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A brown sea hare sits in shallow ocean water.
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Sea Hare in the Intertidal Zone

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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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Two sea lions interact amongst schools of small fish.
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Seal or Sea Lion?

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Hardy head silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) are abundant fish in shallow water reef flat seagrass meadows throughout the Indo-Pacific.
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Seagrass and Shoal of Fish

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Broad-leaf seagrass (Posidonia australis) with algae epiphytes grows at Corner Inlet Marine National Park in Australia.
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Seagrass with Epiphytes

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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

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An Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) crosses a seagrass bed.
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Cuttlefish in Seagrass Bed

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This microscopic acantharian is a unicellular amoeba found in the open ocean.
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Marine Microbe from the Open Ocean

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The study area for the Gulf of Maine Area project, part of the Census of Marine Life.
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Census of Marine Life Gulf of Maine Area Project Study Area

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A transparent ctenophore with two long tentacles.
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Arctic Ctenophore with Long Tentacles

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Throughout their lifecycle, jellyfish take on two different body forms: medusa and polyps. Polyps can reproduce asexually by budding, while medusae spawn eggs and sperm to reproduce sexually.
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Jellyfish Lifecycle and Reproduction

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“Once in a while, manta rays appear in great numbers in a small bay in the Baa Atoll. The concentration of plankton must be very high in this particular bay, because up to 200 manta rays have been seen here at one time. It can be difficult to capture a n
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Manta Rays, Baa Atoll, Hanifaru Bay, Maldives

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