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A coral has just spawned. Each of the hundreds of polyps releases a small pink bundle of sperm and eggs.
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A Tale of Sex and Stress in the Ocean

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Illustration of colorful nudibranchs from Ernst Haeckel.
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Art Forms in Nature: Marine Species From Ernst Haeckel

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Just Jelly: ecological role of gelatinous zooplankton

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Small red hyperiid.
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

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Colorful Christmas tree worms
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Happy Holidays from the Ocean!

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene depicting life ~145-65 million years ago, when rudist clams were the major reef builders.
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Long Before Coral, Mollusks Built the Ocean's Reefs

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“Upon returning from the reef after a night dive, I swam toward a bright reflection and came eye-to-eye with this beautiful, curious squid.” -- Nature's Best photographer Charles Viggers.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D700; 105mm ƒ/2.8 lens
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Stunning Squid Pictures

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Benthic Drug Store

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a pink coral
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Corals in the Juan de Fuca Canyon and the Davidson Seamount

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a medicine bottle with an image of the ocean
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Medicines from the Sea

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 Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a deep-sea coral study site off the coast of South Carolina.    
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Fan Sponge

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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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