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The dark sea floor of the Antarctic, beneath sea ice, is covered with life.
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Antarctic Ocean Floor

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Screenshot of Christmas Island Red Crab Hatching
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Video of Christmas Crab Migration

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a star shaped fossil blastoid
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Blastoid Fossil

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A cuttlefish with splayed arms
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Taking a Defensive Stance

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Gerardia, or gold coral, species often have a tree-like shape, as evident in this specimen.
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Gold Coral

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Bivalves brought up from the deep Arctic seafloor.
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Deep-Sea Bivalves

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A cameraman navigates a smack of sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens) in Monterey Bay. Sea nettle blooms have become more common in recent years.
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Cameraman with Sea Nettles

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Jelly Critters: Gelatinous zooplankton

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a fringed fossil feather star
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Ancient Crinoid

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A cross-section of a nautilus shell is not only beautiful, it also is a great example of the chambered cephalopod shell. The projections splitting each chamber are the siphuncle tubes that allow gas and liquid to be transferred from chamber to chamber. 
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Chambered Shells

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two polychaete worms side by side
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Pettibone's Polychaete

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With seven pairs of legs, nine eyes, and shells the shape of flying saucers, horseshoe crabs look like aliens from the deep.
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Horseshoe Crab from Thailand

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