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red worms penetrate holes in bone
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Zombie Worms Eating Whale Bone

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A deep red jellyfish, Crossota norvegica, floats in the water.
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Deep-Red Jellyfish

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The sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri are often found living in association with one another along the Antarctic coastline, here during the Census of Marine Life.
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Sea Stars and Urchins off Antarctica

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The staghorn coral is listed as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. It is one of 22 coral species listed.
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Staghorn Coral

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A brachiopod looks like a clam, but they aren't closely related.
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A Modern Day Brachiopod

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Despite its demonic look, the vampire squid collects and eats drifting particles called "marine snow" using two long, sticky filaments.
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The Vampire Squid from Hell

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A translucent, female hyperiid surrounded by white young in a barrel-shaped body cavity.
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Phronima Female and Young

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Two small, translucent hyperiids with very large eyes.
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Paraphromina

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Shell of an orange and white cone snail species.
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A New Cone Snail - Attenuiconus marileeae

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In 2005, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) observed a deep-sea squid species (Gonatus onyx) that keeps close watch over her eggs.
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Squid Watching Over Eggs

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Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a squat lobster (Eumunida picta) collected at the Lophelia reefs off Cape Lookout, North Carolina.    
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Squat Lobster from Reefs of North Carolina

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UV light illuminates growth rings in a cross-section of 44-year-old Primnoa resedaformis coral found about 400 m (1,312 ft) deep off Newfoundland.
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Coral Growth Rings

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