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Anemone Feeding Time

Anemones are known for serving as homes for Nemo and countless other small fish and...

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Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

Jellyfish and comb jellies are gelatinous animals that drift through the ocean's...

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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

From parrotfish that cover themselves in a blanket of their own mucus to tiny pygmy...

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Endangered Ocean Animals

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law on December 28, 1973 by...

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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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Starfish Feeding on Mussels

Ochre seastars (Pisaster ochraceus) feed on invertebrates, such as coral and...

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The Vampire Squid from Hell

With a scientific name that means "the vampire squid from hell," you'd expect the...

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The Bobbit Worm

There aren't any mummies or zombies buried under the seafloor: instead the ocean...

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Revealing the Largest Octopus

Weighing 600 pounds (around 272kg) and having a 30 foot (around 9 meters) arm span,...

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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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Jellyfish Tentacles Close Up

Stinging cells (nematocysts) line the tentacles of this moon jelly (Aurelia...

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Octopus Eating a Crab

A veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) briefly leaves its hiding spot, a...