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A translucent hyperiid on a black background with orange stripes along its head.
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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids

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Photograph of the underside of a gelatinous octopus with a bright yellow bioluminescent ring around her mouth.
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Bioluminescent Animals Photo Gallery

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An image of a giant anemone with yellow-tipped white tentacles.
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Giant Anemone

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A beautiful larval (baby) octopus collected during a research cruise near Florida.
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Larval Octopus

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Thalassinidean shrimp (Thalassinidea) build complex burrows deep in the mud.
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Thalassinidean Shrimp

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

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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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A cnidarian brought up from the seafloor
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Deep-Sea Cnidarian

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Leopard Sea Slugs Crawl Together on Colorful Coral
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Leopard Sea Slugs Crawl Together

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Giant Isopod from the Gulf of Mexico
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Giant Isopod

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White muscle surrounds the dark brown beak of a giant squid.
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Giant Squid Beak

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In 1874 Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland displayed the giant squid he bought on the side of his barn, much to the dismay of Mrs. Harvey.
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Rev. Harvey’s Giant Squid on Display

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