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Deep Sea Coral

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a whale skeleton on the sea floor with octopuses on it
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Whale Fall Feast

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a deep sea squid
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Squid and Snow

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A screenshot from the video showing equipment on a research vessel.
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Wavechasers and the Samoan Passage

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A deep sea crab (Rochinia crassa) poses with sea fan (Callogorgia spp.) and coral (Lophelia pertusa) on large carbonate boulder.
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Deep-sea Coral In the Gulf of Mexico

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Oceanographers divide the ocean into three broad zones, each with different species.
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Zones of the Open Ocean

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A sea lion in the Sea of Cortez observes Auster as he observes reef fishes.
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Auster Diving with Sea Lion

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The branches of a primnoid coral in the genus Calyptrophora provide a habitat for galathaoid crabs.
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Primnoid Coral

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

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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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Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.
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ROV Exploring the Deep Ocean

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This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.
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Yeti Crab

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