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A close-up photo of dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), living in the Baltic Sea.
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Dead Man’s Fingers

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Image of a rapa whelk, a large marine snail retreated into its shell
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Rapa Whelk

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Black coral, primnoid coral, and feather stars flourish deep on the pristine Davidson Seamount.
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Diverse Deep-Sea Coral Community

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This black coral is more than 4,200 years old. Named for the color of their skeletons, black corals come in many colors.
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How old is black coral?

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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

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A translucent arctic comb jelly.
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Arctic Comb Jelly

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This rare staurozoan, or stalked jellyfish, Haliclystus californiensis, is about 2 centimeters in length and was collected off the coast of California.
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Staurozoan: The Stalked Jellyfish

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Flame shells live in enormous colonies, but hidden in nests.
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Orange-Tentacled Flame Shell

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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 male short-snouted seahorse with a pouch full of eggs.
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A Pregnant Seahorse

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This sea cucumber, collected at 830 feet, hosts a pearl fish, which lives in its anus!
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Sea Cucumber in Curaçao

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An amphipod within Arctic sea ice.
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Amphipod Under Arctic Sea Ice

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