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A crab sits on a coral with a sponge covering its head
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A Sponge Crab's Updo

 The sponge on this crab's back is more than a stylish accessory. The sponges are...
How Many Nights of Hanukkah? A harp has its own place in holiday music, but we also think this sponge looks like a super-sized menorah! This newly-discovered carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) was found using robotic submersibles operated by the
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Harp Sponge

 This newly-discovered carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) was found using...
A yellow moray eel inside of a sea sponge in the waters off of Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand
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Moray Waits for a Meal

 A yellow moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus, inside of a sea sponge in the waters off...
 Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a deep-sea coral study site off the coast of South Carolina.    
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Fan Sponge

 Dr. Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a...
Cancer cells treated with discodermolide, a chemical from a sponge found on deep-sea coral reefs.
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Treated Cancer Cells

 These cancer cells have been treated with discodermolide, a chemical obtained from...
A photo of coral visibly affected by disease.
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Diseased Coral

 A photo taken at a reef near Bocas del Toro, Panama. The reef suffered a mass...