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Jaw of the goblin shark
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The Goblin Shark

The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is one of the creepier fish out there! It...
An adult leatherback turtle makes its way back to shore from the ocean.
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Female Leatherback Turtle Crawls From The Sea To Nest

"Leatherback turtles are the oldest, deepest-diving and widest-ranging of all sea...
Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on the turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
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Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein...
This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the ocean depths.
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Unidentified Comb Jelly

This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the deep ocean. Red light rarely...
This lizardfish rests on the bottom, waiting to snatch prey.
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Deepsea Lizardfish

This lizardfish (Bathysaurus ferox) rests on the ocean bottom with its head...
This aptly named fish has two long fangs.
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Fangtooth Fish

This aptly named fish (Anoplogaster cornuta) has long, menacing fangs, but the...
The long barbel on the chin of this dragonfish has a glowing tip that may attract prey.
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Scaly Dragonfish

The long barbel on the chin of this dragonfish (Stomias boa) has a glowing tip that...
This crab was collected on a NOAA/MAR-ECO cruise to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in 2009.
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Spiny Deepsea King Crab

This crab (Neolithodes sp.) was collected on a NOAA/MAR-ECO cruise to the...
Giant eyes spot prey. Huge claws grab the prey, and a tiny mouth rips it to shreds.
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Phronima

This tiny, shrimplike creature is no more than 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) long, but...
Color illustration of an ancient bivalve.
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Elevator Rudists

These "elevator" rudists, an ancient bivalve, used one long heavy valve to anchor...
Two baby olive ridley sea turtles.
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Baby Sea Turtles in Jalisco, Mexico

These baby olive ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea) will eventually provide a home to...
A red and white colored bristle worm swims in the water column.
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A Striped Deep Sea Worm

In Antarctica's Southern Ocean swims a beautiful polychaete (bristly worm) called...

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