Reef Invertebrates Image Gallery

All of these photographs were taken on Grand Cayman, B.W.I. by Professor Brad Rence (Biology Department, Lawrence University) or by students while on the Lawrence Marine Biology Program.

Phylum Porifera
1. Yellow Tube Sponge 3. Redfinger Sponge with Brittle Star 5. Globular Tube Sponge 7. Encrusting Sponges 9. Star Encrusting Sponge	2. Elephant Ear Sponge 4. Basket,Tub or Barrel Sponge 6. Iridescent Tube Sponge 8. Red Boring Sponge 10. Erect Rope Sponge

Phylum Cnidaria
11. Hydroid (unidentified) on sponge 13. Unbranched Hydroid 15. Mangrove Upsidedown Jellyfish (top) 17. Thimble Jellyfish 19. Sponge Zoanthid 21. Banded Tube Dwelling Anemone 23 . Elegant Anemone 25. Paired Bell Siphonophore	12. Stinging Hydroid 14. Club Hydromedusa 16. Mangrove Upsidedown Jellyfish 18. A large "cloud" of thimble jellies 20. White Encrusting Zoanthid 22. Giant Caribbean Anemone 24. Corckscrew Anemone

Phylum Ctenophora

26. Ctenophore

Phylum Annelida
27. Feather Duster Tube Worm 29. Star Horseshoe Worm 31. Spotted Feather Duster Worm	28. Christmas Tree Worm 30. Bristleworm 32. Spaghetti Worm (all you see are "tentacles")

Phylum Mollusca
3. Flat Tree Oyster 35. Flamingo Tongue 37. Queen Conch	34. Whelk 36. Atlantic Yellow Cowrie Shell 38. Reef Squid

Phylum Arthropoda
39. Arrow Crab 41. Soldierfish Isopod (on fish's forehead) 43. Hermit crabon Bristle Ball Brush 45. Mysid Shrimp 47. Red Night Shrimp 49. Channel Clinging Crab (Mithrax)	40. Caribbean Spiny Lobster 42. Hermit crab(unidentified) 44. Giant Hermit Crab(in Queen Conch shell) 46Spotted Cleaner Shrimp (in anemone) 48. Banded Coral Shrimp 50. Shrimp (Callianassa) mounds

Phylum Echinodermata
51. Orange Sea Lily(crinoid) 53. Variable or Green Sea Urchin 55. Red Rock Urchin (with chitons) 57. Sea Cucumber	52. Crinoid (unidentified) 54. Long Spined Sea Urchin 56. Sea Cucumber 58. Starfish (Pisaster)

Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Urochordata
59. White Speck Tunicate 61. Thalacian	60. Painted Tunicate