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A squat lobster and blackbelly rosefish find shelter on a Lophelia pertusa coral reef off the southeastern United States.
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Deep-sea Corals

 It may be the last place you’d expect to find corals—up to 6,000 m (20,000 ft)...
Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Corals and Coral Reefs

 Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life,...
Red Algae
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Branching Red Algae

 Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....
A pearly razorfish
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Pearly Razorfish

 The pearly razorfish’s name may be slightly misleading since it is neither as...
The mandarinfish lives in western Pacific tropical coral reef ecosystems and lacks the scales that are typically seen on bony fish.
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Mandarinfish Duo

 These beautiful mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) are covered in bright blue,...