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a siphonophore
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Encounters with Bioluminescent Creatures

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Nine small invertebrates held on two fingers.
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On Biodiversity: Understanding its Meaning and Importance

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Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
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Foraminifera

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A deep-water larvacean (aka “sea tadpole”) inside its home.
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Deep-Water Larvacean, or “Sea-Tadpole”

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Oikopleura gorskyi is a rare deep-water species of larvacean
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Deep-Water Larvacean

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The shell of a sea slug
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A Microscopic Identity Crisis

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10 grains of star shaped sand collected from southern Japan
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Star Sand Grains Collected from Southern Japan

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One of the most impressive photosynthesizers is a cyanobacterium called Prochlorococcus. It is estimated to be more abundant than any other photosynthesizer on the planet, and to be responsible for producing 20 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere.
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Meet the obscure microbe that influences climate, ocean ecosystems, and perhaps even evolution

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A bloom of algae from up above
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What Exactly Is a Red Tide?

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Male copepods are distinctly different from female copepods.
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Male Copepod

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Scientists use a multinet to collect zooplankton.
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Launching a Multinet

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Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on the turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
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Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

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