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A squat lobster and blackbelly rosefish find shelter on a Lophelia pertusa coral reef off the southeastern United States.
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Deep-sea Corals

 It may be the last place you’d expect to find corals—up to 6,000 m (20,000 ft)...
Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
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Giant Squid

 Giant squid live up to their name: the largest giant squid ever recorded by...
A photo of a squid using bioluminescence to hide in the deep sea.
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Bioluminescence

 You may have seen the sparkle of fireflies on a summer’s night. The fireflies...
This jewel squid (Histioteuthis bonnellii) lives above the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Jewel Squid

 This beautiful jewel squid (Histioteuthis bonnellii) can be found swimming above...
Photograph of a transparent polka-dotted squid in the dark ocean.
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Cockatoo Squid

 This transparent cockatoo squid (Leachia sp.), also known as a glass squid, lives...
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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Blind Lobster

 This new species of lobster is blind—an adaptation to deep-sea life—and has...
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...