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Researchers adopted the “yabbie pump,” the long silver tool shown here, from Australian fishing gear.
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Collecting Shallow-Water Specimens with the "Yabbie Pump"

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Scientist Martha Nizinski examines a sample of the deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa, collected 600-m (1,969-ft) deep off the coast of the southeastern United States.
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Martha Nizinski: Hooked on Deep-Sea Corals

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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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Syllid fireworms can be found mainly on the seafloor, but they switch to a planktonic form to reproduce, where the females use bioluminescent signals.
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Syllid Fireworms

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This purple urchin Paleopneustes cristatus is seldom seen by itself, and can be found in groups of hundreds.
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Purple Sea Urchin

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

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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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