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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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The Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure was developed to help scientists study coral reef diversity and have now been adopted broadly to study diversity around the world.
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A Better Way to Measure Marine Life

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a neon purple jellyfish
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Live Jellyfish Make Splash in Marine Education

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A glowing ocean surface.
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Six Ways to See Ocean Ocean Bioluminescence

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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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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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This aptly named fish has two long fangs.
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Creepy Critters: Marine Life Surfaces for Halloween

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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
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How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a Spill

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Photograph of the underside of a gelatinous octopus with a bright yellow bioluminescent ring around her mouth.
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Bioluminescent Animals Photo Gallery

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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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Two baby olive ridley sea turtles.
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Surveying Life On Sea Turtles

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A small, transparent, shell-less sea snail in the open ocean.
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Angels of the Sea

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