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Squalicorax Shark Fossil
During the late Cretaceous period, Kansas was covered by a vast sea. There,...
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Sea Gooseberry Larva
These beautiful wisps are the hair-like cilia of a sea gooseberry larva, a common...
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Sparkling Sponge Spicules
These sparkling sponge spicules are microscopic needle-like structures that many...
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A Snail's Rainbow Radula
This abstract image is a close-up of the tiny teeth that cover the radula of a...
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X-Ray Image of a Tropical Hatchetfish
Tropical hatchetfish (Argyropelecus lychnus), like the one shown in this X-ray...
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Trapezia Crabs Watercolors
These watercolor sketches of Trapezia crabs were drawn by Frederick Bayer, a former...
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Petrel Bones Help Us Understand History
400 to 1,000 year old bones from an endangered seabird, the Hawaiian petrel. Bones...
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Arctic Ctenophore with Long Tentacles
Dryodora glandiformis is a ctenophore found in Arctic and Northern European waters,...
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Ctenophore Combs - Close Up
Comb jellies (such as this Bolinopsis species) are named for their combs: the rows...
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Arctic Comb Jelly
The Arctic comb jelly or sea nut (Mertensia ovum) is commonly found in the surface...
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Solitary Deep-water Corals
These corals from the Smithsonian collections are Stephanocyathus (A.)...
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