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A shining jingle shell on the sand.
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Jingle Shells

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Two candy cane shrimp
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Candy Cane Shrimp

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How Many Nights of Hanukkah? A harp has its own place in holiday music, but we also think this sponge looks like a super-sized menorah! This newly-discovered carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) was found using robotic submersibles operated by the
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Harp Sponge

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

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The fringe of a white Christmas tree worm.
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White Christmas Tree Worm

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The toothy goby or common ghost goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) has a commensal relationship with soft corals and sponges in the Indo-Pacific ocean.
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Toothy Goby in Coral

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Seahorses are the only fish species that can hold your hand! Unlike most fish that use their tails for swimming, seahorses, such as this big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis), use their monkey-like tails to hold onto objects in their environment, li
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Seahorses Have Monkey-Like Tails

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A Pontoh pygmy seahorse
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How Many Seahorse Species?

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Seahorses make noise! Seahorses make noises that can be heard underwater similar to the sound of smacking your lips. They make them during feeding and courtship.
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Seahorses Make A Racket

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A bright yellow long-snouted seahorse.
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A Cold-Water Seahorse

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Seahorse couples (such as these Hippocampus histrix) greet each other every morning with a unique dance that sometimes involves changing color. The couple promenades and pirouettes together for several minutes before separating for the rest of the day. The
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Dancing Seahorse Pairs

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Two thorny seahorses sit back to back underwater.
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Seahorse Lovebirds

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