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A red and white colored bristle worm swims in the water column.
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A Striped Deep Sea Worm

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red worms penetrate holes in bone
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Zombie Worms Crave Bone

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a squid
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Meet the Only Squid that Willfully Lops off its Arms

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a dumbo octopus in the deep ocean
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The Dumbo Octopus: An Underwater Dance

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A sea star brought up from a benthic ROV dive.
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Sea star, Captured by ROV

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Despite its demonic look, the vampire squid collects and eats drifting particles called "marine snow" using two long, sticky filaments.
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The Vampire Squid from Hell

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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This Old Tubeworm

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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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Dr. Brendan Roark discusses different methods of sampling deep-sea corals with undergraduate students at Texas A&M University.
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Coral Scientist Brendan Roark: On an Urgent Mission

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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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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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How Many Nights of Hanukkah? A harp has its own place in holiday music, but we also think this sponge looks like a super-sized menorah! This newly-discovered carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) was found using robotic submersibles operated by the
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Harp Sponge

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