wall on coral/rock; spongy w. ridges; solitary; no osc. vis
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CDDC-1153
Sponge
Calcarea
all yellow
Abundant at 12m on rock in cave; hard; solitary; intact; two big osc.
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CDDC-1154
Sponge
Chalinidae
Haliclona
light orange
Common at 15m on rock at bottom reef; clear orange secr. when squeezed; smooth, fleshy & v. soft; solitary; few small oscules
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CDDC-1155
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Biemna
redbrown;underside yellow
Common at 10-15m on coral at wall; light red gelatinous mucus; itchy; soft; solitary; plenty small oscules
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CDDC-1156
Sponge
Calthropellidae
Ecionemia
greyish black; grey ins.
Common at 15m on rock at bottom reef; aromatic & pungent; v. spongy & porous; solitary; few 2-5mm osc.
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CDDC-1157
Sponge
all orange
Rare? at 12m on rock; soft & spongy; encrust. thick sheet; few 2mm osc.
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CDDC-1158
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Petrosia
light brown; pink inside
Common at 12m at wall on bottom reef; milky pink secr.; spongy & v. soft; breaks easy; some 1mm osc.
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CDDC-1159
Sponge
Callyspongiidae
Callyspongia
yellow
Rare at 8m on rock; soft & spongy; thick sheet spanning from rock to rock; plenty 2mm osc.
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CDDC-1160
Sponge
Thorectidae
Phyllospongia
pinkish brown
Common at 10m on bottom reef; smooth & leathery; solitary 1.5mm thin sheet w. stalk; 0.5mm osc.
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CDDC-1161
Sponge
Thorectidae
Carteriospongia
dirty pink
Common on coral at 12m bottom reef; clear pink secr.; soft w. ridges; thin sheet; several 1mm osc.,symb.: Algae, barnacles, coral
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CDDC-1162
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Iotrochota
black-purple
On coral at 12m bottom reef; clear purple secr.; knobby projections & a bit spikey; thread like; osc.?
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CDDC-1163
Cnidaria
Zoanthid
Palythoa
darkbrown; lightbrown ins.
Rare? at 12m on coral/rock; clear lightbrown secr.; thick sheet, large mat; plenty openings, intact
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CDDC-1164
Sponge
all black
Rare in cave at 15m bottom reef; brown secr. when squeezed; soft w. ridges; solitary; few 4mm osc.
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CDDC-1165
Sponge
all orange
At 12m on cliff bottom reef on coral; clear light yellow secr.; spongy & soft; solitary; few 8mm osc.
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CDDC-1166
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Echinodictyum
v. black outside; yellow ins.
Abundant at 5-15m on coral/rock; clear greenish yellow secr.; v. soft & smooth; v. disintegrating; no osc. vis
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CDDC-1167
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown; l. brown inside
Common at 7m on rock at wall; clear l.brown mucus; aromatic & pungent; rough & v. hard w. ridges; colonial
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CDDC-1168
Sponge
all brown
Common? in sand 12m; pungent; spongy & soft; boring; few 4mm osc., symbionts: Sponge, Algae covered
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CDDC-1169
Sponge
black; grey ins. & unders. .
Rare at 10mon coral/rock; clear purple secretion; smooth & fleshy; solitary, encrusting thick sheet; osc. not vis.
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CDDC-1170
Sponge
Clionaidae
Cernicornia
greenish grey outs; light yellow ins.
Abundant at 0m on top reef burrow ing in mud & sand; pungent; hard; colonial w. finger projections; 1mm osc. on top, zooxanthellae
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CDDC-1171
Alga
Chlorophyta
Boodlea
all green
Abundant at 0m on top reef on coral; soft, shiny & fragile; colonial
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CDDC-1172
Sponge
all black
Common at 0m; spongy & soft; solitary w. digitate projections; plenty1-4mm oscules; similar to No 119 but different growth form
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CDDC-1173
Sponge
Niphatidae
Niphates
all purple
Abundant 0m on muddy top reef on coral; bit spongy & hard; creeping & branching; plenty 1-2mm osc.; green Algal symbionts
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CDDC-1174
Echinoderma
Holothuriidae
Holothuria
purplish
Common at 0m on top reef; clear brown secretion; soft; intact
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CDDC-1175
Sponge
green
Common at 0m on top reef; on coral; hairy projections; arborescent on stalk; osc. not vis.
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CDDC-1176
Sponge
Tetillidae
Paratetilla
brown outs.; yell. inside
Abundant yellow golf balls in mud
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CDDC-1177
Sponge
Spongiidae
l.brown; redbrown underside
Common at 10m at wall on coral; smooth & soft; solitary, 1mm thin sheet with plenty v. small osc.
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CDDC-1178
Sponge
Thorectidae
Petrosia
darkbrown; brown inside
Abundant at 10-15m on coral/ wall; clear yellow secr.; pungent odor; hard, knobby; conulose, solitary & massive; plenty 3mm osc.;
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CDDC-1179
Sponge
Verongida
Suberea
black; yellow inside
Common at 12m on coral/rock in channel at wall; clear purple secr.; fleshy & shiny ropes; solitary on stalk; osc. not visible
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CDDC-1180
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Xestospongia
grey; yellow inside
Abundant at 12m on coral/rock; spongy; solitary w. finger project.; osc. not vis.; Symbionts: Bryozoans
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CDDC-1181
Sponge
yellow
Common at 12m on coral/rock at wall; spongy & soft; plenty 1-2mm osc.; Symbionts: Bryozoans (pic!)
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CDDC-1182
Sponge
Phleodictyidae
Aka
white
Abundant at 10-15m on coral at wall /overhang; chunky & rough;solitary?, encrusting thick sheet; plenty up to 15mm osc.
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CDDC-1183
Sponge
all black
Common? at 10m on coral at wall/ underside; soft & spongy?; solitary; clear brown secr. when sqeezed; some 1-2mm oscules
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CDDC-1184
Sponge
all black
Common at 12m on coral at wall; clear black secr.; pungent; breaks easy; solitary; plenty 1mm osc.
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CDDC-1185
Sponge
brownish- yell.; yell. inside
Rare? at 12m on coral at wall; soft , smooth & a bit spongy; solitary;some 1mm osc.
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CDDC-1186
Ascidian
Stolidobranchia
Polyandrocarpa
orange mottled w. black & opaque
At 10-20m; massive, club shape; rubbery
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CDDC-1187
Sponge
henna brown outer surface; creamy inside
10m on coral/rock; abundant; 5mm thick sheet w. ears of 15cm ; rough sfce; fibrous & rough; not compress.
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CDDC-1188
Sponge
Ancorinidae
Rhabdastrella
henna brown skin (1mm); yellow inside
Common at 10m on coral; massive; Yellow juice; aphanacapsa symbiont
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CDDC-1189
Sponge
Axinellidae
all bright orange
Occasional at 10m; upright bushes; fleshy; secr. orange juice; Osc.?
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CDDC-1190
Sponge
Halichondrida
all dirty cream
At 15-22m way inside overhangs; massive; smooth; firm; 1-2mm osc.
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CDDC-1191
Sponge
orangish brown; beige inside .
Occasional at 10m in hole in cave; ear shape; rough; crunchy; breaks easily; clear, sticky, slimy secr.; 1mm osc.
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CDDC-1192
Sponge
Plakinidae
grey/black & beige
At 19m; massive, encrusting; firm; v. smooth; 1-2mm oscules
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CDDC-1193
Ascidian
mottled olive; creamy white zooids
At 1m on rope & pilings; encrusting thin, rubbery sheet; smooth
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CDDC-1194
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown; changes darkbrown out of water .
Abundant at wall between 8-12m on coral/rock; clear green secretion; smooth & chunky; colonial w. finger project.; shrunken
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CDDC-1195
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown
Common at 10m on coral/rock on boulder; gelatinous lightbrown mucus; aromatic & pungent; smooth & fleshy w. plenty lobes; colonial; contracted
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CDDC-1196
Sponge
Tetillidae
Paratetilla
beige; yell. inside
13m; rounded 5cm balls; furry; radial spicules; osc. are porocalyces
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CDDC-1197
Sponge
Spirastrellida
Spheciospongia
dark gold; lighter inside
13m; encrusting & boring; smooth; bright yellow secretion; firm; osc. closed to mountain peaks
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CDDC-1198
Sponge
Chalinidae
Haliclona
all dull green
13m; upright branching; smooth; spongy & fibrous; tears hard;sticky, slimy secretion
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CDDC-1199
Sponge
Thorectidae
Lufariella
dark green grey; dull gold ins.
13m; massive; smooth between truncate & iregular conules; fibrous;terpenoid odor; osc.?
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CDDC-1200
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Xestospongia
brown outs Gold/ green ins.
13m; massive, rounded chunks; smooth; firm & stony; sticky green. secretion; 10mm deep irregular osc.
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CDDC-1201
Sponge
Dictyonellidae
Acanthella
all deep orange
13m; highly textured; rounded balls; rubbery; large oscules
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CDDC-1202
Sponge
Verongida
Suberea
yellowy greenblack aerophobic
13m; encrusting thick patches w. ropes; conulose; smooth & slippery; rubbery, cheesy, dense
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CDDC-1203
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Xestospongia
rosy tinged to 5mm; beige ins.
13m; massive w. cluster of huge tubes; outer layer rubs off easily; rough; 5cm osc., apical & v. deep
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CDDC-1204
Sponge
Tetillidae
Cinachyrella
silty srfce; pink inside
2m; round balls 7-8cm; hispid; small porocalyces all over
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CDDC-1205
Sponge
Halichondriidae
Stylissa
all bright orange
2m; upright clubs; irregularly textured; bit fleshy; few 12mm osc.
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CDDC-1206
Sponge
Calcarea
Leucetta
yellow; turns olive green
2m; rounded; firm; not compress., breaks hard; osc. 2mm apical
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CDDC-1207
Sponge
Thorectidae
Phyllospongia
henna
3m; stalked fan; slightly textured & tiny bumps; flexible; tiny oscules
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CDDC-1208
Sponge
rosy brown, beige ins.
3m; undulating bowl flaps & folds; microfurry w. ridges; fibrous; osc. under sfce.; thin orange juice
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CDDC-1209
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
LamelloDysidea
purplish; beige inside
3m under overhang; encrusting fan; conules, fine sandy lines; fibrous;"fused ears"; osc.?
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CDDC-1210
Ascidian
Diazonidae
Diazona
yellow w. whitish zooids
At 15m; smooth & firm; tumor shaped; 4g (frothing over) diff. colours; 10g=dry weight
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CDDC-1211
Sponge
Spirophorida
Cinachyrella
all yellow
15m; massive, 6x12cm mango shaped; dense & holds a lot of water; shaggy & rough sfce; osc.?
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CDDC-1212
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Petrosaspongia
dark grey black; beige ins.
18m; massive folds w. upright pillars; microconules; fibrous, dense; terpenoid; breaks hard; osc.?
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CDDC-1213
Ascidian
Polycitoridae
Cystodites
translucent peachy beige grey
15m; encrust. & colonial; rubbery; not compress.; white zooids dry
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CDDC-1214
Ascidian
Polycitoridae
Cystodites
translucent peachy beige grey
15m; encrust. & colonial; rubbery; not compress.; white zooids wet
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CDDC-1215
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Aka
white; red underside
15m; slimy clear secretion; fistulose; firm; 10-15mm oscules
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CDDC-1216
Sponge
Verongida
all purple-brown
7-15m; feathery bushes; highly textured; fibrous & crunchy; osc.?
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CDDC-1217
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Strongylodesma
deep red-crimson
7-15m; encrusting w. upright flames; smooth; dense; 2mm osc.
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CDDC-1218
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Acanthodoryx
all deep dark red
15m; 6-8mm x 25cm fan; rough; fibrous; tears hard; red juice; osc.?
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CDDC-1219
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Luffariella
black; gold beige inside
21m; massive 5x 20cm; rough w. conules; fibrous & firmish; terpenoid odor; tears hard; osc.?
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CDDC-1220
Alga
Rhodophyta
Halymenia
red
rare at 10m at wall on coral
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CDDC-1221
Cnidaria
Scleraxonia
Annella
dark brown
Common at 12m on rock at wall; fan-shape
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CDDC-1222
Cnidaria
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
orange
Common at 8m on wall; on coral; colonial, branching; v.spiculous
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CDDC-1223
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
yellow
Typical alcyoniidae; common at 5m; soft & fleshy; shrunken
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CDDC-1224
Sponge
Plakinidae
Plakortis
dark brown; bright yell. inside & unders.
Common at 10m on rock at wall; a bit spongy, smooth; secretes when squeezed; solitary & encrusting; 1mm osc.; symb.: Hydroids
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CDDC-1225
Sponge
Chalinidae
brownred; purpl/whit unders.
Rare at 8-10m on coral & rock; a bit spiculous & rough; encrusting thick sheet; plenty 1mm oscules
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CDDC-1226
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
bright yellow
Rare at 1m on sandbank/seagrass; on rock and sand; rough, sinul. feel; colonial; shrunken; v.spiculous
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CDDC-1227
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown;d. brown outside water
Common at 1m on sandb./seagrass; on rock and sand; pungent, alcyoniidae smell; rough w.ridges; colonial; shrunken; v.spiculous
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CDDC-1228
Echinodermata
Echinodea
Tripneustes
purple, white spikes
At 0m, top reef; abundant; hard texture; solitary; intact
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CDDC-1229
Echinodermata
Echinodea
Opheodesoma
light brownish
At 0m; common in seagrass; clear mucus; soft & fragile; solitary
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CDDC-1230
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brownyell.dirty white ins.
Abundant at 0m on rock/coral; pungent smell; rough & fleshy; colonial, encrusting thick sheet;
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CDDC-1231
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Iotrochota
yell. outs. turning blue
Common at 1m on coral at beach; blue secretion; spongy & soft; encrust. thin sheet; few small osc.
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CDDC-1232
Sponge
Chalinidae
Callyspongia
blackish outs., dirty yell. ins.
Common at 10m bottom reef; gelatinous dirty yell. secretion; knobby, rough & spiky; osc. not vis.
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CDDC-1233
Sponge
Chalinidae
Callyspongia
blackish outs., dirty yell. ins.
same as 1232; less secr.
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CDDC-1234
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Cladiella
l. purplish; light grey/ brown o. w
Abundant at 1m on rock at rocky shore; secretes clear mucus; pungent smell;
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CDDC-1235
Alga
Phaeophyta
Sargassum
green (w. grapes)
Common at 0m on rock at rocky shore soft; branching; intact
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CDDC-1236
Ascidian
Didemnidae
Didemnum
orange w. dark base
Abundant at 0m on rock; colonial; v. tiny; intact, no siphons visible
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CDDC-1237
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Iotrochota
purple
Common at 1m on coral at rocky shore sticky purple gelatinous secretion; v. thin sheet; encrusting
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CDDC-1238
Sponge
Halichondrida
Stylissa
Orange, golden
Upright clubs: thin juice
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CDDC-1239
Sponge
Axinellidae
Axinellida
Orange
Stalked, bushy form; highly textured
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CDDC-1240
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Lobophytum
Greenish brown; cream ins.
Flat w. fingery projections; lots of spicules
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CDDC-1241
Sponge
Agelasidae
Agelas
Dull yellow-orange;
Encrusting; highly textured, rough surface; milky secretion
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CDDC-1242
Sponge
Chalinidae
Haliclona
Henna; cream ins.
