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a orange colored crustacean with big antennae
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Copepods of the Deep

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a deep sea squid
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Squid and Snow

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Scientist Martha Nizinski examines a sample of the deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa, collected 600-m (1,969-ft) deep off the coast of the southeastern United States.
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Martha Nizinski: Hooked on Deep-Sea Corals

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: Black corals often resemble bushes or trees. Their living tissue can be one of several colors. It’s the skeleton that is black.
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Black Corals of the Deep

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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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Found 1,751 m (5,745 ft) below the surface of Hawaii’s waters in 2007, this orange bamboo coral is 1.2–1.5 m (4–5 ft) tall.
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New Genus of Bamboo Coral

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red worms penetrate holes in bone
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Zombie Worms Crave Bone

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Burp Under the Ice

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Glass Squid

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Deep Sea Squid

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Two new species of sea stars were discovered in the deep sea: Paulasterias tyleri (on the left) in a North Pacific hydrothermal vent community, and Paulasterias mcclaini (on the right) in the deep sea off the coast of Antarctica.
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The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars

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A screenshot from the video showing a bioluminescent seastar.
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The Weird, Wonderful World of Bioluminescence

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