Project: 
Project 2: Analysis of approaches for monitoring biodiversity in Commonwealth waters
Researcher email address: 
Jemina.StuartSmith@utas.edu.au
Topic: 
Marine life
Species of interest in the image: 
Waffle cone glass sponge
Species scientific name: 
Species unknown
Date: 
January, 2009
Location: 
Tasman Fracture Marine Park
Hub imagery ID: 
2020
Depth: 
+2000m
Habitat: 
reef
Platform: 
Download
Caption: 
Image of huge "waffle-cone" glass sponge (species unknown) (approx 2197m depth).
Media type to be uploaded: 
still image
Attribution: 
CSIRO
Credit: 
CSIRO
Contact email address: 
Franzis.Althaus@csiro.au
Description: 
2009 JASON Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) (belonging to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) voyage in the Tasman Fracture Marine Park Zone off south-east Tasmania. Image of huge "waffle-cone" glass sponge (species unknown) (approx 2197m depth). (c) Advanced Imaging and Visualisation Laboratories Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Tasmanian Seamounts Survey).