Massive encrusting; smooth;breaks easily
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CDDC-1243
Sponge
Ancorinidae
Rhabdastrella
Henna; orange inside
Massive; smooth; orange juice
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CDDC-1244
Sponge
Thorectidae
Fascaplysinopsis
Orangy brown
Rounded massive form; rough w conules; fibrous texture
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CDDC-1245
Sponge
Haplosclerida
All orange
Stalked; smooth; fibrous, spongy, flexible
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CDDC-1246
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
Orange; yell. Ins., slowly to black
Repent form; smooth, conules & rounded protuberances; rubbery, dense cheesy texture
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CDDC-1247
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea/ Eurospongia
purple, drab ins.
Massive, bushy; rough, conules; spongy, fibrous
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CDDC-1248
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Reddish orange
spicules
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CDDC-1249
Sponge
Halichondrida
Acanthella
Bright orange
Rounded conules on smoooth surface
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CDDC-1250
Sponge
Calcarea
Pure white
Spicules, faintly convoluted; (death star)
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CDDC-1251
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphaeria
pale green, darker on underside
irridescent bubbles, button shaped
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CDDC-1252
Alga
Chlorophyta
Tydemania
greenish
chains of clumps; sand incorporated
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CDDC-1253
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Lemnalia
white w. grey dots
firm, stony & crispy texture; 2cm thick, 6cm long
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CDDC-1254
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
brown w. henna tinge,
pale green, darker on underside
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CDDC-1255
Sponge
Ircinidae
Ircinia
grey w. blackish tinges
massive encrusting; smooth; rounded conules (tall & fleshy); cheesy texture
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CDDC-1256
Sponge
Haplosclerida
all albino beige
2cmx8cm; furry; spongy & fibrous texture; prominant oscules (4-8mm)
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CDDC-1257
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
brownish grey, golden inside
encrusting massive & amorphous form conules; fibrous, tough texture; sticky secretion; terpenoid odor
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CDDC-1258
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Diacarnus
v. mottled purpl. red white; drab inside
Opaque cartilagenous longitudinal tracts of a rounded massive form; cheesy, dense texture; slimy secret.
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CDDC-1259
Sponge
Halichondrida
All creamy
Massive form (10x15cm), interior channels; hispid surface; firm texture
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CDDC-1260
Sponge
Halichondriidae
orange turn greenish black if cut
encrusting; hispid furry surface; dense firmish texture w. 2mm oscules
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CDDC-1261
Sponge
Ancorinidae
Jaspis
bright orange; lighter ins.
encrusting; microtextured rough; symbiosis w. barnacles; tiny oscules
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CDDC-1262
Sponge
Callispongiidae
rosy tinged; cream inside
1cm thickness; distinct ectosome; v. smooth; fibrous texture; oscules of 2-3mm distributed unevenly
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CDDC-1263
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Biemna
reddish brown; beige inside
2x6cm; thick, encrusting form; sfce: smooth & slippery ; v. compressible; slimy, clear secretion; oscules: 3mm
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CDDC-1264
Ascidian
Styelidae
Polycarpa
black
10cm length; solitary; wrinkly, rubbery surface, heavily fouled
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CDDC-1265
Sponge/ Cnidaria
All grey
2mm thick; thin encrusting; pimples on surface
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CDDC-1266
Sponge
Niphatidae
Niphates
greenish beige; drab inside
0.5-2cm thick; encrusting, wandering; smooth sfce; fibrous; med. compress.; oscules: 2-3mm
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CDDC-1267
Sponge
Spirastrellida
Spirastrella
golden brown;
1-2cm, found on rock/sand; encrusting, boring; dense & firm; yellow juice
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CDDC-1268
Sponge
Haplosclerida
brown;cream ins.
At overhang; 7mm thick; long, folded sheets; microbumpy sfce; fibrous
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CDDC-1269
Sponge
Phleodictyidae
Aka
All orange
Burrowing form w. thin walled fistules (2-3cm tall); smooth sfce that peels off readily; fibrous, mushy interior; 5mm oscules
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CDDC-1270
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Petrosia
rosy grey tinged cream; drab inside
Massive form; conules on rough sfce; crunchy, crisp, firm texture; oscules up to 5cm (huge-deep, volcanoes)
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CDDC-1271
Alga
Rhodophyta
red
lettuce like w. flattened stipe
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CDDC-1272
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
yellow; turning blak/green
5mm thick; encrusting; low conules on smooth, slippery sfce; rubbery, cheesy
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CDDC-1273
Sponge
Spirastrellida
Spirastrella
All greyish black
1cm thick; encrusting w. mountains, boring; firm texture; oscules: 2cm mountains
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CDDC-1274
Sponge
Tetillidae
Cinachyra(ella)
hot pink
radial skeleton; 'pink donkey balls';
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CDDC-1275
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Aka
All white
1.5cm tall like molars; burrowing; smooth; firm; slimy clear secretion
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CDDC-1276
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Klyxum
beige
rounded folds, grows on stalk; fleshy; slimy
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CDDC-1277
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Cladiella
grey w. black dots
typical specimen
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CDDC-1278
Sponge
Hadromerida
brownish green; bit lighter ins.
8cm length; tubes & clubs sticking out from sand; smooth sfce; a bit crisp; breaks easily
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CDDC-1279
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Biemna
brown; yellow at underside
At 15m on wall; quite common on rocks; sticky, gelatinous, colourless secretion; smooth & soft texture
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CDDC-1280
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Jaspis
All orange-yellow
At 15m on wall substrate: coral & rock; common; soft & spongy
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CDDC-1281
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Bubaris
redbrown; white underside
At 15m on wall; common, on coral & rock; encrusting
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CDDC-1282
Sponge
Axinellidae
Axinellida
All orange
At 10m on boulder at bottom reef; sandy; substrate: rock; abundant
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CDDC-1283
Sponge
Axinellidae
Axinellida
orange;
At 12m; boulder, sandy, at bottom reef common; spongy
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CDDC-1284
Sponge
Tetillidae
Paratetilla
grey; dull yell. ins. + under
Between 7-15m; boulder & sandy; abundant on rock; smooth & round; full size
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CDDC-1285
Sponge
Plakinidae
Plaktoris
brown; lighter inside
At 15m; bottom reef, boulder, sandy; on coral & rock
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CDDC-1286
Sponge
Chalinidae
Haliclona
green
At 10-15m; bottom reef, boulder, sandy; on coral/rock; encrust.; stalk w. fingery projections; 1-2mm osc.
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CDDC-1287
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
yellow; drab out of water
At 1m on top reef near beach; on rock; abundant; smooth & fleshy; massive;
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CDDC-1288
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
yellowish; darkening outs water
At 2m on top reef near beach; common on rock; fleshy w. nodes
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CDDC-1289
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
greywhite; dark ening outs water
At 2m on top reef near beach; common on rock; fleshy w. small dots on sfce
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CDDC-1290
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown projections white inner sfce
Abundant at 1m on rock near beach; soft & fleshy; secrets brownish mucus; colonial & branching
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CDDC-1291
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
Brown; cream inside
Common at 1m on rock near beach; soft & fleshy w. nodes, knobby & leathery
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CDDC-1292
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
browncream; whitish cream ins.;
Common at 1m on rock near beach; fleshy w. nodes, knobby & leathery; massive structure
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CDDC-1293
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
yellow; turning drab outs.
Abundant, 1m on top reef near beach; small pores at edge, w. 'goose bumps'
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CDDC-1294
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
white; turning dirty white outs. water
Common at 2m on top reef near beach; soft, smooth & fleshy; slimy, gelatinous secretion (creamy colour)
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CDDC-1295
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Biemna
yell.brown yellow inside
At 1m on top reef near beach; on rock; common; slimy, cl secretion; itchy; furlike sfce, breaks easily; 7mm round, frequent oscules
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CDDC-1296
Sponge
Halichondrida
Stylissa
all orange
At 1-2m; abundant at bottom near beach; fibrous & spongy, w. plenty oscules of 2-8mm various shape
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CDDC-1297
Sponge
Homosclerophorida?
Corticium/ Geodia
All darkbrown
At 1.5m on rock on bottom; a bit gelatinous (green); rough, porous & hard texture; 3mm round oscules
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CDDC-1298
Ascidian
Stolidobranchia
Polyandrocarpa
green/ yellow
At 1m on wall; brittle; symbiosis w. red crinoid
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CDDC-1299
Sponge
Halichondrida
Stylissa
orange
At 9m on rock; rare; spongy & soft w. ridges; stalk; few 3mm osc.
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CDDC-1300
Sponge
Dictyonellidae
Acanthella
all orange
At 15m on rock at wall; common; spongy; plenty deep ssc. 0.5-2mm
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CDDC-1301
Sponge
Halichondriidae?
Amorphinopsis
orange
At 15m on underside on rock; rare; spongy & porous w. ridges & furlike sfce; encrusting; 0.5-1mm osc.
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CDDC-1302
Sponge
Spongiidae
Coscinoderma
dark grey outs.; light grey ins. & under sfce
Common at 14m on rock on slope; spongy, fleshy, leathery, soft & v. porous w. ridges, holds lots of H2O; solitary & massive; 0.5-2mm osc.
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CDDC-1303
Sponge
Astrophorida
Rhabdastrella
redbrown; yell. ins.& underside
Rare at 15m on rock on wall; spongy w. soft nodes; solitary; osc. 1-2mm and only in center
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CDDC-1304
Sponge
Lithistida
Theonella
greyish brown
At 0.5m in seagrass/sand top reef substr.: sand; rare; firm texture; stalk, colonial; of 1mm osc.
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CDDC-1305
Echinodermata
Archasteridae
Archaster
greyish-white;
Om in sand on top reef; abundant; hard texture
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CDDC-1306
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Rhabdastrella
brown outs., all yellow ins.
voucher only. Typical sample with osc. In center
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CDDC-1307
Sponge
Astrophorida
all green
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CDDC-1308
Sponge
Astrophorida
all green
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CDDC-1309
Sponge
Astrophorida
all green
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CDDC-1310
Sponge
Astrophorida
all green
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CDDC-1311
Sponge
Astrophorida
all green
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CDDC-1312
Alga
Rhodophyta
Halymenia
all red
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CDDC-1313
Alga
Rhodophyta
all red
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CDDC-1314
Alga
Rhodophyta
all red
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CDDC-1315
Alga
Rhodophyta
all red
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CDDC-1316
Alga
Rhodophyta
all red
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CDDC-1317
Sponge
purple; white inside
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CDDC-1318
Sponge
purple; white inside
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CDDC-1319
Sponge
purple; white inside
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CDDC-1320
Sponge
purple; white inside
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CDDC-1321
Sponge
purple; white inside
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CDDC-1322
Sponge
purple; cream ins.
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CDDC-1323
Sponge
purple; cream ins.
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CDDC-1324
Sponge
purple; cream ins.
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CDDC-1325
Sponge
purple; cream ins.
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CDDC-1326
Sponge
purple; cream ins.
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CDDC-1327
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
white; br. outs. H2O; wh. polyps
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CDDC-1328
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
white; br. outs. H2O; wh. polyps
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CDDC-1329
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
white; br. outs. H2O; wh. polyps
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CDDC-1330
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
white; br. outs. H2O; wh. polyps
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CDDC-1331
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
white; br. outs. H2O; wh. polyps
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CDDC-1332
Sponge
brown; br.green inside
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CDDC-1333
Sponge
brown; br.green inside
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CDDC-1334
Sponge
brown; br.green inside
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CDDC-1335
Sponge
brown; br.green inside
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CDDC-1336
Sponge
brown; br.green inside
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CDDC-1337
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Phyllospongia/ Dysidea
grey, pink uw; grey inside
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CDDC-1338
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Phyllospongia/ Dysidea
grey, pink uw; grey inside
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CDDC-1339
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Phyllospongia/ Dysidea
grey, pink uw; grey inside
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CDDC-1340
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Phyllospongia/ Dysidea
grey, pink uw; grey inside
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CDDC-1341
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Phyllospongia/ Dysidea
grey, pink uw; grey inside
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CDDC-1342
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Desmapsamma
brown; brownyellow inside
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CDDC-1343
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Desmapsamma
brown; brownyellow inside
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CDDC-1344
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Desmapsamma
brown; brownyellow inside
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CDDC-1345
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Desmapsamma
brown; brownyellow inside
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CDDC-1346
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Desmapsamma
brown; brownyellow inside
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CDDC-1347
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
all red
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CDDC-1348
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
all red
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CDDC-1349
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
all red
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CDDC-1350
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
all red
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CDDC-1351
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
all red
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CDDC-1352
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
all red
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CDDC-1353
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
all red
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CDDC-1354
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
all red
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CDDC-1355
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
all red
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CDDC-1356
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa/ Cyanophyte mix
all red
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CDDC-1357
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa/ Cyanophyte mix
all red
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CDDC-1358
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa/ Cyanophyte mix
all red
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CDDC-1359
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa/ Cyanophyte mix
all red
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CDDC-1360
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa/ Cyanophyte mix
all red
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CDDC-1361
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa/ Cyanophyte mix
all red
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CDDC-1362
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa/ Cyanophyte mix
all red
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CDDC-1363
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa/ Cyanophyte mix
all red
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CDDC-1364
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa/ Cyanophyte mix
all red
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CDDC-1365
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina
l.brown w white rings
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CDDC-1366
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina
l.brown w white rings
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CDDC-1367
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina
l.brown w white rings
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CDDC-1368
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina
l.brown w white rings
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CDDC-1369
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina
l.brown w white rings
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CDDC-1370
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina
l.brown w white rings
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CDDC-1371
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina
l.brown w white rings
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CDDC-1372
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina
l.brown w white rings
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CDDC-1373
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina
l.brown w white rings
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CDDC-1374
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
yellow; turns blue outs water
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CDDC-1375
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
yellow; turns blue outs water
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CDDC-1376
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
yellow; turns blue outs water
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CDDC-1377
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
yellow; turns blue outs water
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CDDC-1378
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
yellow; turns blue outs water
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CDDC-1379
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
all purple
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CDDC-1380
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
all purple
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CDDC-1381
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
all purple
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CDDC-1382
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
all purple
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CDDC-1383
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
all purple
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CDDC-1384
Sponge
brown; purple uw
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CDDC-1385
Sponge
brown; purple uw
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CDDC-1386
Sponge
brown; purple uw
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CDDC-1387
Sponge
brown; purple uw
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CDDC-1388
Sponge
brown; purple uw
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CDDC-1389
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphearia
all green
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CDDC-1390
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphearia
all green
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CDDC-1391
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphearia
all green
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CDDC-1392
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphearia
all green
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CDDC-1393
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphearia
all green
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CDDC-1394
Sponge
all whitish-cream
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CDDC-1395
Sponge
all whitish-cream
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CDDC-1396
Sponge
all whitish-cream
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CDDC-1397
Sponge
all whitish-cream
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CDDC-1398
Sponge
all whitish-cream
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CDDC-1399
Sponge
all yellow
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CDDC-1400
Sponge
all yellow
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CDDC-1401
Sponge
all yellow
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CDDC-1402
Sponge
all yellow
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CDDC-1403
Sponge
all yellow
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CDDC-1404
Sponge
Callispongiidae
Callyspongia
purple/white; purple inside
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CDDC-1405
Sponge
Callispongiidae
Callyspongia
purple/white; purple inside
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CDDC-1406
Sponge
Callispongiidae
Callyspongia
purple/white; purple inside
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CDDC-1407
Sponge
Callispongiidae
Callyspongia
purple/white; purple inside
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CDDC-1408
Sponge
Callispongiidae
Callyspongia
purple/white; purple inside
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CDDC-1409
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
yellow; turning blue outs water
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CDDC-1410
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
yellow; turning blue outs water
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CDDC-1411
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
yellow; turning blue outs water
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CDDC-1412
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
yellow; turning blue outs water
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CDDC-1413
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
yellow; turning blue outs water
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CDDC-1414
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all lightbrown
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CDDC-1415
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all lightbrown
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CDDC-1416
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all lightbrown
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CDDC-1417
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all lightbrown
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CDDC-1418
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all lightbrown
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CDDC-1419
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all yellow
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CDDC-1420
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all yellow
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CDDC-1421
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all yellow
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CDDC-1422
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all yellow
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CDDC-1423
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all yellow
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CDDC-1424
Sponge
Hadromerida
Cervicornia
brown; l.brown ins.
