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a heat map showing a thick band from Africa, across the northern coast of South America and into the Gulf of Mexico
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The Sargassum Belt

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt in July 2018. Scientists used satellite imagery...
Sargassum forms dense clumps up to the size of a beach ball that slowly rotate as they drift.
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Too Much of a Good Thing—the Atlantic Sargassum Belt

There is a sea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean where floating rafts of seaweed...
June 2022
Screenshot from video with large kelp leaves floating in the ocean.
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A Kelp's Slime

Kelp provide a home for microbes to grow on—they're the reason kelp are so slimy....
Wed, 07/03/2019 - 15:55
The fins of the frogfish are perfect for creeping around in the algae and stalking unsuspecting prey.
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Frogfish Histrio histrio

The Sargassum frogfish Histrio histrio (Antennariidae) is a small but...
A juvenile swimming crab sits on a bed of sargassum seaweed.
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Adult Swimming Crab

When they get larger, Portunus sayi are formidable predators, quick to consume any...
The Sargassum frogfish is a small but voracious predator - it can ingest animals up to it’s own size!
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Sargassum Frogfish

The sargassum frogfish Histrio histrio (Antennariidae) is a small but...
Winner of the ‘best camoflauge’ contest, the nudibranch Scyllaea pelagica is betrayed only by motion.
Photo

Seaslug Camouflages in Seaweed

Winner of the ‘best camouflage’ contest, the nudibranch Scyllaea pelagica...
Brown grass shrimp on a floating piece of seaweed.
Photo

Brown Grass Shrimp

Another common species of sargassum shrimp, Leander...
This shrimp is colored to fit in - probably why they are common members of the seaweed community.
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Shrimp hides in the sargassum

One of the most common inhabitants of the sargassum community, the shrimp Latreutes...
Sargassum forms dense clumps up to the size of a beach ball that slowly rotate as they drift.
Photo

Floating Sargassum Seaweed

Sargassum fluitans, a.k.a. “Gulfweed,” forms dense clumps up to the size of a...
Seagrasses don't just provide shelter for free-swimming animals, but also are a habitat for non-moving organisms, such as these sea anemones.
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Anemone on Seagrass Blade

Seagrasses don't just provide shelter for free-swimming animals, but also are a...
An Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) crosses a seagrass bed.
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Cuttlefish in Seagrass Bed

Squids, octopuses and cuttlefish, such as this Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia...

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