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Photograph of a transparent polka-dotted squid in the dark ocean.
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Cockatoo Squid

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The squidworm has 10 tentacle-like appendages on its head.
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The Squidworm - A New Species

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Nine small invertebrates held on two fingers.
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On Biodiversity: Understanding its Meaning and Importance

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This close-up view of salps, which have aggregated together into a long chain, have brilliant red guts from eating red plankton.
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Close-up View of Salps

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Ruth Meadows examines specimens as part of her Teacher at Sea experience. NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows sorts specimens aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow as part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem (MAR-ECO) project.
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NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows

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This colony of <em>Rosacea</em> may look like a single jellyfish, but it is actually a large group of smaller siphonophores clustered and living together.
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Jellyfish, or Siphonophore Colony?

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Scientist Kevin Raskoff processes samples of DNA
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Building a Database

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An adult and juvenile killer whale frolic in the water.
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Menopausal Moms: A Mammal Mystery

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Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.
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What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

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Spider conch near China
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Spider Conch from China

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A fringe of tentacles surrounds the bell of this jellyfish (Halicreas minimum).
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Midwater Jellyfish

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This rarely seen smalleyed rabbitfish, belongs to the order Chimaera. Chimaeras are related to sharks and are cartilaginous animals—they have no real bones.
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Chimaera from the Deep

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