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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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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Keep it Complex

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Unlike the shallow tropical coral reef at left, the deep-sea Oculina reef at right does not require sunlight.
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Shallow and Deep-Sea Coral Reefs

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Deep-sea Copepod Head
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Deep-sea Copepod Gets a Close-up

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A many-armed, orange starfish.
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A Filter-Feeding Starfish

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Dr. J. Murray Roberts photographed these living polyps from the Mingulay Reef Complex off Scotland in aquaria in 2010.
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Lophelia Pertusa Coral Polyps

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This bubblegum coral has a fanlike shape. It is growing 1,310 m (4,298 ft) deep on the Davidson Seamount.
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Bubblegum Coral

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This rarely seen smalleyed rabbitfish, belongs to the order Chimaera. Chimaeras are related to sharks and are cartilaginous animals—they have no real bones.
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Chimaera from the Deep

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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 brittle star clings to a pink coral
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Deep-Sea Corals

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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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Deep-Sea Coral Community

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Off the coast of North Carolina, Nizinski and Johnson Sea Link pilot Phil Santos descend through the water column towards the target site.
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Submersible and Deep-Sea Corals

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