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The whitish spots on this fish are individual parasitic trematode worms.
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Marine Parasites: Crazy…and Really Cool!

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A blue crab on the Mid-Atlantic coast of the U.S.
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A Bite of Bitter Crab

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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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Aegina, a type of jellyfish, swims through the water.
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The Surprising Elegance of Midwater Sea Life

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Photograph of several large jellyfish with orange bells, dark red tentacles, and pale ruffly oral arms, swimming against a bright blue aquarium background.
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Pacific Sea Nettles

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An orange and white octopus sits on the bottom of the ocean.
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White-striped Octopus

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This new species of lobster (Dinochelus ausubeli) is blind and has bizarre claws. It was discovered about 300 meters (984 feet) deep in the Philippine Sea by a Census of Marine Life expedition.
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Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow

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White abalone
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White Abalone In Danger

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A bright-green sea slug with a black background.
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Sea Slugs: One Species at a Time

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red worms penetrate holes in bone
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Zombie Worms Eating Whale Bone

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A bloom of moon jellies.
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A Bloom of Moon Jellies

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The siphonophores are an order of marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria (the same phylum containing jellyfish). 
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Prints from Ernst Haeckel

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