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a sea fan grows over dead coral
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Waving Sea Fans

 Sea fans—softer-bodied coral relatives—colonizing a dead stony coral framework. ...
coral polyps
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Healthy Coral Polyps

 Healthy coral is colorful. The entire coral is actually a colony of many little...
A pink, white and black colored boxing crab holds two anemones in its claws.
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Boxing Crab

 The boxer crab or pom-pom crab gets its name from the two anemones it holds in...
A soft, yellow coral
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Soft Coral

 Most “typical” warm water corals found in shallow waters that most people...
A purple jellyfish
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Stinging Beauty

 Don't let this jellyfish's beauty fool you—even glancing one of...
A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the slit at the center of the radiating ribs) tight.
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Closed-Mouth Coral

 A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the...
Beating Cilia of Comb Jelly Combs
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Sea Gooseberry Larva

 These beautiful wisps are the hair-like cilia of a sea gooseberry larva, a common...
Corallimorpharian
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Soft Coral Close-Up

 These neon balloons weren't blown up for a party: they are the colorful tentacles...