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A cuttlefish eye
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Dazzling Eyes

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Auster and colleagues direct a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dive on the New England Seamounts.
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Scientists Conduct an ROV Dive

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Inside the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason.
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Views from the ROV Jason

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Shown here are several deep-sea coral species: From left to right are an unidentified purple octocoral, a small gold acanthorgorgiid octocoral, and a large colony of pink Corallium secundum
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Diverse Deep-Sea Corals

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Black coral, primnoid coral, and feather stars flourish deep on the pristine Davidson Seamount.
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Diverse Deep-Sea Coral Community

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This black coral is more than 4,200 years old. Named for the color of their skeletons, black corals come in many colors.
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How old is black coral?

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Unlike the other six species of marine turtle, the Australian flatback (Natator depressus) has a very limited distribution, found only from northern Australia to Papua New Guinea/Indonesia and it only breeds in Australia. Flatback turtles tend to spend mos
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Flatback Sea Turtle

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Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are small to medium-sized turtles, but can get as large as 200 lbs (91 kg). Adults live among healthy coral reef communities, feeding primarily on sponges, but they also eat other invertebrates like sea cucumbers,
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Hawksbill Turtle

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The head of a turtle-headed sea snake.
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A Turtle or a Sea Snake?

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Adult green sea turtles spend most of their time grazing in seagrass meadows.
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Green Turtle in Seagrass

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A big-bellied seahorse
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A Foot-Long Seahorse

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This common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) shows off its siphon, which it uses to propel itself through the water.
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Octopus Shows Off Its Funnel

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