Friday Picture: Have your coral and eat it, too?
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By , on July 17th, 2009 6 comments   Biology, Coral, Organisms, Pictures and Movies   , , , ,  

People accept the idea of echinoderm predation on shallow reef building corals. The voracious Crown of Thorns seastar Acanthaster planci is a familiar coral antagonist on the Great Barrier Reef, part of a natural process that may or may not be amplified by anthropogenic disturbance. Asteroid predation on deep-sea corals is more difficult to . . . → Read More: Friday Picture: Have your coral and eat it, too?

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TGIF: Worlds Deepest Sea Fan
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By , on February 13th, 2009 4 comments   New Research, Organisms, Pictures and Movies, Reviews, Scientist!   , , , ,  

The depth record for deep-sea fans is held by Convexella krampi at 5850 meters in the frigid Antarctic, North Atlantic, and Kermadec Trench. . . . → Read More: TGIF: Worlds Deepest Sea Fan

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Friday Deep-sea Picture: Swiftia sp. in series
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By , on August 29th, 2008 5 comments   Pictures and Movies   , , , ,  

Many deep-water animals have never been photographed alive in their natural habitat, they’re known only from their pickled state. Dried, dusty, and broken specimens fill museum drawers. . . . → Read More: Friday Deep-sea Picture: Swiftia sp. in series

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