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This halimeda crab’s disguise did not fool researchers in Moorea where it was collected.
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Halimeda Crab

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Two octopuses sitting underwater highlight the different textures the animals can take on.
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Octopuses and Squids

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The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

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Small red hyperiid.
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

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Many medicines were based on a chemical from the sea sponge Tectitethya crypta.
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Five Questions for Shirley Pomponi, Medical Sponge Hunter

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A nudibranch showing a closeup of their fleshy, tentacle-like growths, called cerata.
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How Sea Slugs Steal the Defenses of Their Prey

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A pink, white and black colored boxing crab holds two anemones in its claws.
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Boxing Crab

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

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A many-armed, orange starfish.
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A Filter-Feeding Starfish

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A crab sits on a coral with a sponge covering its head
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A Sponge Crab's Updo

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A shimmering bobtail squid.
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Bobtail Squid Shimmers

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A side-view of a translucent phronima with a large red eye.
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Phronima Alien

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