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After ocean scientists sort deep-sea coral samples into their different types, they measure and photograph the specimens.
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Studying Deep-Sea Corals

 What happens to deep-sea coral samples after they are collected? In this image...
Thu, 06/09/2011 - 09:23
Corallimorpharian
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Soft Coral Close-Up

 These neon balloons weren't blown up for a party: they are the colorful tentacles...
A couple inches wide and up to ten feet long, the bobbit worm stays hidden under tropical sands with just its five antennae poking out—waiting for prey to swim by.
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The Bobbit Worm

 There aren't any mummies or zombies buried under the seafloor: instead the ocean...
Syllid fireworms can be found mainly on the seafloor, but they switch to a planktonic form to reproduce, where the females use bioluminescent signals.
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Syllid Fireworms

 Syllid fireworms are a part of the Syllidae family, which is a type of...
 Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a deep-sea coral study site off the coast of South Carolina.    
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Fan Sponge

 Dr. Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a...
Dr. Valerie Paul, director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Fla., examines tropical seaweeds on northwestern Guam’s coral reefs.
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Diving in Guam

 Dr. Valerie Paul is studying chemical defenses that may protect coral reefs from...
Dr. Stephen Cairns, a Smithsonian research zoologist, studies deep-water corals.
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Dr. Stephen Cairns

 Dr. Stephen Cairns is a research zoologist and chair of the Department of...