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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

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...
Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:47
Three hyperiids, each with two large eyes and red body showing through their translucent bodies.
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Themisto

These Themisto hyperiids live in the top 200 meters of cold waters around the...
A side-view of a translucent phronima with a large red eye.
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Phronima Alien

This is another view of Phronima from the side. The eyes take up most of the head,...
A translucent, female hyperiid surrounded by white young in a barrel-shaped body cavity.
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Phronima Female and Young

This female hyperiid (Phronima sedentaria) is surrounded by her young, residing in...
Two small, translucent hyperiids with very large eyes.
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Paraphromina

This much smaller hyperiid (in the genus Paraphromina) has eyes that make up...
A side-view of translucent hyperiid with a black background.
Photo

Cystisoma

This hyperiid (in the genus Cystisoma) has only one pair of eyes—but they are...
A red Scypholanceola aestiva stares at the screen with large orange eyes.
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Scypholanceola aestiva

Scypholanceola aestiva looks like an armored alien of the deep. It doesn’t have...
Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
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Foraminifera

Microscopic, single-celled organisms called foraminifera have a fossil record that...
Thu, 03/25/2010 - 16:23
A bloom of algae from up above
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What Exactly Is a Red Tide?

Drifting throughout the ocean, invisible to the naked eye, are innumerable...
August 2018

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