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A pink, white and black colored boxing crab holds two anemones in its claws.
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Boxing Crab

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a larval fish with specialized filaments that fan out like tentacles
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Larval Scalloped Ribbonfish

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Researchers can study ocean acidification in the lab by rearing organisms (here, Lophelia deep-sea corals) in seawater with variable pH and measuring if they grow, eat, breathe, reproduce, or develop differently.
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Studying Acidification in the Lab

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Juvenile Clam with Tentacles
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Spaceship Mollusk

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This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the ocean depths.
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Unidentified Comb Jelly

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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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A bottlenose dolphin carries a sponge, which it uses as a tool to dig up prey from the seafloor.
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Sponge-Wielding Bottlenose Dolphin

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Giant squid have eight arms but use their two long feeding tentacles to seize prey.
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Giant Squid Anatomy

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In this painting, a giant squid engages in a struggle for survival with a sperm whale.
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Giant Squid vs. Sperm Whale

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Close-up photograph of an arrow squid embryo.
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Squid Embryo

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Up close look at thin tentacles of a jellyfish.
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Jellyfish Tentacles Close Up

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