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a small spikey crab sits on a black background
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Tiny Crab Gains a Big Audience

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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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Big Red Deep Sea Jellyfish
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Big Red Jellyfish

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Three dancers dependent on one another, as in the food web.
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Dancing for the Ocean

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The long barbel on the chin of this dragonfish has a glowing tip that may attract prey.
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Scaly Dragonfish

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four dancers
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Ocean - A Dance About Science and Conservation

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Photo of Sylvia Earle
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Dr. Sylvia Earle

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Photograph of a transparent polka-dotted squid in the dark ocean.
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Cockatoo Squid

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A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
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What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth

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Alvin, a human occupied vehicle (HOV), returns to the ship after a dive.
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Exploring the Ocean with Robots and Submarines

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A whale shark swims with a diver off the coast of East Africa.
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The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa

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An orange sunset over the ocean.
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What’s the Ocean Worth...in Dollars?

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