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A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.

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Summer in a Sub: DROP Down to Discovery

July 2011

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This new species of squid (Magnapinna sp.) was discovered in 1954 in the stomach of a lancetfish.

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Bigfin Squid Specimen

January 2010

A Smithsonian specimen helped identify a new family of deep sea squid with long spindly legs.

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Bigfin Squid

January 2010

This male giant squid is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

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Male Giant Squid

January 2010

Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies

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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

March 2011

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