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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

Although not strictly speaking a predator, a sea-anemone-like animal called a...
Mon, 10/23/2017 - 16:29
Mah says of the spiny goniasterid sea stars, "They're very efficient and we've seen them devour the polyps inside primnoids kind of the way I just had my cookie." 
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Sea Stars Feed on Octocorals

Spiny goniasterid sea stars methodically feed on the soft tissues of octocorals as...
Mon, 10/23/2017 - 16:29
The Okeanos crew comes across the tiny jellyfish (Aegina citrea) that devours the tissue of octocoral feeding polyps. 
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Jellies Prey on Octocoral

Tiny jellyfish (Aegina citrea) settle on the feeding polyps present on the...
Mon, 10/23/2017 - 16:29
Very colorful array of jellyfish.
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Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long?

Gelatinous drifters that move in a mesmerizing way, jellyfish are beautiful...
Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:34
A congregation of Horseshoe Crabs.
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The Amazing Horseshoe Crab

There’s a lot more to a horseshoe crab than meets the eye. They are not even...
Fri, 05/12/2017 - 12:43
A screenshot from the video with oyster farmers in water.
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Farming Oysters Despite Acidic Seas

Bill Taylor, Paul Taylor, Diani Taylor and Brittany Taylor have more in common than...
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:59
A screenshot from video of a school of fish swimming.
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Bob the Drifter

This video, produced by Waterlust, shows how the Consortium for Advanced Research...
Fri, 02/07/2014 - 15:35
a pink coral
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Corals in the Juan de Fuca Canyon and the Davidson Seamount

Discover some amazing corals in this footage that shows and identifies a range of...
Fri, 07/22/2011 - 11:13
yarn artwork of coral
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Webcast: Stories from the Reef

The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef brings together mathematics, marine science,...
Fri, 07/01/2011 - 10:42
image of deep-sea sea star
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Celebrate World Ocean Day

June 8th is World Ocean Day- a great time to celebrate all that the ocean does for...
Fri, 06/03/2011 - 14:55
animation of scan of ocean floor
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Science in a Time of Crisis: Searching for the Plume

Part 4 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's efforts...
Tue, 05/10/2011 - 15:28
a screenshot of the opening credits
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2011 Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts Webcast, Part 4

Recorded Feb. 15, 2011, this video from the Third Student Summit on the Ocean and...
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 15:12

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