Project: 
Project A15 - Conservation status of tropical inshore dolphins
Researcher email address: 
simon.allen@uwa.edu.au
Topic: 
marine life
Species of interest in the image: 
Australian Humpback dolphin
Species scientific name: 
Sousa sahulensis
Date: 
May, 2010
Location: 
Dampier Archipelago WA
Hub imagery ID: 
4481
Depth: 
15m
Habitat: 
Shallow coastal waters
Platform: 
Download
Caption: 
An adult male Australian Humpback dolphin with a large marine sponge approaches a female
Media type to be uploaded: 
still image
Attribution: 
University of Western Australia
Credit: 
Simon Allen
Contact email address: 
simon.allen@uwa.edu.au
Description: 
Male Australian Humpback dolphins have been found to use marine sponges as part of multi-modal (visual and acoustic) displays around receptive females.