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Photograph of the underside of a gelatinous octopus with a bright yellow bioluminescent ring around her mouth.
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Bioluminescent Animals Photo Gallery

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A photo of a squid using bioluminescence to hide in the deep sea.
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Bioluminescence

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Meet the Only Squid that Willfully Lops off its Arms

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Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
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Giant Squid

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This new species of lobster (Dinochelus ausubeli) is blind and has bizarre claws. It was discovered about 300 meters (984 feet) deep in the Philippine Sea by a Census of Marine Life expedition.
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Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow

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Big Red Deep Sea Jellyfish
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Big Red Jellyfish

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Many medicines were based on a chemical from the sea sponge Tectitethya crypta.
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Five Questions for Shirley Pomponi, Medical Sponge Hunter

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Aegina, a type of jellyfish, swims through the water.
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The Surprising Elegance of Midwater Sea Life

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This species of bamboo coral, discovered in 2004 in the Pacific Northwest, has unusually long and impressive tentacles.
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Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Corals

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Aegina, a type of jellyfish, swims through the water.
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A Look at Life in the Deep Sea

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A photograph of a bright blue-speckeled dinoflagellate bioluminescing at night.
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Bioluminescing Dinoflagellate

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Oikopleura gorskyi is a rare deep-water species of larvacean
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Deep-Water Larvacean

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