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A translucent hyperiid on a black background with orange stripes along its head.
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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids

In any given scoop of seawater, you will find an assortment of tiny critters called...
January 2020
a barnacle sits at the base of a crab's abdomen
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Invading Barnacles

 Sacculina is a species of barnacle that infects crabs and then manipulates...
a orange colored crustacean with big antennae
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Copepods of the Deep

A beautiful orange colored copepod from the deep sea in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
lobster boats moored in the harbor
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Maine Fishermen

Scenes from Stonington Harbor, Deer Isle, Maine. Stonington lands the most lobster...
a crab next to a coral den
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Crabs Make Coral Castles

To avoid predators, gall crabs form depressions in living coral, a small pit...
a close up of a spiny lobster
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Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Caribbean spiny lobsters migrate to deeper water when storm season begins. ...
a colorful crustacean with hints of purple in its shell and green in its belly
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Antarctic Krill

Antarctic krill are the largest krill, and the favorite food of whales. ...
a fossil of an ancient arthropod
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The Lace Crab

Marella splendens was an arthropod that lived during the Cambrian Period. It is the...
A screenshot from video showing researchers collecting snapping shrimp off Moorea.
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Slurping Shrimp near Moorea

Researchers in Moorea use a variety of tools to collect organisms. Some are simple,...
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 16:29
Harbor seal in a kelp forest near Cortes Bank, near San Diego California.
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Underwater Photography Contest from University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School

Every year the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric...
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 11:27
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
The Ross Sea is a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of Antarctica.
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A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea

The Ross Sea, a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean...
Mon, 06/10/2013 - 11:37

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