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Colorful fishes throng a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

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Close-up photograph of translucent coral polyps, showing the symbiotic algae living inside.
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Zooxanthellae and Coral Bleaching

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Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Corals and Coral Reefs

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Colorful Christmas tree worms
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A Forest of Christmas Tree Worms

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Gerardia, or gold coral, species often have a tree-like shape, as evident in this specimen.
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Gold Coral

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The fringe of a white Christmas tree worm.
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White Christmas Tree Worm

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Crown of Thorns Starfish in the Marianas Islands
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Crown of Thorns Starfish

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A zoomed-in image of the crown-of-thorns sea star.
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Acanthaster planci

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A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral
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A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

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This 200-year-old bamboo coral colony is growing on the Davidson Seamount. The skeleton has bamboo-like segments.
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Bamboo Coral

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