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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

These are just some of the animals that live in the deep ocean or in the midwater,...

Mon, 07/06/2020 - 11:38

Coral scientist Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a deep-sea coral bed off the coast of Hawaii.

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Diversity of Deep-Sea Corals

Sample the surprising diversity of deep-sea corals. See some of the ways they...

Wed, 06/08/2011 - 17:25

After ocean scientists sort deep-sea coral samples into their different types, they measure and photograph the specimens.

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Studying Deep-Sea Corals

What happens to deep-sea coral samples after they are collected? In this image...

Thu, 06/09/2011 - 09:23

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

It's a new age of discovery for scientists studying deep-sea corals. In this image...

Thu, 06/09/2011 - 09:30

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

Deep sea animals have to live in a very cold, dark, and high-pressure environment...

Tue, 12/08/2009 - 15:08

Phoenix the right whale diving in North Atlantic.

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A Tale of a Right Whale

Suspended at the center of the Sant Ocean Hall is a life-size model of a North...

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 15:58

Lost nets become entangled on a coral reef in the NW Hawaiian Islands, doing damage for decades. Wave action on the net breaks pieces of coral off until the net breaks, when it is free to catch on new reefs and do more damage.

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Lost Nets Hurt Coral Reefs

The impacts of derelict fishing gear on the Northwest Hawaiian Islands coral reef...

GEOMAR scientist Armin Form works at his lab during a long-term experiment on the effects of lower pH, higher temperatures and "food stress" on the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa.

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Deep-water Corals and Acidification

GEOMAR scientist Armin Form works at his lab during a long-term experiment on the...

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A Filter-Feeding Starfish

An orange brisingid starfish sits on a large reef of Lophelia pertusa, cold-water...

Stephanocyathus (A.) spiniger, a solitary, deep-water stony coral species, has six long spines that slow it from sinking into soft substrates.

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Solitary Deep-water Corals

These corals from the Smithsonian collections are Stephanocyathus (A.)...

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Primnoid Coral

The branches of a primnoid coral in the genus Calyptrophora provide a habitat for...

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Deep-Sea Coral Community

Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a...

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