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Jellies in the Class Hydrozoa are transparent and easily overlooked.
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Transparent sea jelly

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

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Artist Joan Lederman glazes her work with deep ocean sediments.
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Bowl Glazed with Deep Ocean Sediments

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These wormlike animals make spiral tracks on the sea floor.
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Deep-Sea Worms

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Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on the turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
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Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

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Dr. Clyde Roper lies next to a giant squid specimen.
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Giant Squid and Squid Expert

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Like snails, clams, and even slugs, giant squids are all mollusks, with soft, fleshy bodies.
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Squid Relatives

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Giant squid have eight arms but use their two long feeding tentacles to seize prey.
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Giant Squid Anatomy

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The tough serrated ring around the opening grips the squid’s prey.
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Giant Squid Sucker

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A mangrove tree crab clings to a leaf near a Smithsonian marine laboratory in Panama.
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Mangrove Tree Crab

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A photo of a solitary European green crab on a sandy substrate.
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European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)

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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Corals and Coral Reefs

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