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Screenshot from video showing a close-up image of a plankton.
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The Secret Life of Plankton

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a comparison of alive and preserved larvae specimens
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Alive and Dead

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A lobster like beat on an old map
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The Many Footed Beast

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Despite its fearsome look, the Atlantic wolffish (or sea wolf) isn't a danger to humans, largely preying on whelks, crabs, and sea urchins.
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The Toothy Sea Wolf

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A Peacock Mantis Shrimp clutches her eggs
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A Mother's Clutch

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The branches of a primnoid coral in the genus Calyptrophora provide a habitat for galathaoid crabs.
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Primnoid Coral

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Arrow crabs are small, spider-like crabs that live on coral reefs.(CLICK IMAGE TO OPEN SLIDESHOW WITH MORE WINNING PHOTOS FROM THE CONTEST)
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Selections from the Brian Skerry Flickr Contest WInners

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About a 300 foot long gill net found abandoned on a shallow reef in the surf zone on Oahu, Hawaii. The net had trapped parrotfish, wrasses, goatfish, surgeonfish, coral crabs, spiny lobsters, slipper lobsters and other fish that had decayed beyond identifi
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Discarded Gillnet Traps Fish

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a frond of kelp underwater
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Kelp and Kelp Forests

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a graphic depicting the various species of tuna
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The Big Tunas

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Twin-spot snappers are curious top predators on Pacific coral reefs, eating a variety of fishes, shrimps, crabs, and snails among others, and are usually around 2.5 feet long.
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Curious Bohar

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thin, green stalks of a succulent plant grow up
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Sea Beans

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