Seamount with a view ✨ Davidson Seamount is an underwater mountain located offshore of Monterey Bay. Researchers from MBARI have conducted surveys in this area and found a diversity of organisms like sponges and corals. These filter feeders feast on the drifting plankton swimming past them on the currents. Although we've found that corals, sponges, and echinoderms (like sea stars) are among the most abundant animals in these areas, we often come across other animals like tunicates and sea anemon