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Photograph of many tiny transparent larval squid surrounding the head of a dissecting pin.
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Squid Babies

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Around 44 million red crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) are endemic to Christmas Island located in the Indian Ocean.
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The Red Crab of Christmas Island

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This shrimp is colored to fit in - probably why they are common members of the seaweed community.
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum Slideshow

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This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
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The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

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A side-view of a translucent phronima with a large red eye.
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Phronima Alien

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Dr. Clyde Roper lies next to a giant squid specimen.
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Giant Squid and Squid Expert

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Giant squid have eight arms but use their two long feeding tentacles to seize prey.
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Giant Squid Anatomy

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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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This giant squid washed up on a beach in Norway around 1950.
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Giant Squid on Beach

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Dr. Clyde Roper in a one-person submersible.
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One-Person Submersible

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Ghost crabs are often seen scuttling quickly along beaches, and can be difficult to photograph in the wild. They are common in Moorea where this specimen was collected.
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Ghost Crab Close Up

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a neon purple jellyfish
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Live Jellyfish Make Splash in Marine Education

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