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Flower-like clusters of pink polyps make up this coral colony.
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Coral Colony

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This piece of pocillopora, or cauliflower coral, would normally have a rigid outer skeleton, but researchers dissolved it to expose the coral’s tissue and take a sample for DNA analysis.
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Cauliflower Coral - Pocillopora

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This bubblegum coral has a fanlike shape. It is growing 1,310 m (4,298 ft) deep on the Davidson Seamount.
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Bubblegum Coral

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Photo of coral polyp, with a single bleach polyp.
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Corals Threatened by Acid Seas

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Orange and red deep-sea corals.
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Aleutian Coral Reef

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Whitemouth morays hide in the crevices of Indo-Pacific coral reefs with only their heads (and white mouths) emerging, mouths agape, to breathe and hunt crustaceans and fish.
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Eel, Embedded

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An unidentified moray eel held in researcher's hands.
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A Baby Moray Eel, or a Really Small Adult?

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Compare the healthy coral on the left with the bleached coral on the right.
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Bleached Corals, Pacific Ocean

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Ari Daniel Shapiro and Dr.Randi Rotjan of the New England Aquarium, journey to the Phoenix Islands to study coral bleaching.
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Coral Reefs: One Species at a Time

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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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Orangutan crabs are covered in thin reddish hairs, and are frequently found living in bubble coral.
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Orangutan Crabs from Komodo Island

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Many medicines were based on a chemical from the sea sponge Tectitethya crypta.
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From Sea Sponge to HIV Medicine

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