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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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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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The pink strands of this coral harbor a variety of organisms. Sea whips are gorgonian corals, with flexible skeletons.
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Sea Whip Coral

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These deep-sea corals at the Madison-Swanson Marine Reserve are protected, along with the marine life they harbor.
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Protected Deep-sea Corals

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

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Imagine eating an entire fish bigger than you—bones and all! At only 25 cm long, the black swallower often eats fish much larger than itself with the help of an expanding stomach. Sometimes the meal is so large that there isn’t enough time for digestio
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Black Swallower

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The robotic arm of the Jason, a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), collects several stalks of black coral from the seafloor.
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ROV Collects Black Corals

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The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) SeaBed is about to be deployed.
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

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The Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory’s Pisces V submersible is lowered for a dive to study deep-sea corals.
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Submersible Launch

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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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