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![A deep sea crab (Rochinia crassa) poses with sea fan (Callogorgia spp.) and coral (Lophelia pertusa) on large carbonate boulder.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/sea_fan_and_coral.jpg.webp?itok=FXPNynTR)
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Oil Invades Coral Communities of the Deep
On the deep seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, ecosystems made up of fish, corals,...![Black coral, primnoid coral, and feather stars flourish deep on the pristine Davidson Seamount.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/diverse_deep_sea_coral_colony_full.jpg.webp?itok=55bEE-Qu)
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Diverse Deep-Sea Coral Community
A diversity of deep-sea corals—including primnoid coral (Narella sp.), black......![Tawny Nurse Sharks Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage](/themes/custom/a_clean_ocean/images/FinPrintCarousel2.jpg)
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Head to Foot
The lesson begins with a broader introduction on new species discovered around......![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/two-sea-stars.jpg.webp?itok=cHpTUZc6)
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The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars
Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and......
May 2015
![Small foram shells in seafloor sediment. Small foram shells in seafloor sediment.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/globobulimina-affinis.png.webp?itok=L3w9mcng)
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Little Critters that tell a BIG Story: Benthic Foraminifera and the Gulf Oil Spill
You are not alone if you don’t know what forams (short for foraminifera) are, so......
June 2014
![Red and white riftia worms living in a deep-sea vent.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result/public/riftia6_750px_MBARI.jpg.webp?itok=Oc4wz-8W)
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Riftia Worms: One Species at a Time
In this episode of the Podcast of Life, host Ari Daniel Shapiro dives deep to......![red worms penetrate holes in bone](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/zombie-worms.jpg.webp?itok=wCpYp2N-)
Zombie Worms Crave Bone
Zombie worms don’t crave brains: instead they seek bones. The 1 to 3 inch (2 to 7......
June 2013
![Colorful corals and brittlestars on Manning Seamount off the New England coast.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/2_08-P-06-G-01-040415085048JM-full_1.jpg.webp?itok=ydRShIY_)
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Seamounts: Underwater Oases
Thousands of seamounts—most of them undersea volcanoes—tower above the muddy......
December 2009