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A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) A leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), sea otters and polar bears.
The gnome sea pen is about 4.6 inches long and shaped similar to a leafy plant, researchers said and photos show. The animal has a central stalk covered in 41 polyps and a “sucker-like” base ...
The roughly 8-inch-long animal was discovered in the South China Sea, researchers said. Reddish sea creature — with over 70 feet — found by a submarine. It’s a new species
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It is commonly known by the names sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella. [3] This small cnidarian is part of a specialised ocean surface community that includes the better-known cnidarian siphonophore, the Portuguese man o' war. Specialized predatory gastropod molluscs prey on these cnidarians.
Bennett had stumbled on a rare and “highly venomous” species of sea anemone: Dofleinia armata, also known as the armed anemone or striped anemone, she wrote in a Feb. 11 Facebook post.
The Bathysphere on display at the National Geographic museum in 2009. The Bathysphere (from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús) 'deep' and σφαῖρα (sphaîra) 'sphere') was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1934.
‘Large’ creature — with 20 arms — found lurking in Antarctic sea. It’s a new species Mountain creature — with ‘yolk-yellow’ groin and armpits — discovered as new species