Barrel Sponge and Chromis

One hundred feet below the ocean surface off the coast of Belize, a 4 foot high Carribean barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta) rises from admist its surrounding garden of branching gorgonians and a cloud of schooling Brown Chromis (Chromis multilineata). The Belize barrier reef is the world's second largest, only exceeded in size by the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.

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One hundred feet below the ocean surface off the coast of Belize, a 4 foot high Carribean barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta) rises from admist its surrounding garden of branching gorgonians and a cloud of schooling Brown Chromis (Chromis multilineata). The Belize barrier reef is the world's second largest, only exceeded in size by the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.