Florida Keys Invertebrate ID help requested

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Arlington, WA
# of dives
500 - 999
I was diving in the Florida Keys May 11-16 this year, taking underwater photos. I have been diving for 38 years and have a particular interest in invertebrates. Being that I am from Washington State, I am unfamiliar with some of the invertebrates that I saw in the Florida Keys. As references for identification I have been using Reef Creature Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas (Humann, Deloach, Wilk), Reef Coral Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas (Humann, Deloach), REEF.org Identifications guides for South Atlantic Invertebrates & Algae, and several online resources.

Using the above references, I've selected names of the invertebrates I photographed to the best of my abilities. In most cases, I have used the jpg file name to indicate common name, genus & species. However, in a few instances the jpg file name does not contain any identification designation because I could not come close to a suggested ID. I would greatly appreciate your assistance in verifying or correcting my identification attempts in the photos in the Drop Box links below.

May 11: Christmas Tree Reef and Turtle Ledge (two photos)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ektz9vnrkc14g6k/AAD7WMbI_gM1TtEoIFIpIOzaa?dl=0

May 13: Looe Key – Shark Alley & Nursery(4 photos)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fqxkwx1rgyan3oo/AADnyYhUR1pZqIwChmZ6Rzuwa?dl=0

May 14: Pleasant Reef, Davis Reef (7 photos)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3phkw0yjjtpnxzs/AADctyTEvGLPeBbgMcWK-JaMa?dl=0

May 15: Pete's Reef, Shark Reef (3 photos)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f28bsgwgsq7y44l/AAD89xRdS7P0_p8tmJLGmK0Oa?dl=0

May 16: Spanky's Reef, Shark Reef (6 photos)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jnxorkobnzkuike/AAAoucLVPb-_zKRZAHVGdwM3a?dl=0

Carl Baird
Arlington, Washington
 
First unknown, at Looe Key, you've got a couple of things going on there, including green filamentous algae (we hate this stuff) on black coral it looks like. We have a ton of both in the Tortugas, I didn't know it was at Looe Key also.
 
GOPR3766_1468789205194_high.JPG Lousy shot, but a wide angle view of it growing everywhere...
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/teric/

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