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CDDC-1425
Sponge
Hadromerida
Cervicornia
brown; l.brown ins.
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CDDC-1426
Sponge
Hadromerida
Cervicornia
brown; l.brown ins.
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CDDC-1427
Sponge
Hadromerida
Cervicornia
brown; l.brown ins.
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CDDC-1428
Sponge
Hadromerida
Cervicornia
brown; l.brown ins.
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CDDC-1429
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
Marks sample
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CDDC-1430
Mollusc
Nudibranchia
Phyllidia?
Brads special sample
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CDDC-1431
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Cladiella
grey w. black dots
short staby fingers; medium hard
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CDDC-1432
Alga
Chlorophyta
Halimeda
green
Abundant at 0.5m on sandy bottom; soft; stalk & branching; intact
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CDDC-1433
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
whitish yell.outs.; yellowish ins.;
At 3m on rock on bottom reef; rare; secretes clear mucus; soft & fleshy; massive & stalk; shrunken outside
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CDDC-1434
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Klyxum?
whitish brown
At 3m on rock; common; gelatinous white mucus; unpleasant odor; v.soft & fleshy; colonial; contracted
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CDDC-1435
Cnidaria
Zoanthidae
Palythoa
creamy brown/ white;
Between 1 and 3m on rocks; top reef; common; hard & a bit shiny; encrus-ting; contracted; grows around rock
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CDDC-1436
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1437
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1438
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1439
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1440
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1441
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1442
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1443
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1444
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1445
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1446
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1447
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1448
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1449
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1450
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1451
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1452
Cyanophyte
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
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CDDC-1453
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Biemna
brown; l. yell ins.
Common at 10m reef slope; med soft; high sticky mucus; low odor; 1 cm osc
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CDDC-1454
Cnidaria
Gorgoniidae
Rumphella
Dark grey-purple; black axis
Common at 10-15m reef slope; hard; exposed
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CDDC-1455
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
gray/purp. gray ins.
Common at 10-15m reef slope; hard; encrust.; digitate
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CDDC-1456
Ascidian
Stolidobranchia
Polyandrocarpa
black/brow orange
Common at 8-10m reef slope; low thin mucus;
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CDDC-1457
Echinodermata
Crinoidea
Comanthus?
all dark blue-green
Abundant at 12m reef slope; hard w. hair like project.
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CDDC-1458
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all dark purplegray
Common at 10-12m reef slope; med hard; broad bladed
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CDDC-1459
Sponge
Chalinidae
Haliclona
white/ yellow
Rare at 10-12m reef slope; soft; digitate
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CDDC-1460
Sponge
Callispongiidae
Callyspongia
green/gray white
Rare at 10-12m reef slope; med soft; fan shaped
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CDDC-1461
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
green/gray yell/white
Common at 10-12m reef slope; med hard; high odor
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CDDC-1463
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown; grey ins.
Rare at 10-12m reef slope; med hard
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CDDC-1464
Sponge
Halichondrida
Stylissa
all orange
Common at 10-12m reef slope; med soft; encrust.
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CDDC-1465
Cnidaria
Briareidae
Briareum
l. brown/ purple
Rare at below 20m reef slope; med hard; encrust. & perforated
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CDDC-1466
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Nepthya
orange/ yellow
Common at 15-20m reef slope; med hard; stalked; thin mucus
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CDDC-1467
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
purplegray brown
Common at 10-12m reef slope; med soft; fan shaped
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CDDC-1468
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Dendronephthya
brownred
Rare at 15-20m reef slope; med hard fan shaped; spikey
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CDDC-1469
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Siphonogorgia
red-purple
Rare at 15-20m reef slope; med hard stalked
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CDDC-1470
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Dendronephthya
brownred
Rare at 15-20m reef slope; med hard stalked; spikey
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CDDC-1471
Cnidaria
Zoantharia
Antipathes
all dark br.black
Rare at 15-20m reef slope; med hard stalked; hair-like proj.
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CDDC-1472
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
l. brown/ yellow
Rare at below 20m reef slope; med hard; encrust.
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CDDC-1473
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
brown yellow
Common on reef slope; med soft; fan shaped
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CDDC-1474
Sponge
Ancorinidae
Rhabdastrella
brown; orange ins
Common at 20m reef slope; med soft; osc vis.; under crevice
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CDDC-1475
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
purple/ gray
Common at 20m reef slope; med soft; mushroom
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CDDC-1476
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
purple/ gray
Common at 25m reef slope; med hard; stalked
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CDDC-1477
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
purple/ gray
Common at 12m reef slope; med hard
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CDDC-1478
Cnidaria
Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgia
purple/ brown
Rare at 25m reef slope; med hard; feathery
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CDDC-1479
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
purple/ gray
Common at 10m reef slope; med hard
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CDDC-1480
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Phyllospongia/ Dysidea
purple/ brown
Common at 13m reef slope; med hard; fan shaped
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CDDC-1481
Cnidaria
Zoantharia
Palythoa
l. brown-white
Common at 19m reef slope; hard
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CDDC-1482
Sponge
Thorectidae
Hyrtios
brown; ins yell-gray
Common at 19m reef slope; med soft; osc. Vis.
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CDDC-1483
Sponge
Niphatidae
Cribrochalina
brown/ white
Common at 19m reef slope; med soft; osc. Vis.; epibionts
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CDDC-1484
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Dendronephthya
purple, white
Rare at 25m reef slope; med hard; stalked; thin mucus
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CDDC-1485
Cnidaria
Chrysogorgiidae
Stephanogorgia
l. yellow
Rare at 10-15m reef slope; med soft; fern like; slippery sfce
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CDDC-1486
Sponge
Axinellidae
Axinellida
dark orange
Common at 25m reef slope; med soft; stalked
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CDDC-1487
Cnidaria
Plexauridae
Villogorgia
purple/ brown
Rare at 10m reef slope; hard; fern-like fan; zooxanthellate
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CDDC-1488
Cnidaria
Melitheidae
Melithaea
orangy red
Common at 10m reef slope; med soft; fern-like fan
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CDDC-1489
Alga
Rhodophyta
Gracillaria
straw beige/ dark maroon
Common at 8m reef slope; hard; fingery projections; encrusting; low odor
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CDDC-1490
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown/ l. brown inside
Common at 8m reef slope; hard; fingery projections; encrusting; low odor
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CDDC-1491
Sponge
Leucettidae
Leucetta/ Leucascus
white/ grey
Abundant at 7-8m reef slope; part exposed; "death star"; hard
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CDDC-1492
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Dendronephthya
purple/red white ins.
Common at 5-8m reef slope; med soft; v. spikey; DfM M2
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CDDC-1493
Sponge
Haploscerida
Cladochalina
blue/gray; gray ins.
Rare at 8m reef slope; soft & v. spongy; protected; vis osc 2-5mm
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CDDC-1494
Sponge
Haploscerida
Pachychalina
blue/gray ins.
Rare at 5-8m reef slope; med hard; tougher than 1493; additional material from dive 3+4; bluish secr.; DfM M19
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CDDC-1495
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Scleronephthya
all gray
Common at 12m reef slope; med hard; low pungent odor
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CDDC-1496
Cnidaria
Melithaeidae
Acabaria
all red
Rare at 5m reef slope; arborescent; dichotomous growth
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CDDC-1497
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
LamelloDysidea
gray; purple inside
Abundant at 10-12m reef slope; exposed+encrusting; low pungent
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CDDC-1498
Cnidaria
Gorgoniidae
Rumphella/ Hicksonella
brown, black axis
Abundant at 5-10m reef slope; exposed+encrusting; low pungent
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CDDC-1499
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Chironephthya
orange; white ins.
Common at 13m reef slope on wall; med soft; fan shaped; part exposed DfM M36
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CDDC-1500
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
l.purple; gray ins.
Common at 10-13m reef slope; med soft + spongy; protected; v.light with 1mm osc.
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CDDC-1501
Sponge
Phleodictyidae
Aka
all white; red Alga
V. abundant at 5-15m reef slope; exposed+burrowing; typical speci-mens w. coralline Alga around
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CDDC-1502
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
brown; yellow ins.
Common at 13m reef slope; soft; exposed; typical mushroom; thick mucus
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CDDC-1503
Sponge
Thorectidae
Thorectaxia?
brown; l.yellow ins.
Rare at 12m reef slope in crevice; protected; purplish secr.; thick med mucus; med hard; looks yell. uw
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CDDC-1504
Sponge
Haploscerida
Cladochalina?
all tinged beige
Rare at 8-12m reef slope in crevice; protected; v. slimey, sticky mats
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CDDC-1505
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Umbellulifera
transparent maroon
Common at 10-15m reef slope; med soft; part exposed; low odor
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CDDC-1506
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphaeria
all green
Abundant at 10-12m reef slope; exposed, med hard buttons; cracks when cutting
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CDDC-1507
Sponge
Haploscerida
Chalinula
d.brown; beige ins.
Rare at 8-12m reef slope; soft + breaks easy; 2mm volcano oscules; poss. from Solomons?
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CDDC-1508
Alga
Pheophyta
brown
Common at 5m reef slope; soft; part exposed; v.thin; turns green in EtOH; DfM M23
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CDDC-1509
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
beige
Abundant at 12m reef slope; part exposed and protected inbetween green Alga; hard & coralline
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CDDC-1510
Sponge
Thorectidae
Phyllospongia
gray; brown ins.
Common at 12m reef slope; soft; exposed; v.thin leaves; DfM M21
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CDDC-1511
Cnidaria
subergorgiidae
Annella
all red
Rare at 13m in crevice reef slope; hard & slimey (med thin)
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CDDC-1512
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Siphonogorgia
all purple
Rare at 12m in crevice under overhang reef slope; med soft
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CDDC-1513
Sponge
Thorectidae
all dark brown
Abundant at 3-8m reef slope; exposed; soft; star shaped morph; brown secr.; DfM M12
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CDDC-1514
Cnidaria
Gorgoniidae
Rumphella
l.brown; black axis
Rare? at 5m reef slope; med hard fan w. lots epibionts (Sponge, barnacles); low odor
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CDDC-1515
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Chironephthya
orange/ purple/ white
Common at 5-8m reef slope; exposed; med soft; v. spikey; DfM M18
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CDDC-1516
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Biemna/ Neofibularia
d.brown; yellow ins.
v. abundant at 3-10m reef slope; exposed; sticky, thick mucus
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CDDC-1517
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
green; beige ins.
Common at 5m reef slope; soft; exposed; typical mushroom
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CDDC-1518
Sponge
Niphatidae
Cribrochalina
d.brown; grey ins.
Abundant at 5-10m reef slope; med hard elephant ears; DfM M26
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CDDC-1519
Sponge
Halichondriidae
Hymeniacidon
all orange
Common 5-8m; DfM M10
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CDDC-1520
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown; grey ins.
Common 5m reef slope; hard; high pungent
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CDDC-1521
Alga
Pheophyta
l.brown
Common at 3m on bummy; arborescent & exposed
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CDDC-1522
Cnidaria
Tubiporidae
Tubipora
dark red
Common (in 1 place) 5m on bummy; hard & exposed
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CDDC-1523
Sponge
Thorectidae
Lendenfeldia
yellow; purple/gray
Common 5m on bummy; soft & encrusting: DfM M24
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CDDC-1524
Cnidaria
Hexacorallia
Galaxea
gray; white polyps
Common (in 1 place) 4m on bummy; v.strongly attached to substrate
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CDDC-1525
Alga
Chlorophyta
all green
Rare at 5m sand flat; med soft
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CDDC-1526
Ascidian
Stolidobranchia
Polycarpa
black; orange ins.
Common at 3-6m on/in corals, sticking out; sand flat; hard
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CDDC-1527
Sponge
Spongiidae
Coscinoderma
d.gray; beige ins.
Common at 5m reef slope; med soft & exposed; DfM M8
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CDDC-1528
Sponge
Thorectidae
all d.brown
v. abundant at 10-15m reef slope; exposed; med soft; similar to earlier collected, but easier to get from substrate
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CDDC-1529
Sponge
Clionaidae
Spheciospongia
all mottled yellow
Abundant at 15m sand flat; med hard & encrusting; big volcano oscules; yellow watery secret.
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CDDC-1530
Cnidaria
Ellisellidae
Viminella
maroon; white axis
Common at 19m reef slope/sand flat; med hard & exposed; dichotomous branching
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CDDC-1531
Cnidaria
Ellisellidae
Dichotella
maroon; brownish-white axis
Common at 15m reef slope; med hard & exposed; continuous dichotomous branching; DfM M34
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CDDC-1532
Ascidian
Stolidobranchia
Polyandrocarpa
flecked green; yellow ins.
Common at 5-15m reef slope; med hard & exposed; on stalk
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CDDC-1533
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Dendronephthya
orange; white ins.
Abundant at 10-12m reef slope; exposed; med soft
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CDDC-1534
Sponge
Thorectidae
black; beige ins.
Common at 20m sand flat/reef slope; med soft; DfM M 38
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CDDC-1535
Cnidaria
Nidalidae
Chironephthya
orange; white ins.
Common at 15m reef slope; med hard;
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CDDC-1536
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Zyzzya
all black
Rare at 20m; greenish black secr.
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CDDC-1537
Cnidaria
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
orange/red
Common at 12m reef slope; fan shaped & med hard
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CDDC-1538
Sponge
Leucettidae
Leucetta
grey
Abundant at 12-20m on bummy; part exposed; med hard; spikey
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CDDC-1539
Sponge
Leucettidae
Leucetta
yellow
Abundant at 12-20m on bummy under overhang; part exposed; med soft; spikey
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CDDC-1540
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Eleutherobia
orange;red dots
Common at 18-20m on bummy un-der overhang; protected; med soft
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CDDC-1541
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
dark red
Rare at 18m on bummy; protected; med hard; coralline+crunchy
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CDDC-1542
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Lobophytum
gray/brown beige ins.
Common? at 15m on bummy; exposed; encrusting; med hard
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CDDC-1543
Sponge
Dictyoceratid
Leiosella
all orange
Rare at 15m on bummy; protected in crevice; fan shaped; soft; sand ins
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CDDC-1544
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown; beige ins.
Rare at 5m on bummy; encrusting
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CDDC-1545
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
brown; yellow ins.
Common? at 20m on bummy; exposed; slimey; pungent
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CDDC-1546
Cnidaria
Gorgoniidae
Rumphella
brown; black axis
Rare at 7m reef slope; exposed; med hard
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CDDC-1547
Sponge
Halichondriidae
Stylissa
all orange
Common at 8m reef slope; soft; thin mucus; poss same as 1746
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CDDC-1548
Alga
Cyanophyte
Lyngbya
brown/ white
Abundant at 5-8m reef slope; exposed; v. bad odor
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CDDC-1549
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown; white ins.
Common at 5m reef slope; med hard; thin mucus
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CDDC-1550
Sponge
Thorectidae
Phyllospongia
purple; brown unders.
Abundant at 5-8m reef slope; exposed; soft
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CDDC-1551
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
all off white
Rare at 10m reef slope under overhang; part exposed; med hard
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CDDC-1552
Sponge
Thorectidae
Carteriospongia
red
Common at 11m reef slope; med soft; protuberances; detritus
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CDDC-1553
Sponge
Haplosclerida
purple; red unders.
