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The study area for the Gulf of Maine Area project, part of the Census of Marine Life.
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Census of Marine Life Gulf of Maine Area Project Study Area

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The sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri are often found living in association with one another along the Antarctic coastline, here during the Census of Marine Life.
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Sea Stars and Urchins off Antarctica

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A transparent ctenophore in dark water.
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A Ctenophore Feeds

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Census researchers discovered this sea cucumber (Enypniastes sp.) in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Zooplankton Biodiversity

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Follow Omoo, a Great White Shark, at she swims across the Pacific.
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TOPP cartoon of Omoo

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This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the ocean depths.
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Unidentified Comb Jelly

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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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A transparent amphipod looks a bit like a lobster, surrounded by white eggs.
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Amphipod: Salp Invader

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A sea butterfly, or sea snail, swims in the open ocean.
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A Swimming Snail

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This copepod (Gaussia princeps) was collected deeper than 1000 meters in the Sargasso Sea by Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ) researchers in April 2006.
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Deep Sea Copepod

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Deep-sea dragonfish from Australia
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Census of Marine Life: Wild and Wonderful Creatures

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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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