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The black sea nettle jellyfish can grow to twenty-five feet long.

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The Black Sea Nettle

August 2013

A crab sits on a coral with a sponge covering its head

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A Sponge Crab's Updo

January 2018

A crab with numerous

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Decorator Crab

December 2017

Three hyperiids, each with two large eyes and red body showing through their translucent bodies.

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Themisto

August 2014

Black coral, primnoid coral, and feather stars flourish deep on the pristine Davidson Seamount.

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Diverse Deep-Sea Coral Community

June 2011

This nudibranch is making a comeback to a location it hasn't been to in years along the California coast. First discovered off the coast of Southern California in 1902, Felimare californiensis was thought to be extinct in the region sin

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The Comeback Sea Slug

November 2015

Flame shells live in enormous colonies, but hidden in nests.

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Orange-Tentacled Flame Shell

October 2016

An amphipod within Arctic sea ice.

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Amphipod Under Arctic Sea Ice

January 2011

Calanus hyperboerus is the preferred food for Bowhead whales.

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Arctic Copepod

November 2017

The amphipod Eusirus holmii inhabits sea ice, the water column and the sea floor

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Arctic Amphipod

January 2011

This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the ocean depths.

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Unidentified Comb Jelly

June 2016

A Smithsonian specimen helped identify a new family of deep sea squid with long spindly legs.

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Bigfin Squid

January 2010