Squat
lobsters
(Munida quadrispina) on Cloud Sponge
Cloud Sponge Shrimp
Eualis butleri
Divers often
reported a tiny green sphere in Cloud Sponges. These
turned out to be the green eggs of a shrimp which is
regularly associated with Cloud Sponges in Saanich Inlet.
Longhorn
Decorator Crab Chorilia longipes.
Quillback Rockfish
are commonly present in or around the Cloud Sponges.
This male Ling
Cod is guarding his mate's eggs.
Only armored fish with scales and squat lobsters, crabs
and shrimp with shells utilize the outer surfaces
of living sponges. Why?