Rare at 8m reef slope; part exposed med hard; coral incorporated
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CDDC-1554
Alga
Chlorophyta
Chlorodesmis
all green
Common at 12-15m reef slope; soft
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CDDC-1555
Cnidaria
Xeniidae
Heteroxenia
translucent white
Abundant at 5-10m reef slope; exposed; soft; medium thick mucus; maybe 2 species?
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CDDC-1556
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea/ Pleraplysilla
green/gray
Common at 11m reef slope; med soft; exposed; conulose; spongin fibres w. debris
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CDDC-1557
Sponge
Haplosclerid
Chalinula
purple/pink
Rare at 8m reef slope; part exposed med soft; thin, high mucus;
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CDDC-1558
Sponge
Halichondriidae
Stylissa
all orange
Common at 5m sand flat; med soft; poss same as 1735
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CDDC-1559
Ascidian
Stolidobranchia
Polyandrocarpa
green/ orange
Common at 5m; typical, quite hard specimens
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CDDC-1560
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphaeria
all green
Abundant at 5m; part exposed between hard coral
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CDDC-1561
Sponge
Thorectidae
Thorecta
brown; l.brown ins.
Abundant at 5m; exposed; med soft; spikey; diff from 1750; debris
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CDDC-1562
Sponge
Thorectidae
all brown
Abundant at 5m; exposed; med soft; similar 1749; debris; conulose
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CDDC-1563
Cnidaria
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
orange; red polyps
Common at 5m; exposed; hard;
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CDDC-1564
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
gray; purple inside
Common at 5m; exposed; med soft; slippery; spongy; fibres w. sand
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CDDC-1565
Cnidaria
Corallimorph
Amplexidiscus/ Discosoma
brown/ purple
Rare at 9m; part exposed; med soft; liver shaped; diff to get off substrate
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CDDC-1566
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
off white; l.brown ins.
Common at 15m; exposed; med hard; thin mucus; arborescent
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CDDC-1567
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
maroon; gray unders.
Common at 15m; part exposed; med hard; brittle; recollect?
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CDDC-1568
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
all red
Common at 17m reef slope; protected in crevices; soft
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CDDC-1569
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea/ phyllospongia
all l.pink
Common (1 place) 17m reef slope; med soft; rosy growth w. many protuberances; v.similar G-0603 (here: Dysidea)
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CDDC-1570
Alga
Rhodophyta
all red
V.o. Common at 17m reef slope; part exposed
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CDDC-1571
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
browngreen whitish yell ins.
Common at 12m reef slope; part exposed; under overhang; epibiont is 1759a
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CDDC-1572
Mollusc
Nudibranch
translucent red stripes
Rare; on underside of 1759; no pics in book
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CDDC-1573
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Dendronephthya
red/yellow white polyp
Rare at 8m; part exposed in crevice supporting bundle; red stalk
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CDDC-1574
Ascidian
ascidiacea
Eudistoma
all black
Common at 12m reef slope; med hard; low odor
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CDDC-1575
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Eleutherobia
all orange
Common at 21m reef slope under overhang; med hard; chillies
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CDDC-1576
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
l.purple; beige ins.
Rare at 12m reef slope; soft; exposed
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CDDC-1577
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina like
brown/ orange
Common at 0m sand flat; low odor; soft, growing on seagras
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CDDC-1578
Sponge
Clionaidae
Cervicornia
brown/ beige
Common at 0m sand flat; med soft; burrowing; finger like projections
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CDDC-1579
seagrass
Alismatales
Syringodium
all green
Abundant at 0m exposed sand flat; soft; thin blades
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CDDC-1580
seagrass
Alismatales
Halodule
all green
Abundant at 0m exposed sand flat; soft; braod blades
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CDDC-1581
Alga
Pheophyta
l.brown
Abundant at 0m exposed sand flat; soft; "happy hands"
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CDDC-1582
Ascidian
Aplousobranchia
Pseudodistoma
all black
Abundant at 0m part exposed sand flat; med soft; on seagrass+Algae
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CDDC-1583
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
brown/ off yellow ins.
Common at 15m reef slope; part exposed; soft; thin mucus
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CDDC-1584
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown/ gray ins.
Common at 15m reef slope; hard; exposed; no mucus
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CDDC-1585
Sponge
Pseudoceratidae
Pseudoceratina
orange/ white ins.
Common at 5-15m reef slope; med hard; slippery ropes turning blue outs. water; thin purple secr.
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CDDC-1586
Sponge
Desmoxyidae
Heteroxya
maroon/ beige ins.
Rare at 15m reef slope; soft, soggy bread loaf; low odor
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CDDC-1587
Cnidaria
Gorgoniidae
Hicksonella
brown/ black axis
Common at 8-10m reef slope; hard; exposed;
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CDDC-1588
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Dendronephthya
maroon/ white polyps
Common at 8-10m reef slope; med hard; exposed
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CDDC-1589
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Scleronephthya
all orange yellow uw
Abundant at 8-15m; exposed under overhangs; med soft
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CDDC-1590
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
LamelloDysidea
gray/ l.purple
Common at 10m reef slope; med soft; exposed; poss recollect
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CDDC-1591
Sponge
Callyspongiidae
Dactylia
all orange-beige
Rare at 12m reef slope under overhang; soft; sand detritus
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CDDC-1592
Sponge
Halichondriidae
all off white
Rare at 15m reef slope protected under overhang; 1 long rope
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CDDC-1593
Sponge
Irciniidae
Sarcotragus
gray/purple
Common at 20m reef slope; med soft; exposed; rubbery&tough; w.irciniid filaments
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CDDC-1594
Sponge
Halichondrida
all l.purple
Abundant at 0m seagrass bed; exposed; porous; one 5mm osc.; poss collected before (2012?)
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CDDC-1595
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Lobophytum
brown/ off yellow ins.
Common at 12m reef slope; med soft; exposed; thin mucus; no siphonozooids in microscope
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CDDC-1596
Sponge
Ancorinidae
Jaspis
all orange
Common at 10m reef slope; med soft; exposed; plenty 1mm osc.
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CDDC-1597
Sponge
Halichondrida
Stylissa
all orange
Common at 7-10m reef slope; med soft; exposed
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CDDC-1598
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
maroon
Rare at 12m reef slope; exposed; calcareous & hard
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CDDC-1599
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
greenish brown
Common at 0-2m reef flat; med soft; exposed; dichotomous branching; v.light
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CDDC-1600
Alga
Cyanophyte
green
Abundant at 5-10m reef slope; exposed; soft
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CDDC-1601
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Cladochalina
purple/ gray
Common at 5-10m reef slope; soft; spongy; springy; compressable
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CDDC-1602
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
Dendronephthya
purple/ orange
Common at 7m reef slope; med soft
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CDDC-1603
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Lobophytum
gray/yellow
At 5m; med hard
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CDDC-1604
Sponge
Aplysinellidae
Aplysinella
gray/yellow
Abundant at 10m reef slope; exposed; med hard; no color change; slippery vases
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CDDC-1605
Cnidaria
Chrysogorgiidae
Stephanogorgia
all yellow
Abundant at 10m reef slope under overhang in cave; part exposed; soft
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CDDC-1606
Cnidaria
Scleractinia
Goniopora
grey; pink
Rare at 3m; v. long polyps
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CDDC-1607
Sponge
Dictyonellidae
Scopalina
purple
Common at 0m on seagrass; sticky thick mucus; spongin plates
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CDDC-1608
Sponge
all light orange
Abundant at 0m on mud flat; tubular projections; burrowing in sand; osc.
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CDDC-1609
Mollusc
Naticidae
Neverita
dark brown
Abundant at 0m on mud flat; medium hardness; azooxanthellate
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CDDC-1610
Mollusc
Mytilidae
Mottled green/grey
At 0m on mud flat
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CDDC-1611
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
dark red
Abundant at 3-5m on reef flat; flattened & fern like; medium hard
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CDDC-1612
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
red
Common at 3-5m on reef flat; flattened and fern like; same as 0004?
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CDDC-1613
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
red
Common at 3-5m on reef flat; fan shaped; crispy & calcified; hard
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CDDC-1614
Alga
Rhodophyta
Haloplegma
beige-pink
Common at 6-7m on reef flat; flattened & broad bladed; soft
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CDDC-1615
Alga
Rhodophyta
Corynocystis
red-wine
Rare at 6-7m on reef flat; serrated edges; irregular branches; =0026?
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CDDC-1616
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
dark pink
Common at 1-3m on reef flat; v. hard & calcified; grows in tufts
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CDDC-1617
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
pink-rose
Abundant at 1-5m on reef flat; medium hard & calcified
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CDDC-1618
Alga
Rhodophyta
Neogonilithon
pink
Common at 1-5m on reef flat; v. hard & coralline; spiky
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CDDC-1619
Alga
Rhodophyta
Euptilota
red
Common at ?m on reef flat; fern-like & feathery; irreg. branching; not calcified
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CDDC-1620
Cnidaria
Hydroid
Stylaster
orange base/ yellow tips
Rare at 5-15m on reef slope; v. hard; fan-shaped
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CDDC-1621
Alga
Chlorophyta
Boergesenia
light green
Common at 0m in seagrass beds on rubble; club shaped
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CDDC-1622
Alga
Pheophyta
Hormophysa
brown
Common at 0m in seagrass beds on rubble; leaf like
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CDDC-1623
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
light red
Common at 0m in seagrass beds on rubble
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CDDC-1624
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
dark redbrown
Common at 0m in seagrass beds on rubble; leaf like
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CDDC-1625
Alga
Rhodophyta
Jania
light red
Common at 0m in seagrass beds on rubble
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CDDC-1626
Alga
Rhodophyta
Liagora
light red/white
Common at 0m in seagrass beds on rubble; soft; thin mucus
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CDDC-1627
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
red
Common at 1-3m on reef flat; dichotomous branching
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CDDC-1628
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
dark red
Abundant at 3-8m reef slope; fern-like & feathery; medium soft
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CDDC-1629
Alga
Rhodophyta
Halymenia
dark red
Rare at 8m reef slope; flattened, strap shaped; soft
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CDDC-1630
Alga
Chlorophyta
Codium
green
Abundant at 3-8m reef slope; ball shaped; soft
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CDDC-1631
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
red
Common at 3-8m reef slope; flattened fan-shaped, encrusting; hard
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CDDC-1632
Alga
Rhodophyta
Cheilosporum
pink
Rare at 6m reef slope; flattened, strap shaped, fern-like; coralline
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CDDC-1633
Alga
Rhodophyta
Corynocystis
dark red
Common at 3-8m reef slope; flattened strap shaped, broad bladed; epibionts
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CDDC-1634
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
pink
Abundant at 3-8m reef slope; ball shaped; hard; irregular branching
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CDDC-1635
Alga
Rhodophyta
Martensia
mottled grey/purple/red
Rare? at 2m on rubble; med. soft; lettuce-like
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CDDC-1636
Alga
Rhodophyta
Halimenia
beige-pink
Rare at 2m on rubble; med. soft; flattened & broad bladed
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CDDC-1637
Alga
Rhodophyta
Hypnea
translucent brown to brown
Common at 2-5m on rubble; soft; irreg. branching & pointed tips; bit crunchy
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CDDC-1638
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
beige-pink
Common at 2-5m on rubble; med. text; dichotomous branching & rounded tips;
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CDDC-1639
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
red
Common at 2-5m on rubble; med. text; dense balls & rounded tips;
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CDDC-1640
Alga
Pheophyta
Dictyota
brown
Abundant at 2-5m on rubble; med. text; dichotomous branching
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CDDC-1641
Alga
Pheophyta
Padina
brown, white bands
Abundant at 5-15m on rubble; med. text; broad bladed & fan-shaped
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CDDC-1642
Alga
Chlorophyta
Halimeda
green
Abundant at 10m on rubble; hard & heavily calcified; triangular lobes
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CDDC-1643
Alga
Chlorophyta
Rhipilia
green
Common at 5-15m on rubble; fuzzy balls on stalks
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CDDC-1644
Alga
Chlorophyta
Tydemania
green
Common at 15m on rubble; spongy, soft text.; balls connected on stalk
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CDDC-1645
Alga
Rhodophyta
Liagora
beige-pink-white
Common at 1-2m on rubble; soft, spaghetti-like;
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CDDC-1646
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
red
Common? at 1-4m reef flat; detailed description on sheet
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CDDC-1647
Bryozoan
Candidae
Srupocellaria
brown
Rare at 4-8m; feathery & fan-shaped; web like growth; medium hard
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CDDC-1648
Cnidaria
Ceriantipatharia
Cirrhipates
green
Common at 4-10m; medium hard; wiry; stings; rounded ends
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CDDC-1649
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
dark red/ orange rim
Common at 4-10m; hard; fan-shaped; probably same as 0024
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CDDC-1650
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
dark red
Common at 4-10m; hard; fan-shaped; probably same as 0024
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CDDC-1651
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
pinkish red
Common at 4-10m; medium hard; fan-shaped; similar to 0024
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CDDC-1652
Ascidian
Ascidian
Clavelina
blue zooids/ colourless tunic
At 4m; colonial; zooids 1cm high
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CDDC-1653
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
red
At 8m reef slope; decumbent & strap shaped; dichotomous branching
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CDDC-1654
Sponge
Hadromerida
Hemiasterella
purplish grey
Common at 7m reef slope; leathery & soft; fan-shaped; same as 0056
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CDDC-1655
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
red
At 2-3m; strap (dictyota) shaped; same as G-0020+0055
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CDDC-1656
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
red
Abundant at 2-4m reef flat; same as 0004, 0005, 0021
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CDDC-1657
Cnidaria
Gorgonian
Rumphella
brown/grey
At 2-4m; stalked; med. hard; rubbery & leathery; Hicksonella like
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CDDC-1658
Cnidaria
Gorgonian
Rumphella
brown/grey
Same as 0050 but necrotic (fuzzy, darkened, fouled) in part
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CDDC-1659
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
red
Common at 6-12m reef slope Same as 0039, 0113, 0118, 0091
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CDDC-1660
Alga
Rhodophyta
Phacelocarpus
maroon
Rare at 6-12m reef slope under ledges; epibionts 50%; wide straps
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CDDC-1661
Alga
Rhodophyta
Plocamium
pink/red
Rare at 6-12m reef slope; medium soft
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CDDC-1662
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
red
At 6-12m on reef slope; same as G-0020+0048
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CDDC-1663
Sponge
Hadromerida
Hemiasterella
grey
Abundant at 6-12m on reef slope; medium texture; same as 0047
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CDDC-1664
Sponge
black outside; orange/yellow inside
Rare? at 6-12m on reef slope; soft; smooth sfce; osc not vis.
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CDDC-1665
Bryozoan
Cheilostomatida
Reteporellina
orange
Common at 6-12m reef slope; medium hard; feathery; v. crunchy & fragile
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CDDC-1666
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
pink
Rare at 6-12m on reef slope; coralline & hard;
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CDDC-1667
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
pink
Rare at 6-12m on reef slope; coralline & hard; flattened branches
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CDDC-1668
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
pink
same as 0044 (to be combined with)
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CDDC-1669
Alga
Rhodophyta
Cheilosporum
reddish purple
Common at 1-3m reef flat; medium texture; azooxanthellate
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CDDC-1670
Alga
Rhodophyta
Melanmansia
red/purple
Common at 1-3m reef flat; medium text.; azooxanthellate; strap shaped
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CDDC-1671
Alga
Rhodophyta
Neurymenia
reddish purple
Rare at 1-3m reef flat; medium texture; azooxanthellate; flattened strap shape
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CDDC-1672
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
light red
Common at 1-3m reef flat; hard; azooxanthellate; flattened strap shape
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CDDC-1673
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
dark red
Common at 1-3m reef flat; cylindrical branches; medium hard; azooxanthell.
