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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Hydrothermal Vent Food Web

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Octocorals dominated the seafloor on Chris Mah's Okeanos mission to Johnston Atoll in the remote Pacific Ocean.
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Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

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Two scientists peer out into the ocean from inside the Curasub, a 5-person submersible
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Diving for Crabs in the Deep Sea

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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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The Okeanos team comes upon an octocoral colony overgrown by zooanthid cnidarians, sea anemone-like animals, that gives it a beautiful red and orange coloring. 
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A Battle With Octocoral for Food

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These are the first zoanthids (relatives of coral) recorded at a hydrothermal vent.
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Zoanthids on Hydrothermal Vent

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Dr. Stephen Cairns, a Smithsonian research zoologist, studies deep-water corals.
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Dr. Stephen Cairns

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A screenshot from the video of a deep-sea crustacean.
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Searching for Crustaceans in the Deep Sea

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Colorful corals and brittlestars on Manning Seamount off the New England coast.
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Seamounts: Underwater Oases

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Monsters of the Deep

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A healthy, deep sea octocoral and their brittle star partners
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Brittle stars and their best friends the octocorals

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Science in a Time of Crisis: Assessing the Impacts

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