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This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.

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Yeti Crab

January 2010

Ruth Meadows examines specimens as part of her Teacher at Sea experience. NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows sorts specimens aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow as part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem (MAR-ECO) project.

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Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows

March 2010

Alvin, a human occupied vehicle (HOV), returns to the ship after a dive.

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Alvin, Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition

January 2010

This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.

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Queen Parrotfish

July 2015

Blackdevil fish are quintessential monsters from the deep. The female lurks in the dark, drawing in prey with her glowing lure, while the male attaches to her like a blood-sucking parasite.

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Blackdevil Fish

August 2012

With seven pairs of legs, nine eyes, and shells the shape of flying saucers, horseshoe crabs look like aliens from the deep.

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Horseshoe Crab from Thailand

October 2010

This photograph was snapped as Phoenix swam in the Gulf of Maine in July 2008.

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Phoenix near Maine

January 2010

Spotfin lionfish in Caribbean waters

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Spotfin Lionfish

November 2016

In 1874 Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland displayed the giant squid he bought on the side of his barn, much to the dismay of Mrs. Harvey.

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Rev. Harvey’s Giant Squid on Display

January 2010

Flower-like clusters of pink polyps make up this coral colony.

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Coral Colony

January 2010

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative researchers collect samples from a Pensacola Beach with oil layers in the sand. They use genomics to track how the communities of microbes change as they digest different components of oil after a spill.

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Microbial Layers In the Sand

January 2016

Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.

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ROV Exploring the Deep Ocean

January 2010