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CDDC-1674
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
dark red/purple
Common at 1-3m reef flat; cylindrical branches; medium hard; azooxanthell.
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CDDC-1675
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amansia
red/purple
Common at 1-3m reef flat; medium text.; azooxanthellate; same as 0063
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CDDC-1676
Alga
Rhodophyta
Tricleocarpa
pink red
Common at 15-18m; medium hard; cylindrical branches
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CDDC-1677
Alga
Rhodophyta
Ethelia
dark red
Abundant at 10-30m; encrusting; hard
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CDDC-1678
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
light red
Common at 5-10m; hard; dichotomous branching; azooxanthellate
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CDDC-1679
Alga
Chlorophyta
Rhipilia
light green
Common at 10-15m reef slope; fan-shaped blades
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CDDC-1680
Alga
Rhodophyta
Osmundea
dark reddish purple
Common at 10-15m reef slope; soft; flattened blades & fern like
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CDDC-1681
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amansia
dark reddish purple
Common at 3-30m on reef slope; same as 0063
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CDDC-1682
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
light reddish pink
Common at ?m; flattened branches; med. hard
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CDDC-1683
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
?
no data sheet
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CDDC-1684
Alga
Rhodophyta
Portieria
red
no data sheet
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CDDC-1685
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Haliclona
light purple
Rare at 23m reef slope under overhang; medium soft; plenty small oscules
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CDDC-1686
Sponge
bright pink
Rare at 22m reef slope under overhang; medium hard; few but large osc.
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CDDC-1687
Sponge
Homosclerophorida
Plakinastrella
black outside; beige inside
Common at 22m reef slope under overhang; med. hard; few large osc.
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CDDC-1688
Sponge
white
Rare at 22m reef slope; medium hard; smells like bleach; osc. 3-5mm
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CDDC-1689
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Siphonodictyon/Aka
white
Common at 20-25m reef slope; plenty thick mucus; inhalant canals (this sample) covered by maroon epiphytes
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CDDC-1690
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Siphonodictyon/Aka
white
Same as 0082 but the boring, submerged part + substrate of it
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CDDC-1691
Alga
Rhodophyta
Halichrysis
maroon
Common at 15-22m reef slope; medium soft; flower like on stalk
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CDDC-1692
Alga
Chlorophyta
Valonia
green
Common at 16m on reef slope; bulbous
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CDDC-1693
Alga
Rhodophyta
Neurymenia
red
Abundant at 12m under overhang; strap shaped & mid rib on stalk; med. Hard
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CDDC-1694
Alga
Chlorophyta
Rhipilia
green
Abundant at 12-25 on reef slope; soft; on short stalk
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CDDC-1695
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
maroon
Common at 15-25m reef slope; fan shaped; hard; calcified
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CDDC-1696
Alga
Pheophyta
Dictyota
brown
Common at 15-25m reef slope; strap shaped; soft; dichotomous branching
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CDDC-1697
Alga
Rhodophyta
Cheilosporum
pink
Rare at 15-20m reef slope; strap shaped; coralline; 1-2mm long branches emerging from each cell
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CDDC-1698
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
red
Rare at 20-22m reef slope Same as 0039, 0113, 0118, 0052
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CDDC-1699
Alga
Rhodophyta
Jania
brown-pink
Abundant at 1-4m reef flat; med soft; epiphytic on other Algae; small tufts
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CDDC-1700
Alga
Rhodophyta
Tricleocarpa
pink-brown
Common at 1-4m reef flat; med soft; dichotomous branching; cylindrical
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CDDC-1701
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
brown
Common at 1-4m reef flat; med soft; irregular branching; spongy, fuzzy clumps w. hair-like projectionsl
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CDDC-1702
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
pink
Common at 1-4m reef flat; hard; calcified, coralline; flattened branches
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CDDC-1703
Alga
Rhodophyta
Polystrata
dark maroon; underside beige
Common at 1-4m reef flat; hard; calcified; urine odor
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CDDC-1704
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
purple/ white tips
Common at 1-4m reef flat; hard; heavily calcified; flattened branches
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CDDC-1705
Alga
Pheophyta
Dictyota
brown
Common at 1-4m reef flat; strap shaped; soft; dichotomous branching
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CDDC-1706
Alga
Rhodophyta
Haloplegma
pink
Common at 6-7m on reef flat; flattened & broad bladed; soft & spongy
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CDDC-1707
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
pinkish red
Common at 1-4m reef flat; med soft; cylindrical rhizoids @ base; bushy growth, tips serrated
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CDDC-1708
Sponge
Calcarea
Leucetta
yellow
Abundant at 10-20m reef slope; typical calcareous balls; big osc.
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CDDC-1709
Sponge
brown/ orange inside
Rare at 20m reef slope at wall; medium hard & leathery; crumbly texture
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CDDC-1710
Sponge
Hadromerida
all white
Rare at 20m reef slope; medium hard; prominent oscules
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CDDC-1711
Alga
Rhodophyta
Litophyllum
pink
Common at 1-15m reef flat/slope; encrusting; v. hard; irreg. branching
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CDDC-1712
Alga
Rhodophyta
Neogoniolithon
pink
Rare at 15m on reef slope; v. hard; clubshaped knobsirreg. branching
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CDDC-1713
Alga
Rhodophyta
Gibsmithia
red
Rare at 10-20m reef slope; soft; hair like projections; gooey; =0120?
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CDDC-1714
Sponge
grey
Common at 10-15m reef slope; encrusting on corals; leathery
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CDDC-1715
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphaeria
green
Abundant at 5-20m reef slope; med hard; flattened discs
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CDDC-1716
Alga
Rhodophyta
Polystrata
maroon
Common at 20m reef slope in cave; fan shaped; medium hard; sheets
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CDDC-1717
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
green
Common at 12m reef slope; medium hard; club shaped branchlets
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CDDC-1718
Alga
Chlorophyta
Rhipilia
green
Common at 15-30m reef slope; soft; tufts connected by rhizoids
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CDDC-1719
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
pink
Abundant at 5-10m reef slope; med hard, calcified;
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CDDC-1720
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
red
Rare12m reef slope; med soft Same as 0039, 0052, 0118, 0091
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CDDC-1721
Alga
Chlorophyta
Valonia
green
Rare at 15?m; med soft; bulbous
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CDDC-1722
Alga
Rhodophyta
Gelidiella
dark red
Rare at 15m reef slope on rubble; stiff, brittle & med hard; little branching
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CDDC-1723
Alga
Chlorophyta
Tydemania
green
Abundant at 10-20m reef slope; typical pompoms
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CDDC-1724
Alga
Rhodophyta
Halichrysis
mottled red
Rare at 23m reef slope; medium soft; widely branched; looks like flower
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CDDC-1725
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
red
Rare15m reef slope; med soft Same as 0039, 0052, 0113, 0091
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CDDC-1726
Sponge
all white
Rare at 60m; lobate; soft; prominent oscules
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CDDC-1727
Alga
Rhodophyta
Gibsmithia
red
Rare at 10-23m reef slope on rubble; soft & slimey; wide lobes
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CDDC-1728
Sponge
Astrophorida
blue; cream inside
Rare at 30m reef slope; med hard; niphates texture
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CDDC-1729
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
dark brown; yellow inside
Abundant at 20m; soft; prominent spicules
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CDDC-1730
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
maroon
Rare at 20m reef slope; hard; lobular
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CDDC-1731
Sponge
orange
Common at 15-25m reef slope; medium hard; lobe-growth; crumbly
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CDDC-1732
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
brown-purple-blue yellow inside
Common at 15-25m reef slope; soft; gooey; on stalk
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CDDC-1733
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina Cl
orange; turned black in air
Common at 15-25m reef slope; medium texture; lobular
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CDDC-1734
Cyanobacteria
Lyngbya
brown-orange
Common at 15-20m reef slope on coral and rubble; soft; hair-like
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CDDC-1735
Cyanobacteria
Lyngbya
maroon
Common at 15-20m reef slope on coral and rubble; soft; hair-like
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CDDC-1736
Sponge
orange
Common at 10m reef slope; hard; creeping; many prominent 1-3mm osc.
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CDDC-1737
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Niphates
green
Rare at 10m reef slope in cave; soft & squishy; plenty 2-4mm oscules
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CDDC-1738
Sponge
pinkish lavender; white inside
Abundant at 10m reef slope under overhang; hard texture; few 1-3mm osc
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CDDC-1739
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
pink-lavender
Common at 7-12m reef slope; flattened & hard; calcified; prob same as 0161
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CDDC-1740
Alga
Chlorophyta
Avrainvillea
green
Rare at 10-15m reef slope; fan-shaped & stalked; med soft; spongy texture
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CDDC-1741
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
lavender-pink
Common at 7-9m; coralline, hard; irregular branched; bit flattened
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CDDC-1742
Alga
Rhodophyta
Cheilosporum
pink-lavender
Common at 8-13m reef slope; fern like; coralline, med hard; feathery 0.5-2mm branchlets; mostly dichot. branching
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CDDC-1743
Alga
Rhodophyta
Eupyilota
brown-pink-red
Common at 7-12m reef slope; feathery with branchlets 1-4mm long; soft; prob same as 0012
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CDDC-1744
Alga
Chlorophyta
Halimeda
green
Abundant at 10m reef slope; flattened; med text.; ear shaped lobes 5-10mm
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CDDC-1745
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
dark pink
Common at 7-14m reef slope; hard; flattened & decumbent; lobes 4-8cm
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CDDC-1746
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
dark pink/lavender
Common at 15m reef slope; v. hard; flattened & decumbent;similar 0138
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CDDC-1747
Alga
Rhodophyta
Mesophyllum
lavender-pink
Rare at 10m reef slope under overhangs; hard, calcified & brittle; lobes 1-4cm wide; same as 0157?
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CDDC-1748
Sponge
yellow/rose patches
Rare at 20m reef slope in cave; med soft & spongy; flattened; encrusting
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CDDC-1749
Sponge
Halichondrida
Halichondria
peach outside; beige-yellow inside
Rare at 15m reef slope in cave; thick colorless mucus; crumbly; med hard
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CDDC-1750
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Biemna
Brown, yellow flecks outside; yellow-orange inside
Common at 10m reef slope; soft; thick encrusting; lots of thick cl? mucus; itchy; small oscules
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CDDC-1751
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Niphates
green
Common at 22m reef slope; soft; upright, branched & spongy; plenty 3mm osc.
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CDDC-1752
Alga
Chlorophyta
Rhipilia
green
Common at 5-20m reef slope; soft; on stalk & planar; hair like filaments
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CDDC-1753
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa Rhodophy
orangy-pink-red
Rare at 15m reef slope; med hard; coralline & calcified; branched
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CDDC-1754
Alga
Pheophyta
Dictyota
brown
Common at 20-22m reef slope; med soft; flattened; same as 0162?
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CDDC-1755
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
maroon
Common at 10-20m reef slope; med hard; wide lobes; pliable
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CDDC-1756
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
maroon
Common; med hard; lobe shaped
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CDDC-1757
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Coelocarteria
orange
Common at 10m inside cave; med soft; boring w. 1cm wide 3-5cm long and branched chimneys
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CDDC-1758
Sponge
Spirophorida
Cinachyra(ella)
bright pink
Rare at 13m reef slope underside of overhang; med soft; round; 1cm osc
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CDDC-1759
Sponge
Halichondrida
Spongosorites/Topsentia
all white
Rare at 12m reef slope in cave; med hard; osc. 7-20mm and far apart
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CDDC-1760
Bryozoa
Cheilostomata/Phidoloporidae
Reteporellina
peach
Common at 10-15m reef slope; hard; branches interconnect; feathery
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CDDC-1761
Alga
Chlorophyta
Avrainvillea
green
Common at 10-20 reef slope; stalked, fan-shaped; soft; same as 0133?
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CDDC-1762
Alga
Rhodophyta
Phacelocarpus
red
Rare at 20m reef slope; medium hard; flattened, mid-rib & strap shaped; heavily epiphytized
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CDDC-1763
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
maroon
Common at 13m reef slope; hard & calcified; pliable; encrusting
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CDDC-1764
Alga
Rhodophyta
Mesophyllum
pink
Common at 10-15m reef slope; flattened, encrusting; same as 0140?
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CDDC-1765
Alga
Rhodophyta
Halichrysis
red
Rare at 8-15m reef slope; med hard; same as 0084
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CDDC-1766
Alga
Rhodophyta
Halimenia
maroon
Rare at 20m reef slope; strap shaped; med soft; same as 0022?
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CDDC-1767
Alga
Rhodophyta
Plocamium
pink-red
Rare at 15m reef slope under overhang; soft & feathery; finely, irreg. branched
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CDDC-1768
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
lavender-pink
Common at 10m reef slope; med hard; coralline; same as 0132?
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CDDC-1769
Alga
Pheophyta
Dictyota
brown
Common at 10-20m reef slope; Same as 0147
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CDDC-1770
Alga
Rhodophyta
Litophyllum
lavender-pink
Common at 10m reef flat; coralline & v. hard; irreg. branching
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CDDC-1771
Sponge
all beige brown
Rare at 12-15m reef flat; soft, spongy; ropes; plenty small oscules
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CDDC-1772
Cnidaria
Hydroid
brown stalk/ yellow feathers
Common at 14m reef flat; thin medium mucus; 10cm stalk
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CDDC-1773
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
grass-green
Rare at 15m reef flat; med soft; flattened; blades w. small serrations
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CDDC-1774
Sponge
orange
Rare at 10m reef flat; v. soft; wrinkly texture; plenty 1-2mm oscules
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CDDC-1775
Sponge
pale orange/yellow
Rare at 10m reef flat under overhang; soft & spongy; 5mm osc. on top
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CDDC-1776
Alga
Chlorophyta
Bornetella
grass-green
Abundant at 0m reef flat; med soft; lobular; droplet shaped
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CDDC-1777
Alga
Rhodophyta
Liagora
pink-beige
Common at 0m reef flat; med soft; bit slimy; noodle texture; 5-8cm high
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CDDC-1778
Alga
Rhodophyta
Callophycus
rose-red
Common at 2m reef flat under ledges; med soft; flattened & mid-rib
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CDDC-1779
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
purple
Abundant at 1-4m reef flat; med hard; dichotomous branching; flattened
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CDDC-1780
Alga
Rhodophyta
Carpopeltis
dark red
Rare at 8m reef flat; tough; heavily epiphytized; bushy growth
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CDDC-1781
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
dark red
Common at 1-3m reef flat; med hard; branched; heavily epiphtized
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CDDC-1782
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
red
Rare at 1-3m reef flat; medium hard; same as 0146 (descript.)
