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Jellyfish illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Semaeostome Jellyfish

The Semaeostomes (the name translates to “flag mouths”) are an order of...
Sea squire illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Sea Squirts

Sea squirts, or ascidians, are a diverse class of marine invertebrates representing...
Illustrations of radiolarians from Ernst Haeckel.
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Radiolarians

Of all of the species Haeckel described, he is most famous for his illustrations of...
Illustration of copepods from Ernst Haeckel.
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Copepods

Copepods are aquatic crustaceans found in every marine habitat, from surface waters...
Sea anemone illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Sea Anemones

Sea anemones are members of the phylum Cnidaria, and as such are related to corals...
Starfish—marine invertebrates of the phylum Echinodermata—are famous for their ability to shed limbs as a means of defense and then regenerate the sacrificed part.
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Haeckel Starfish

Starfish—marine invertebrates of the phylum Echinodermata—are famous for their...
Haeckel discovered a species of rhizostome jellyfish in Bellagemma, Ceylon, in December 1881. Its form so impressed him that he used it as a model for ceiling decorations in his Villa Medusa home in Jena.
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Rhizostome Jellyfish

Haeckel was inspired by nature to create not only stunning scientific illustrations...
Sand dollars (like those pictured in this set of illustrations) are flattened, burrowing sea urchins. Dead, sunlight-bleached specimens resemble silver coins, hence their common name. These figures portray a sand dollar’s lifecycle from larva to adult.
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Sea Urchins

Historically, sea urchins were known as sea hedgehogs due to their superficial...
The siphonophores are an order of marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria (the same phylum containing jellyfish). 
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Siphonophores

The siphonophores are an order of marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria (the same...
Guitarfish, rays, and other bycatch are tossed from a shrimp boat in La Paz, Mexico in 2006.
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Bycatch Raining Down From Above

Guitarfish, rays, and other bycatch are tossed from a shrimp boat in La Paz, Mexico...
An abandoned fishing net carrying 17 dead sea turtles was discovered off the coast of Bahia, Brazil days after a storm.
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Turtles Caught in Abandoned Net

An abandoned fishing net carrying 17 dead sea turtles was discovered off the coast...
Giant drift nets, placed around the world’s oceans to catch commercial fish species, kill non-commercial animals just as efficiently, often taking far more of the latter for every useable species ensnared.
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Sea Lion Drowned in Drift Net

This sea lion has been caught in killed in a giant drift net, or a “curtain of...

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