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Mantis shrimp have built-in polarized vision to help them see underwater—and maybe even communicate.
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Built-in Underwater Polarized Lenses?

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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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A Cirraturlid worm swims in the open ocean.
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Why I Love Polychaetes

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Big Red Deep Sea Jellyfish
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Big Red Jellyfish

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Photograph of a transparent polka-dotted squid in the dark ocean.
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Cockatoo Squid

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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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Syllid fireworms can be found mainly on the seafloor, but they switch to a planktonic form to reproduce, where the females use bioluminescent signals.
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Syllid Fireworms

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This magnified photo provides a close-up look at copepods—tiny crustaceans that right whales feed on.
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Copepods: Right Whale Food

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The elusive giant squid
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Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid

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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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A female (top left) and male Photerus annecohenae. Note that females are larger than males (sexual dimorphism) and that males have bigger eyes.
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You Light Up My World!

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Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Monacanthidae) travel along with the algae. They pick off and eat small animals as they move around in the rotating sargassum ball. Adult filefish only grow to be about 11
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

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