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CDDC-1783
Alga
Rhodophyta
Tricleocarpa
pink-beige-orange
Abundant at 0-1m reef flat; teret; med hard; cylindrical
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CDDC-1784
Alga
Rhodophyta
Hydrolithon
lavender-pink
Common at 1-4m reef flat; encrusting; v. hard & coralline; raised w. ridges
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CDDC-1785
Alga
Chlorophyta
Cladophora
grass-green
Abundant at 0m reef flat; soft; fuzzy; up to 10cm high, branches 5mm wide
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CDDC-1786
Alga
Chlorophyta
Enteromorpha
green
Rare at 0m reef flat; soft; thin tubes; no branches
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CDDC-1787
Mollusc
Naticidae
Polinices
mottled gray
Abundant at 0m mud flat; med hard; "moon snail"
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CDDC-1788
Sipuncula
Sipunculidae
Siphonosoma
yellow
Common at 0m mud flat; soft; thin lines running down length of body
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CDDC-1789
Ascidian
Ophichtidae
Snake eel
red
Common at 0m mud flat; med hard; very avtive; caudal fin not obvious
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CDDC-1790
Ascidian
Ophichtidae
Snake eel
red-brown
Common at 0m mud flat; med hard; caudal fin obvious; branchial cavity
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CDDC-1791
Hemichordata
Acorn worm
Balanglossus
light yellow
Common at 0m mud flat; thin mucus; soft; bromine odor
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CDDC-1792
Annelida
Capitellidae
dark red
Common at 0m mud flat; soft; few hairs; earthworm like
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CDDC-1793
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
dark maroon
Common at 10-25m reef slope; flattened, broad bladed, fan-shaped; encrusting & a bit brittle
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CDDC-1794
Cnidaria
Hydroid
light yellow
Common at 10-17m reef slope; mid-rib; flattened; fern-like & feathery; stalked; low mucus; alternate branching
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CDDC-1795
Alga
Rhodophyta
Mesophyllum
reddish pink
Common at 10-25m reef slope; flattened; encrusting & v. hard;
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CDDC-1796
Cnidaria
Hydroid
Distichopora
dark purple/pink; white inside
LACE coral; Common at 5-17m reef slope?; hard; fan-shape
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CDDC-1797
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
chalky pink
Common at 5-8m reef slope?; teret
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CDDC-1798
Alga
Chlorophyta
Avrainvillea
dark green
Rare at 20m; flattened, broad bladed & fan-shaped; delicate
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CDDC-1799
Alga
Rhodophyta
Phacelocarpus
maroon
Common at 10-24m reef slope; flattened, mid rib & strap shaped; epibiont cover 50%
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CDDC-1800
Cnidaria
Stylasteridae
Distichopora
light pink
LACE coral; Common at 5-17m reef slope?; hard; fan-shape (=0189?)
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CDDC-1801
Alga
Rhodophyta
Portieria
brick red
Common at 4-20m reef slope; med soft; alternate branching .
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CDDC-1802
Alga
Rhodophyta
Tricleocarpa
light pink
Common at 7-10m; teret; calcified & hard; coralline
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CDDC-1803
Alga
Rhodophyta
Plocamium
brick red
Abundant at 5-15m reef slope; soft; flattened, mid-rib & feathery
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CDDC-1804
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
mottled grey/red/purple
Common at 8-20m reef slope; med hard; flattened, decumbent, broad bladed & fan-shaped; encrusting
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CDDC-1805
Alga
Rhodophyta
Mesophyllum
dark orange/purple/red
Common at 8-20m reef slope; med hard; flattened, decumbent, broad bladed; encrusting
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CDDC-1806
Alga
Rhodophyta
Mesophyllum
red
Common at 8-20m reef slope; thin, low mucus; v. hard; flattened, decumbent, broad bladed & fan-shaped; encrusting
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CDDC-1807
Mollusc
Mottled green/grey
Recollect of 0003
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CDDC-1808
Gastropod
Flecked gray
Common at 0m on mud flat; soft; delicate; poss. Recollect of 0002
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CDDC-1809
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
Light purplish red
Common at 7-16m; hard; teret
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CDDC-1810
Alga
Rhodophyta
Botryocladia
red
At 20m; balloons
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CDDC-1811
Alga
Chlorophyta
Avrainvillea
soft green
Rare at 6-17m; fan shaped; zonate pattern on blades
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CDDC-1812
Alga
Rhodophyta
Portieria
red
Common at 10m; small & crispy; 2-25% epibiont
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CDDC-1813
Alga
Rhodophyta
Neurymenia
red
Common at 15-33m; dentate edges; 26-50% epibiont
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CDDC-1814
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
purple
At 7-10m; 10cm tall; fragile; dichotomous
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CDDC-1815
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
maroon
Common at 10-33m; flattened, decum-bent & broad bladed; 2-25% epibionts
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CDDC-1816
Alga
Chlorophyta
Valonia
green
Rare at 10m; balloons
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CDDC-1817
Alga
Chlorophyta
Tydemania
green
Rare at 20-30m on reef slope; puffs of swirls; 2-25% epibionts
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CDDC-1818
Alga
Chlorophyta
Avrainvillea
green
Rare at 10-30m u. overhangs; soft; flattened & broad bladed; 2cm tall
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CDDC-1819
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
purple-pink
Common at 10-15m u. overhangs; white edges; plate like & coralline
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CDDC-1820
Alga
Rhodophyta
Corynocystis
purple/maroon
Rare at 10-30m above overhangs; sparcely branched
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CDDC-1821
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
purple/maroon
Abundant at 8-15m; Peysonellia like; growing in raised edges
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CDDC-1822
Alga
Rhodophyta
Pterocladiell
purple/red
Abundant at 5-10m in channel; feather like from main axis
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CDDC-1823
Alga
Rhodophyta
Neurymenia
purple-pink
Common at 10-30m on walls; blades upright; midrib; edges dentate
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CDDC-1824
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Stephanogorgia
light yellow
Common at 10-17m on reef slope under overhangs; flattened, broad bladed & fan shaped; delicate; one plane
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CDDC-1825
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
green
Rare at 4m in rubble
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CDDC-1826
Cyanobacteria
purple-brown
Common at 20-35m on reef slope
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CDDC-1827
Alga
Chlorophyta
Avrainvillea
dark green
Abundant at 4-35m; soft; flattened & fan shaped; broad bladed
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CDDC-1828
Alga
Chlorophyta
Chlorodesmis
green
Common at 3-5m reef slope; exposed; soft and wavy
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CDDC-1829
Alga
Rhodophyta
Gibsmithia
Translucent red
Rare at 35m on reef slope; thin mucus; gooey; soft
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CDDC-1830
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
white/yellow yellow inside .
Common at 6m; exposed on reef slope; exposed; soft & fleshy; thick mucus; zooxanthellate; state of fission
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CDDC-1831
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Echinogorgia
red
Rare at 12m reef slope; hard; fan-shaped;
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CDDC-1832
Sponge
dictyonellidae
Acanthella
all orange
Common at 8-12m reef slope; med soft; compressible; osc (3-10mm) all over
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CDDC-1833
Sponge
Axinellidae
Axinella
all orange
Common at 12m reef slope; medium soft; bushy, upright appearance
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CDDC-1834
Sponge
Halichondriidae
whitish brown
Rare at 16m reef slope; med soft; plenty v. small oscules
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CDDC-1835
Sponge
Ancorinidae
Jaspis
all white
Rare at 10m reef slope with 26-50% epibiont cover;
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CDDC-1836
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
orange; white inside
Rare at 13m reef slope under overhang; exposed; med soft; spikey
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CDDC-1837
Sponge
Halichondriidae
Stylissa
all orange
Common at 5m reef flat; exposed; soft & massive; poss. 0243
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CDDC-1838
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
all brownish-black
Abundant at 5-16m reef slope; exposed; low odor; thinly encrusting on coral
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CDDC-1839
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Coelocarteria
mottled yellow; light yellow inside .
Common at 12m reef slope; part exposed & boring into substrate; med hard; 51-75% epibiont cover
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CDDC-1840
Cnidaria
Hydroid
green
Abundant at 5-8m reef slope; med hard & feathery, stalked & mid-rib; hooked up on base (Sponge?) on coral
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CDDC-1841
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
purple/white outside; white inside
Abundant at 10m between rocks, sand flat; med hard; compact growth form w. plenty big oscules
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CDDC-1842
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
all brown
Rare at 12m on reef slope outside lagoon; thin brown mucus
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CDDC-1843
Cnidaria
Xeniidae
Xenia?
bluish-white white inside
Abundant at 10-15m reef slope; thin mucus; exposed; v. soft & fragile; bushy
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CDDC-1844
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
mottled brown
Common at 12m reef slope; thin mucus; stalked, fleshy & soft; zooxanthellate
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CDDC-1845
Sponge
Thorectidae
Fascaplysinopsis
dark brown; light brown inside
Common at 10m reef slope; part exposed; med hard; thin ectosome
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CDDC-1846
Echinodermata
Crinoid
green
Common at 10-15m on reef slope; exposed; med hard & brittle; feathery; black Sponge epibiont
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CDDC-1847
Sponge
Calcarea
Leucetta
yellow/grey
Abundant at 10-15m reef slope; med hard and not round (like Chagosensis)
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CDDC-1848
Sponge
Halichondrida?
all brown
Rare at 15m in crevice reef slope; brown slimey, sticky secr. during processing
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CDDC-1849
Cyanophyte
brown/white
Abundant at 5m sand flat; exposed & v. soft; covering Halimeda on coral rock
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CDDC-1850
Sponge
Halichondriidae
Stylissa
all orange
Common at 5m reef flat; exposed; soft & massive; plenty 2mm osc.; poss. 0230
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CDDC-1851
Sponge
Thorectidae
Phyllospongia
brown
Abundant at 5m sand flat; exposed & med. soft; leafy; signs of predation on larger specimens; short stalk
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CDDC-1852
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphaeria
all green
Abundant & exposed at 2-5m reef flat; med hard 0.5-2cm buttons; could be green Alga
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CDDC-1853
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
yellow; turned black outs. water
Abundant at 0-5m reef flat; med hard; exposed; purplish secr.
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CDDC-1854
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Cribrochalina
redbrown; white inside
Common at 12m reef slope; exposed & a bit encrusting; thick sheet
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CDDC-1855
Sponge
Halichondrida
all white
Rare at 15m reef slope in crevice; med hard; low odor; azooxanthellate; 2mm oscules
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CDDC-1856
Sponge
Halichondriidae
Brownorange; red-yellow inside
Common at 10m reef slope; med soft; red brown secr.; odor: treebark
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CDDC-1857
Cnidaria
Zoanthida
Palythoa
grey
Abundant at 5-16m reef slope; thick encrusting on coral; hard; exposed
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CDDC-1858
Sponge
Verongida
Suberea
grey
Common at 10-15m reef slope; med hard; stalked?; exposed
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CDDC-1859
Sponge
Verongida
Luffariella
yellow; turned black in freezer
Common at 12m reef slope; med soft; low odor; v. porous; plenty big osc.
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CDDC-1860
Sponge
Dendroceratida
black; yellow inside
Rare at 10-15m reef slope; med soft; sticky secr.
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CDDC-1861
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
yellow; turned yellow/black outside water
Common at 5-16m reef slope; slippery texture; exposed
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CDDC-1862
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
pink
Rare at 20m reef slope; med hard; rosate growth; same as 0381?
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CDDC-1863
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown
Common at 10m reef slope; exposed; thin mucus; med hard
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CDDC-1864
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Cladiella
mottled white
Common at 10m reef slope; med hard; low odor;
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CDDC-1865
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Aka
all white
Common at 12m inside coral rock sand flat; thin mucus; med hard; no osc as in "usual" Aka; no! epibionts
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CDDC-1866
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown; white inside
Rare at 10m on coral head on sand flat; med hard & 5cm thick encrusting; thick mucus & v. pungent
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CDDC-1867
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia?
brown; white inside .
Common at 10m; stalked & tree shape; thin mucus; pungent odor; med hard
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CDDC-1868
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brown; white inside
Abundant at 15m; all encrusting on one rock on sand flat; thin mucus
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CDDC-1869
Sponge
Agelasida
Astrosclera
orange w. astro- rhizal processes
Rare at 10m in an arc/cave environment together w. 0263; stoney hard; 2cm
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CDDC-1870
Sponge
Calcarea
white; yellow after freezing
Common at 10m reef slope; protected; med hard; togther w. 0262
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CDDC-1871
Alga
Chlorophyta
Tydemania
green
Abundant at 10m reef slope; 2-25% epibiont cover
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CDDC-1872
Alga
Chlorophyta
Udotea
light green/grey
Rare at 10-12m reef slope; flattened, stalked & broad bladed; 6cm tall
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CDDC-1873
Ascidian
bright blue; mottled grey outside
Rare at 10-15m reef slope; flattened, decumbent & encrusting; soft
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CDDC-1874
Alga
Chlorophyta
Avrainvillea?
green
Rare at 12m reef slope; stalked; soft; dense taft filaments on top
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CDDC-1875
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
green
Rare at 10-12m reef slope; 2-25% epibiont; upright runners 6cm
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CDDC-1876
Alga
Chlorophyta
Udotea
green/white
Rare at 12m reef slope; stalked; large; 26-50% epibiont; flattened; fan-shaped
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CDDC-1877
Alga
Chlorophyta
Halimeda
light green
Common at 3-10m reef slope; med hard & 20cm tall; turbid shallow reef
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CDDC-1878
Alga
Chlorophyta
Halimeda
green
Common at 3-10m reef slope; 7cm tall; turbid shallow reef
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CDDC-1879
Echinodermata
Crinoid
Comaster
orange mid veins black side branch
Common at 17m reef slope; med hard & brittle; feathery
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CDDC-1880
Echinodermata
Crinoid
Comaster
all black
Common at 17m reef slope; med hard & brittle; feathery
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CDDC-1881
Echinodermata
Crinoid
Comaster
orange mid veins black side branch
Common at 17m reef slope; med hard & brittle; feathery; prob. 0272?
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CDDC-1882
Echinodermata
Crinoid
all yellow
Common at 17m reef slope; med hard & brittle; feathery;
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CDDC-1883
Echinodermata
Crinoid
all black
Common at 17m reef slope; med hard & brittle; feathery
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CDDC-1885
Echinodermata
Crinoid
Lamprometra
purple & white banded arms
Rare at 3m reef slope; feathery; brittle
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CDDC-1886
Echinodermata
Crinoid
all black
Common at 17m reef slope; med hard & brittle; feathery
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CDDC-1887
Alga
Rhodophyta
Actinotricia
red/purple/white
Rare at 13m reef slope; calcified hard w. 2-25% epibiont; upright
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CDDC-1888
Cnidaria
Anthothelidae
purple/yellow
Rare at 15m reef slope; branched in one plane
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CDDC-1889
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
purple
Rare at 3m reef slope; hard; main axis 1-3mm
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CDDC-1890
Cyanophyte
black
Abundant at 3-15m reef slope; soft; overgrowing gorgonians
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CDDC-1891
Bryozoan
white-yellow
Rare at 10m reef slope; soft; beneath a coral arch; very fine
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CDDC-1892
Alga
Chlorophyta
Valonia
light green
Rare at 10-15m reef slope; 2-25% epibionts; balloon shape
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CDDC-1893
Echinodermata
Crinoid
black; white edges
Common at 17m reef slope; feathery
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CDDC-1894
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
red
Rare at 7m reef slope; 2-25% epibiont; flattened, stalked & strap shaped
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CDDC-1895
Echinodermata
Crinoid
brown
Rare at 5-15m on reef slope; lots of thick mucus; 2-25% epibiont
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CDDC-1896
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Chironephthya
orange; red polyps
Rare at 20m reef slope
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CDDC-1897
Sponge
Thorectidae
black; grey inside
Rare at 10m reef slope; med hard
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CDDC-1898
Cnidaria
Scleractinia
Tubastrea
orange
Abundant at 5m under overhangs; very hard
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CDDC-1899
Sponge
Astrophorida
Rhabdastrella
dark brown; yellow inside
Rare at 7m reef slope; med soft; compressible
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CDDC-1900
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Lobophytum
mottled yellow; grey now
Abundant at 3m reef slope; med soft;
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CDDC-1901
Sponge
Astrophorida
Geodia
brown
Rare at 5-8m reef slope; encrusting thin sheet
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CDDC-1902
Sponge
Hadromerida
brownish-yellow
Rare at 5m; encrusting/boring on coral
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CDDC-1903
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Xenia
greyish brown; white stalk
Rare at 5m; soft; mucousy
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CDDC-1904
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Haliclona
white/yellow
Common at 10-20m reef slope; soft; underside of overhangs; vine like growth
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CDDC-1905
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
bright maroon/orange
Rare at 45m reef slope; hard, calcified crust; raised edges
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CDDC-1906
Cnidaria
Hydroid
brown-green
Rare at 15m reef slope; stalked & feathery; alternate branching; thick mucus; 2-25% epibiont
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CDDC-1907
Alga
Chlorophyta
green
Abundant at 10-30m reef slope; stalked w. runners
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CDDC-1908
Alga
Rhodophyta
Rhipilia
maroon
Rare at 4-30m reef slope; strap shaped; 2-25% epibiont; in back of caves
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CDDC-1909
Sponge
Hadromerida
Stylocordia?
brown orange; orang inside
Rare at 15m reef slope; very porous; just compressible; under overhangs; oscules 5mm
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CDDC-1910
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
dark purple
Rare at 12-15m reef slope; spikey
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CDDC-1911
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
light brown
Common at 10-12m reef slope; stalked & cauliflower shape; thin mucus
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CDDC-1912
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Rumphella
greyish brown
Rare at 13m reef slope; hard; barnacle symbiont; 1m tall
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CDDC-1913
Sponge
Petrosiidae
Xestospongia
blackish brown; mottled grey ins.
