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Closed-Mouth Coral
A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the...
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Sea Gooseberry Larva
These beautiful wisps are the hair-like cilia of a sea gooseberry larva, a common...
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Sparkling Sponge Spicules
These sparkling sponge spicules are microscopic needle-like structures that many...
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Soft Coral Close-Up
These neon balloons weren't blown up for a party: they are the colorful tentacles...
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A Snail's Rainbow Radula
This abstract image is a close-up of the tiny teeth that cover the radula of a...
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A Filter-Feeding Starfish
An orange brisingid starfish sits on a large reef of Lophelia pertusa, cold-water...
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Arctic Ctenophore with Long Tentacles
Dryodora glandiformis is a ctenophore found in Arctic and Northern European waters,...
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Ctenophore Combs - Close Up
Comb jellies (such as this Bolinopsis species) are named for their combs: the rows...
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Arctic Comb Jelly
The Arctic comb jelly or sea nut (Mertensia ovum) is commonly found in the surface...
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Toothy Goby in Coral
The toothy goby or common ghost goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) lives among soft...
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Solitary Deep-water Corals
These corals from the Smithsonian collections are Stephanocyathus (A.)...
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