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A brown-colored deep-sea coral sits on the deep ocean floor and is covered with brown oil floc.
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Anemone On Deep Sea Coral

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Scientists discovered this 1.5-m (5-ft) tall yellow bamboo coral in 2007 off the coast of Hawaii in 1,459 m (4,787 ft) of water.
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New Bamboo Coral Discovery

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A pink sea cucumber covered in small spike-like protrusions.
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Sea Cucumber: One Species at a Time

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This male giant squid is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Male Giant Squid

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Hermit crabs, like this one collected in Moorea, usually protect their soft, vulnerable abdomens from predators by reusing empty snail shells. This specimen shows the crab without its customary borrowed shelter.
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Hermit Crab Without a Shell

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The red paper lantern jellyfish is the focus of the latest podcast One Species at a Time, by the Encyclopedia of Life. Vacuumed up from its habitat a mile down in the ocean, the red paper lantern jelly may not look like much. Mostly water, it’s
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Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish: One Species at a Time

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A sea toad from the deep waters off of Curacao.
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Collections from Curaçao

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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Corals and Coral Reefs

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a close up of a sand dollar
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Sand Dollar in the Sea Grass

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Diagram showing gills on a crab absorbing nutrients
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Crab Gills Absorb Nutrients

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A crown-of-thorns starfish in the Marianas Islands.
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Mystery Photo: Prickly Puzzler on the Reef

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A photo of a squid using bioluminescence to hide in the deep sea.
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Bioluminescence

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