Rare at 15m reef slope; med hard; 2-25% epibiont; under overhang
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CDDC-1914
Sponge
Halichondrida
Axynissa?
light brown
Common at 15m reef slope; v. porous; under overhang; osc. 5-15mm
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CDDC-1915
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
mottled purple/red
Rare at 20m reef slope; flattened, broad bladed & encrusting w. 50% epibiont
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CDDC-1916
Alga
Rhodophyta
Tricleocarpa
light red
Rare at 10-20m reef slope; irregular dichotomous branching
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CDDC-1917
Alga
Rhodophyta
Galaxaura
purplish red
Common at 10-20m reef slope; dichotomous; under overhangs
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CDDC-1918
Alga
Rhodophyta
Mesophyllum
red/brown/orange
Rare at 20m reef slope; flattened, fan-shaped & hard encrusting;
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CDDC-1919
Alga
Chlorophyta
Udotea
green
Rare at 10-13m reef slope; med hard;
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CDDC-1920
Alga
Chlorophyta
Codium
green
Rare at 10-20m reef slope at reef base; dichotomous branching
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CDDC-1921
Alga
Chlorophyta
Udotea
green
Rare at 10-13m reef slope; med hard; fan-shaped & stalked;same as 0312?
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CDDC-1922
Alga
Rhodophyta
Ethelia
brown-red
Rare at 7-10m; broad bladed & encrusting at base; easy to pull off
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CDDC-1923
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
purplish red
Rare at 20m reef slope on wall; flattened, fan-shaped, decumbent & encrusting; med soft; raised edges
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CDDC-1924
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
roseate
Rare at 23m reef slope; flattened, broad bladed & fan-shaped w. 50% epibiont; a bit calcified
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CDDC-1925
Alga
Rhodophyta
Mesophyllum
purplish red
Common at 12-20m reef slope; fan-shaped, flattened, & hard encrusting;
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CDDC-1926
Alga
Rhodophyta
Mesophyllum
purplish red/ orange
Like 318 but a bit more orange
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CDDC-1927
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
pink
Rare at 7m reef slope; irregular branching
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CDDC-1928
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
green
Abundant at 10m reef slope; soft; teret
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CDDC-1929
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
orangy red
Rare at 20m reef slope; flattened, fan-shaped & encrusting; med hard
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CDDC-1930
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
maroon
Couls be same as 0322
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CDDC-1931
Alga
Rhodophyta
Dudresnaya
red
Rare at 15m reef slope; plenty thin mucus; soft; slippery
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CDDC-1932
Sponge
Petrosina
mottled orangy-white; orange ins.
Rare at 10-20m reef slope; soft; fragile; under overhang
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CDDC-1933
Sponge
Calcarea
Leucetta
yellow; light yellow ins.
Abundant at 10-20m reef slope; hard
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CDDC-1934
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Alertigorgia
red orange; white polyps
Common at 15m reef slope
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CDDC-1935
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Siphonogorgia
purplish-brown; yellow polyps
Rare at 20m reef slope;
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CDDC-1936
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Ellisella/Viminella
red
Common in one place at 17m under overhang; med hard
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CDDC-1937
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
brownish grey; grey inside
Rare at 10m reef slope; med hard; mushroom shaped
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CDDC-1938
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Astrogorgia
orange-red
Rare at 20m; hard; branching in one plane
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CDDC-1939
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Junceella
orange
Rare at 20m under overhang; med hard
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CDDC-1940
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Xenia
white/blue under water; grey above
Rare at 12m reef slope; thick mucus; soft & delicate; wavy, small
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CDDC-1941
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Rumphella
lightbrown under water; darkbrown above
Abundant at 5-20m reef slope; med hard
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CDDC-1942
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Melithea
orangered
Common at 8-11m reef slope; hard nodes on branches; in surge channel
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CDDC-1943
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Subergorgia
orange
Rare at 8m reef slope; med soft; in surge channel
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CDDC-1945
Alga
Rhodophyta
Gibsmithia
red
Rare at 15m reef slope; thin mucus
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CDDC-1946
Alga
Rhodophyta
Dudresnaya
red
Rare at 15m reef slope; slimey; soft
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CDDC-1947
Alga
Rhodophyta
Dudresnaya
red
Rare at 15m reef slope; v.slippery; soft
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CDDC-1948
Alga
Rhodophyta
Acrosymphyton
red
Rare at 15m reef slope; thin mucus; soft; voucher disintegrated
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CDDC-1949
Sponge
all black/grey
Rare at 12m reef slope; encrust.& soft; underside of overhang; same as 0277!
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CDDC-1950
Alga
Chlorophyta
Rhipilia
all geen
Abundant at 6-20m reef slope; stalked w. rhizomes;soft
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CDDC-1951
Cnidaria
Hydroid
black axis; yellow branches
Rare at 35m reef slope; black main axis; med hard; 2-25% epibiont
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CDDC-1952
Cnidaria
Hydroid
black
Common at 30m reef slope; thick mucus; one plane; Sponge at base
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CDDC-1953
Cnidaria
Hydroid
white
Common at 10-20m reef slope; feathery; thick mucus; Sponge at base
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CDDC-1954
Cnidaria
Hydroid
yellow/brown
Rare at 10-15m reef slope; feathery; thick mucus; 10-12cm tall
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CDDC-1955
Cnidaria
Hydroid
yellow
Rare at 8-12m reef slope; thick mucus; zig zag axis; one plane
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CDDC-1956
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
purple/red
Common at 1m reef slope; hard & encrusting; flattened & fan-shaped
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CDDC-1957
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
green
Common at 4m reef slope; soft w. large, mushroom shaped balls
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CDDC-1958
Cnidaria
Ceriantipatharia
Antipathes
black
Rare at 15m reef slope; fan-shaped; med hard
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CDDC-1959
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Biemna
brown; lightbrown inside
Rare at 11m reef slope; soft; plenty thick mucus; blob; oscules 1cm
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CDDC-1960
Sponge
Thorectidae
Petrosaspongia?
dark brown; yellow/tan inside
Abundant at 5-15m reef slope; hard & just compressible; v. porous; conulose; plenty 5mm oscules
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CDDC-1961
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphaeria
green
Abundant at 10-20m reef slope; encrusting & med hard
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CDDC-1962
Sponge
Thorectidae
Fascaplysinopsis
dark brown; light brown inside
Abundant at 10-15m reef slope; hard & v. conulose & porous; osc 2-3mm
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CDDC-1963
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Diacarnus
brown; beige inside
Common at 15-30m reef slope; med soft; thin mucus; conulose; one very large oscule
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CDDC-1964
Sponge
Verongida
yellowish brown; changed to black
Abundant at 10-15m reef slope; med texture; bumpy surface
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CDDC-1965
Sponge
Halichondrida
all orange
Rare at 15m reef slope; soft & thinly encrusting sheet of 20x30cm; few oscules of 7?mm
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CDDC-1966
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
green
Common at 32m reef slope; soft w. smaller, mushroom shaped balls
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CDDC-1967
Alga
Chlorophyta
Udotea
light green
Rare at 3-15m reef slope; flattened, broad bladed, stalked & fan-shaped
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CDDC-1968
Alga
Rhodophyta
Porolithon
pink
Common at 2-10m reef slope; hard; irregular branching
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CDDC-1969
Cyanobacteria
dark purple
Common on reef slope; soft
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CDDC-1970
Cyanobacteria
purple
Common at 20m reef slope; filamentous; growing upright
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CDDC-1971
Alga
Chlorophyta
Microdictyon
green
Common at 0.5-2m reef flat; med texture; 2-25% epibiont
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CDDC-1972
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
green
Abundant at 0.5-1m reef flat; 2-25% epibiont
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CDDC-1973
Alga
Rhodophyta
Laurencia
flecked red/purple white
Abundant at 1-3m reef flat; branching in 3D; calcified; 10-12cm tall
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CDDC-1974
Cnidaria
Hydroid
brownish-red
Rare at 20m reef slope; fern-like & feathery; alternate branching
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CDDC-1975
Alga
Chlorophyta
Avrainvillea
green
Common at 20-35m on reef slope; broad-bladed, stalked & fan-shaped w. 26-50% epibiont
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CDDC-1976
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyospheria
green
Abundant at 0.5-2m reef flat; encrusting; med hard;
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CDDC-1977
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
green
Abundant at 3-15m reef slope; with star shaped balls
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CDDC-1978
Alga
Rhodophyta
Actinotricia
red
Rare at 5-10m reef slope; calcified; 3D branching
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CDDC-1979
Alga
Rhodophyta
Asparagopsis
greyish maroon
Abundant at 1-3m in rubble; soft
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CDDC-1980
Alga
Rhodophyta
Liagora
mottled pink/grey
Common at 2m in rubble; strong odor; 2-25% epibiont; calcified
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CDDC-1981
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa
purple/white
Common at 2m in rubble; hard; 2-25% epibiont; 12-`5cm tall & broad
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CDDC-1982
Sponge
Dendroceratida
Aplysilla?
green
Common at 10-15m reef slope; spongy texture; plenty 5mm oscules
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CDDC-1983
Sponge
Dictyoceratida?
dark brown; yellow inside
Rare at 8m reef slope; sticky mucus; hard; boring into substrate; 3-10mm volcano shaped oscules
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CDDC-1984
Sponge
Verongida
orange; change to orange/black out water
Rare at 12m reef slope; hard; not compressible
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CDDC-1985
Ascidian
all grey
Rare at 12m reef slope; leathery; 2-25% epibiont; difficult to peel from substrate
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CDDC-1986
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Xenia
tan; lighter inside
Common at 20m; same 296? No sclerites
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CDDC-1987
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
grey
Abundant at 5-10m; soft & lamellate; thick encrusting on substrate
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CDDC-1988
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
pinkish grey; green layer in extract
Abundant at 15m reef slope; med hard rosate; lines radiating from center; same as 0255?; clorococcus?
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CDDC-1989
Alga
Rhodophyta
Jania
red/white
Common at 2m; 2-25% epibiont; delicate
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CDDC-1990
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
orange; white inside
Rare at 15m reef slope; med soft
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CDDC-1991
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
purple
Common at 10-15m reef slope; med soft
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CDDC-1992
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
orange/purple; white inside
Rare at 10m reef slope; med soft
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CDDC-1993
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Siphonogorgia
orange/purple; orange inside
Rare at 15m reef slope; hard; Gorgonian like; one plane
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CDDC-1994
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Menella
black
Rare at 12-27m reef slope; med hard; irregular branching
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CDDC-1995
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Siphonogorgia
brown/red; orange polyps
Rare at 15m reef slope; fan-shaped; med hard; =328?
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CDDC-1996
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Chironephthya
all orange
Rare at 12m reef slope; med soft; =289
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CDDC-1997
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Stereonephthya
grey; white inside
Common at 10-15m reef slope; med hard; Sinularia feel
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CDDC-1998
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
all green
Common at 5-15m reef slope; soft & spongy; plenty oscules 3mm
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CDDC-1999
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Coelocarteria
all orange
Rare at 5-15m reef slope; med soft; 2-25% epibionts
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CDDC-2000
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
light purple/white
Rare at 5-15m reef slope; soft; large oscules 20mm
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CDDC-2001
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
purple/white
Common at 10m reef slope; could be recollect of 0234
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CDDC-2002
Sponge
purple/white
Rare at 5m reef slope; sticky mucus; underside of coral rubble when flipped over
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CDDC-2003
Alga
Rhodophyta
Halymenia
mottled maroon/white
Rare at 20m reff slope; thin mucus; flattened, broad bladed & stalked
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CDDC-2004
Alga/Sponge mix
pink/grey
Rare at 20m reef slope; med soft; flattened
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CDDC-2005
Alga
Chlorophyta
Avrainvillea
green
Rare at 17m reef slope; stalked; soft
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CDDC-2006
Alga
Chlorophyta
Microdictyon
green
Common at 33m reef slope; flattened, broad bladed & soft
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CDDC-2007
Alga
Chlorophyta
Microdictyon
green
Common at 0-1m reef flat; flattened, broad bladed & soft
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CDDC-2008
Alga
Chlorophyta
Neomeris
green
Common at 0-1m reef flat; stalked
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CDDC-2009
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
light brown
Rare at 25m reef slope; wirey in one plane
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CDDC-2010
Alga
Chlorophyta
Udotea
green/grey
Rare at 10-15m reef flat; flattened, broad bladed & med hard
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CDDC-2011
Alga
Chlorophyta
Valonia
green
Common at 33m reef slope; soft; in patchy colonies; 2-25% epibiont
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CDDC-2012
Alga
Chlorophyta
Caulerpa
green
Abundant at 15m reef slope; w. balls on both sides
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CDDC-2013
Alga
Rhodophyta
Euptilota
purple
Common at 20m reef slope; feathery w. hair like projections; soft
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CDDC-2014
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
orange/purple/red
Common at 10-20m reef slope; flattened broad bladed & hard; encrusting
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CDDC-2015
Alga
Rhodophyta
Peyssonnelia
maroon
Common at 10-20m reef slope; flattened, decumbent & fan-shaped; broad bladed & hard; encrusting
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CDDC-2016
Alga
Rhodophyta
Portieria
red/white
Rare at 10-15m reef slope; soft
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CDDC-2017
Alga
Rhodophyta
Neogoniolithon
red/white
Common at 3-20m reef slope; v. hard; 2-25% epibiont
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CDDC-2018
Alga
Chlorophyta
Avrainvillea
green
Common at 30-43m reef slope; flattened, fan-shaped & broad bladed; soft; stalked; 2-25% epibiont
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CDDC-2019
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Melithea
red
Rare at 8m in canyon on coral/rock; hard; colonial & fan-like; intact
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CDDC-2020
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Rumphella
grey; changes to brown outside water
Common at 8m in channel/boulder on coral/rock; cl., brown secr.; pungent; hard; colonial & fan-like; intact
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CDDC-2021
Sponge
Thorectidae
Fascaplysinopsis
all brown; yellowish underside
Rare? at 12m at underside on coral; pungent; hard & reticulate; solitary; plenty 5mm oscules
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CDDC-2022
Sponge
light green outside; light brown inside
Rare at 10m at underside on coral; hard & rough outside, soft inside; solitary; few 5mm oscules
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CDDC-2023
Sponge
greenish yellow; light brownyellow inside & unders.
Rare at 5m on boulder on coral; bit spongy & compress., rough sfce, soft bottom; solitary; plenty small oscules
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CDDC-2024
Alga
Chlorophyta
Codium
dark green
Common at 5-10m at bottom reef on coral; soft; lettuce like; intact w. coralline red Algal symbiont
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CDDC-2025
Sponge
black; brown ins. & underside
Rare at 10m bottom reef at underside on coral; cl. brown secr.; soft; solitary; few small (>1mm) osc.
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CDDC-2026
Sponge
Axinellidae
red; orange ins. & underside
Rare at 8m at underside on coral; bit pungent; soft & spongy; solitary; plenty osc. of various sizes
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CDDC-2027
Sponge
Spongiidae
Coscinoderma
dark grey outside; grey inside
Common? at 5m on coral top reef in crevice!!; spongy & fibrous; solitary; few, but big (1cm) oscules
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CDDC-2028
Sponge
Hadromerida
Cervicornia
greyish green; yellow ins. & unders. .
Abundant at 0m on coral & Algae top reef; pungent odor; smooth & soft; bit encrusting; plenty 1-3mm osc.
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CDDC-2029
Sponge
Hadromerida
light to dark greyish brown; yellowish grey to grey inside
Abundant at 0m on coral & sand top reef; a bit pungent; porous, hard & soft; diff. growth forms w. finger projections, burrowing?; 3-10mm osc.
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CDDC-2030
Sponge
all dirty purple
Abundant at 0m on coral top reef; smooth & hard; solitary blobs of various sizes; plenty 1-2mm osc.
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CDDC-2031
Sponge
all brownish black
Abundant at 0m on coral & Algae top reef; spongy & v. soft; creeping & branching; plenty 0.5-2mm osc.
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CDDC-2032
Alga
Phaeophyta
Sargassum
brownish-green
Abundant at 0m on coral & sand top reef; soft w. air sacks; branching
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CDDC-2033
Alga
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphaeria
green
Common at 0m on coral top reef; clear secretion; soft w. air sacks;
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CDDC-2034
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Callyspongia?
all purple; change to greyish purple outside water .
Abundant at 0m on coral & Halimeda Algae top reef; a bit pungent; spongy, soft & compress.; branching, creeping ropes; many 1-3mm osc.
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CDDC-2035
Sponge
Ancorinidae
2 distinct layers; white outside, brownyellow ins.
Abundant at 0m under rock at rocky shore; clear secr.; abrasive odor; hard; bulbous & spherical; many 1mm osc
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CDDC-2036
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
purple; change to orange out of water
Common at 10m at wall on rock; mucusy cl orange; itchy; soft & fleshy; branching; shrunken
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CDDC-2037
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Nephthya
pink/yellow; change maroon out of water
Common at 10m at wall on rock; pungent; rough & fleshy; branching
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CDDC-2038
Sponge
light purple; underside white; change to brown
Common at 10m at wall on coral; rough porous & spongy; thin sheet; plenty 2-5mm oscules
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CDDC-2039
Sponge
yellow-brown; change to black outside
Abundant at 14m on wall on rock; clear green/brown secr.; pungent; spongy, porous, rough & fleshy; thick sheet; 1-10mm osc.
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CDDC-2040
Ascidian
brown; black inside
Common? at 8-12m on coral at wall; thin sheet; smooth & leathery; intact
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CDDC-2041
Sponge
brown; changes to darkbrown outs. Water
Abundant at 8m at wall on rock; pungent; spongy, soft & rough; thick sheet; osc not visible
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CDDC-2042
Sponge
all orange
Common at 7m at wall on coral; clear orange secr.; fragile & spongy; oscules not visible?
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CDDC-2043
Sponge
Calcarea
white/grey
Common at 15m under overhang; "death star"; hard & spiculose; few round 1-2mm oscules
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CDDC-2044
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
orange/yellow
Common at 15m at wall on coral; pungent, fleshy; branching; shrunken
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CDDC-2045
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Haliclona?
green
Common at 12m bottom reef; green cl secr. when squeezed; spongy; branching; 1-3mm round osc.
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CDDC-2046
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
red/orange
Common at 12m bottom reef; rough & fibrous; colonial & branching; shrunken
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CDDC-2047
Cnidaria
Ceriantpatharia
Antipathes
greenish brown; changes to black
Abundant at 8m at wall on rock under overhang; Hard; branching on stalk
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CDDC-2048
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
light green; brown inside; change to brown
Common at 8m at bottom on rock; gelatinous brown secr.; aromatic; rough & fleshy; solitary; shrunken
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CDDC-2049
Sponge
Verongida
Axynissa
pinkish brown; yellow inside; changed to bluish black outside
Rare? at 8m at wall on coral; chunky & fleshy; solitary; osc. closed
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CDDC-2050
Cnidaria
Hydroid
mixture of green & yellow specimens
Abundant at 5-15m on coral/rock various habitats; itchy; fine & fragile; colonial, fan-like; mostly symbiotic
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CDDC-2051
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Xenia
white/blue
Abundant at 5m at wall on rock/sand; gelatinous brown secr.; pungent; soft & fleshy; colonial
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CDDC-2052
Sponge
Axinellidae
Axinella?
all orange
Abundant at 8m at wall on rock; orange mucus; pungent; spongy, rough & fleshy; finger projections; 1-5mm osc
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CDDC-2053
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Rumphella
brown
Common at 10m bottom reef on rock; rough & hard; fan-like
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CDDC-2054
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
purplish black
Common at 7-15m; purplish cl secr.; hard; thick sheet; few 1-5mm osc.
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CDDC-2055
Sponge
Hadromerida
Spheciospongia
yellow-brown
Common at 15m in sand bottom reef; yellow cl. Secr.; smooth, hard & leathery; solitary
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CDDC-2056
Sponge
darkbrown; change to blackish brown .
Rare? at 10m bottom reef on rock; brownish cl secr. when squeezed; spongy & rough; finger projections; plenty 2-10mm oscules
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CDDC-2057
Sponge
orange
Common at 8m on coral bottom reef; orange secr. when squeezed; pungent; spongy; fan-like on stalk; 1-10mm osc
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CDDC-2058
Sponge
Haplosclerida
Cribrochalina
dark brown; pink inside & underside
Common at 8-16m on coral bottom reef; cl pink secr.; spongy & rough; massive; Eleph ear; plenty 1-3mm oscules
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CDDC-2059
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Rumphella
lightbrown; brown out of water
Common at 15m on coral at wall; pungent; hard; fan-like
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CDDC-2060
Cnidaria
Zoanthid
Palythoa
light/dark brown
Common at 3-10m on rock at wall; sticky cl mucus; pungent; hard & rough; encrusting thick sheet
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CDDC-2061
Alga
Chlorophyta
Valonia
green
Common at 10m in sand; cl green secr. when squeezed; soft & fleshy; bulbous
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CDDC-2062
Sponge
blue; lightbrown inside
Rare at 10m on rock at underside; spongy, rough & porous; massive; plenty 5-10mm osc.
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CDDC-2063
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
maroon
Common at 10m on rock bottom reef;light brown secr.; spiculose; rough & fleshy; branching; shrunken
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CDDC-2064
Sponge
yellowish brown; change to blackish brown outside
Common at 10m on coral bottom reef; pungent; soft & smooth; encrusting; oscules 20mm
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CDDC-2065
Ascidian
darkbrown
Rare at 8m on rock at wall; rough & fleshy; thin sheet
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CDDC-2066
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
red
Common at 15m on coral at wall; pungent; hard & rough; branching on stalk
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CDDC-2067
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
maroon; change to black outside
Common at 15m on coral at wall; pungent; hard & rough; branching on stalk
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CDDC-2068
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
orange
Common at 10m on coral at wall; pungent; hard & rough; branching on stalk
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CDDC-2069
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Nephthya
white inside; pink outside
Common at 15m on coral bottom reef; brown secr when squeezed; pungent; rough & fleshy; broccoli shape
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CDDC-2070
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Klyxum
greyish white
Common at 15m on rock bottom reef; orangybrown gelatinous secr; pungent; soft & smooth; colonial?; collapsed
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CDDC-2071
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
blue/greyish-pale-blue
Rare at 15m on coral bottom reef; bluegreen secr.; pungent; spongy; finger projections; few 1-2mm osc.
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CDDC-2072
Sponge
white; lightbrown inside
Common at 10-15m on rock bottom reef; lightbrown secr. when squeezed; spongy; branching; 20mm osc.
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CDDC-2073
Cnidaria
Crinoid
yellow/black
Abundant at 15m on coral bottom reef; pungent; hard & fragile; fan-like
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CDDC-2074
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
maroon/orange
Abundant at 15m on coral bottom reef; pungent; fleshy & rough; branching
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CDDC-2075
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
ornge/white
Common at 15m on coral at wall; pungent; fleshy & rough; prickly
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CDDC-2076
Sponge
maroon-brown; brown underside
Common at 5-15m on coral at wall; orange secr.; leathery & rough; leafy, thin sheet; plenty 1mm round osc.
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CDDC-2077
Ascidian
Didemnidae
Didemnum
green/white
Abundant at 5-15m on coral at wall; typical, colonial appearance
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CDDC-2078
Alga
Rhodophyta
Amphiroa?
red; change to orange outs. water
Rare at 3-5m on rock in sand; brittle & fragile; branching & fan-like
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CDDC-2079
Sponge
green yellow; change to black outside water
Common at 12m on rock at bottom reef; black secr.; aromatic odor; rough, spongy & fleshy; finger projections
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CDDC-2080
Ascidian
Clavelinidae
Clavelina?
translucent blue
Voucher only! Tbe. Rare at 5-15m on coral bottom reef; soft; colonial
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CDDC-2081
Sponge
white; change to light pink outside water
Common at 10-20m on coral, bottom reef; pungent; spongy, porous & rough; solitary; osc. N.v.
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CDDC-2082
Cnidaria
Hexacorallia
Tubastrea
yellow; change to brown outs. water
Voucher only! Tbe. Rare at 10m on coral bottom reef; v. hard; branching
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CDDC-2083
Ascidian
Didemnidae
white/pink
Abundant at 5m on coral bottom reef; soft & leathery; colonial
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CDDC-2084
Bryozoan
Cheilostomatida
Reteporella
orange
Abundant at 10m on coral bottom reef; aromatic; brittle & crunchy; colonial
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CDDC-2085
Cnidaria
Hexacorallia
Physogyra?
white/brown
Abundant at 10m on rock on wall; brittle & v. hard; colonial & massive
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CDDC-2086
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
brownish-white; brownish out of water
Abundant at 12m on coral/rock bottom reef; pungent; hard & fleshy; colonial w. finger projections
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CDDC-2087
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
brown
Common at 11m on coral, bottom reef; soft, fleshy & rough; colonial
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CDDC-2088
Sponge
all orange
Common at 5m on rock, bottom reef; orange-brown secr. when squeezed; spongy, soft & porous; finger projections; 2-5mm round oscules
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CDDC-2089
Cnidaria
Hexacorallia
Distichipora
blue; change to purple outside water
Abundant at 5-15m on rock at wall; hard; growing in one plane
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CDDC-2090
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sarcophyton
brown
Common at 15m on coral, bottom reef; soft, fleshy & rough; colonial
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CDDC-2091
Sponge
all black
Rare at 8-12m on coral bottom reef; black secr.; smooth & spongy; thick sheet w. 5-10mm round oscules
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CDDC-2092
Sponge
yellow
Common at 10m on rock, bottom reef; yellow secr.; soft, fleshy & spongy; massive; osc not vis
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CDDC-2093
Ascidian
Didemnidae
white/pink
Voucher only!! Abundant at 5m on coral bottom reef; soft & leathery; colonial; recollect 476?
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CDDC-2094
Alga
Rhodophyta
red
Common at 5-8m on rock at wall; leaf like growth
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CDDC-2095
Sponge
Halichondrida
Acanthella
all orange
Common at 8-10m on coral, bottom reef; orange secr.; porous & spongy; massive, solitary; plenty osc 1-2cm
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CDDC-2096
Sponge
yellow/brown
Common at 10m on coral, bottom reef; pungent; spongy; encrusting; recollect 457?
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CDDC-2097
Sponge
Thorectidae
Fascaplysinopsis
all darkbrown
Common? at 20m on ? rock at wall; cl. secr. when sqeezed; pungent; spongy, conulose; plenty 3-10mm osc
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CDDC-2098
Ascidian
Stolidobranchia
Polyandrocarpa
brown; yellow inside
Common at 20m on rock at wall; smooth & spongy; on stalk; plenty siphons; Hydroid? symbiont
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CDDC-2099
Sponge
Calcarea
Leucetta
all yellow
the typical round calcareous Sponge
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CDDC-2100
Sponge
purplish brown
Rare at 20m on rock at wall/overhang; spongy, soft, porous & v. conulose; encrust. thick sheet; plenty 5mm osc
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CDDC-2101
Sponge
Dictyoceratida
Dysidea
all lightbrown
Common at 20m on coral/rock at wall; milky pink secr.; smooth & soft; small stalk; plenty v. small oscules
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CDDC-2102
Alga
Rhodophtya
Peyssonnelia
dark red
Abundant at 9m on coral at wall; hard, fragile & brittle; encrusting thin sheet
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CDDC-2103
Sponge
Poecilosclerida
Biemna
brown
the typical slimey, itchy Sponge
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CDDC-2104
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
light brown; yellow inside; purple outside water
Common at 20m on rock on bummies; pungent; purple-black secr.; spongy, fleshy & knobby; osc. N.v
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CDDC-2105
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
yellow
v.o.; tbe Rare at 20m on rock on bummies; brittle; branching & fan-like
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CDDC-2106
Sponge
Verongida
Pseudoceratina
brown
v.o.; = 496?
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CDDC-2107
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
yellow
v.o.; tbe Rare at 20m on rock on bummies; thread like; branching fan
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CDDC-2108
Sponge
brownish-white
v.o.; tbe Rare at 20m on rock on bummies under overhang; spongy, soft & conulose; thick encrust. sheet; plenty 1-2mm oscules
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CDDC-2109
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
lightbrown
Rare at 20m on rock on bummies; rough & spikey; branching & tree-like
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CDDC-2110
Cnidaria
Nephtheidae
purplish
Rare at 15m on coral/rock on bummies; pungent; knobby, rough & spikey; colonial & branching
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CDDC-2111
Sponge
Axinellidae
all reddish orange
Rare at 15m on rock on bummies; spongy & soft; solitary on stalk; some 5mm oscules
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CDDC-2112
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Sinularia
med brown; darker outside water
Common at 15m on ? on bummies; pungent; hard; bush-like on stalk;
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CDDC-2113
Alga
Phaeophyta
brown
v.o.; Common at 15m on ? on wall; small balls
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CDDC-2114
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
Dendronephthya
maroonish black
v.o.; tbe Common at 15m on coral on wall outer reef; rough; colonial
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CDDC-2115
Sponge
Calcarea
Leucetta?
greyish white
Common at 15m on rock under overhang on wall; pungent; hard & porous; solitary; plenty osc var. sizes
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CDDC-2116
Cnidaria
Ellisellidae
red
Common at 15m on ? on wall; hard; colonial whip
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CDDC-2117
Cnidaria
Alcyonacea
brown
Rare at 10m on ? on wall; hard; fan-like & branching
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CDDC-2118
Sponge
Haplosclerida?
cream
Common? at 15m on ? on wall; aromatic; conulose w. spikes; solitary; some 5mm oscules