Anyone know the name of a marine plant that looks kinda like this fungus?

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A ~15 m long whale shark at Galapagos Islands

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found this by the beach (singapore) (after low tides) did not want to touch the marine life, but they seem soft. any idea what they are? about the size of thumbs

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Pharyngeal Jaws in Eel

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Anyone know what this is?

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Poor coral...

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Would anyone happen to know what this fella is? Found in saltwater off the beach Turks and Caicos

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I'm trying to learn as much as I can about my favorite fish rn and found this, there's no way right? These are broadcast spawners, how would they receive parental care?

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The most beautiful Gastropod I’ve ever seen

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Washed up in Devon. Any idea?

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Any idea what this is

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Can we just appreciate how cool Boxer Crabs are? By far my favourite marine creature overall

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What kind of worm is this? Spotted in Plymouth, MA.

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Can anyone ID this fish? I can't find out what it is. It was in a documentary about pufferfish on the great barrier reef.

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Does anyone know if these are “normal” barnacles? Or some other species attached to this horsehoe crab?

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What is this?? Southern Ontario & it's in a water bottle cap

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Found in southwest india.what kind of turtle?

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More fish

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How common are four armed brittle stars?

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Saw my first sixgill shark!

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What kind of shells are these?

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Big fish

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Native beloniformes

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My saltwater tank. I’ve been in the hobby for over 10 years and I’ve learned how to propagate coral from all over the world. I’m a big advocate of aquaculture (growing coral/breading fish domestically). I believe it will be the only way to get livestock in the hobby very soon.

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Which mackerel looks better? (Btw I hid my name in the one on top)

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Sunscreen ingredients threaten corals and other marine life

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What do you think of this 'toy'(more of statue) of a Paracanthurus hepatus?

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did we find a baby flounder?

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Minke whale skull we salvaged today. Keep in mind that owning these is illegal for most people, my wife and I have special permits because we work with educational institutions and provide museums and universities with alot of their teaching examples

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No matter how many anglerfish skulls we clean... I'll never get tired of seeing them. Sitting at around the 150 mark of anglerfish skulls cleaned by us :) The heads are offcuts from the food industry and would otherwise be composted.

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Any idea what kind of shrimp this is? Got him with our Atlantic peppermint shrimp order

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Found this while snorkeling in USVI. Any ideas on what this is?

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Calico lobster. Gulf of maine

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This is wrong on so many levels. Halloween decorations are back at it again

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What kind of crab is this. Found on a North Carolina beach

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e know who these two are? found near Sydney, Australia

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Spotted in Wellington NZ, around 10 of them!

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How common is the gumdrop nudibranch? First time I have ever seen one. Maui Hawaii

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I made some sea pancakes!

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TIL: Seeing as though I’m not an ocean/lake person and I don’t know different breeds of marine life, I now feel complete. I can for the most part identify every shark now.

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My favorite species of nudibranch, Nembrotha kubaryana! :) What's your favorite?

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Can someone help me identify this? Found in Destin, Florida. Was thinking sand flea, but the tail is throwing me off. Thanks!

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The once-thriving stellar seacow

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ID for “Mysterious Creature” found dead in Cape Lookout, North Carolina? National Parks Service cannot identify - looks like a sea cucumber to me. Any ideas?

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ID? Victoria, BC / PNW

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Not mine just thought these chocolates were cool

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Some Saltwater fish! I added the snowflake eel because it's my mom's favorite. :)

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It was a record-breaking summer for nesting loggerhead sea turtles on the east coast. I loved my job!!

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The aftermath of a Great Hammerhead attack on a Spotted Eagle Ray :0

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Why would a parrotfish be gray?

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Recently bought this at a gift shop. Can anyone tell if this is real, and if so what species?

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Freeeeaky

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Florida GOLD... A Bone Valley, Florida Megalodon Shark Tooth

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Are there any underwater animals capable of destroying professional submarines?

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Hi. Anyone have any insight on this? Found on the beach in Fort Lauderdale today.

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Green sea turtle recovering from surgery. Note: with green algae on his carapace.

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#stop humaning everything up

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What is this

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Can you guess what fishes these are based on?

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Horseshoe Crab In Newport, RI

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Third and most colorful calico lobster I've caught in the 2019 lobster season. Gulf of maine

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SE QLD, Australia. There are 2 crabs in this picture, the same species I’m pretty sure. The red one is a dead, empty shell, but definitely easier to see.

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Can you help ID this crustacean (?) that I found at the mouth of an estuary in Northern California. It was in the sand but wet as if it had come from the water.

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Can anyone ID this crab? Okinawa, Japan. Found him dead and dry.

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Need help with an ID for this creature.

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Anyone know which species of porcupine fish is this?

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Identification? Found washed up on a beach in San Francisco. The leg was squishy, and the teeth looking part had a slit-opening.

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Didn’t think squids could turn transparent

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I don’t know if this goes here, but I found a bunch of petoskey stones. Fossilized coral found in the Michigan area.

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California Tonguefish from a trawl on a recent marine bio field trip.

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Id please? (Found in Sri Lanka)

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What is this?

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Can anyone tell me what this thing is? It’s hard and smooth, found on beach in Outer Banks, North Carolina in the spring. Thank you!

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Any idea what sort of fish this skeleton is of? Found off of Cape Cod in July (about 3 m deep) while diving for sediment samples. It was about a half meter long. Thanks!

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Found this in the sand 30 meters from the shore. I’ve never seen anything like this, can anyone identify it?

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I love a good species common name.

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What kind of jellies are these? Saw this at an oceanarium and I missed looking at the info posted somewhere around the aquarium.

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Can someone help me identify this?

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Stop marktheshark from killing!

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My favorite photo from the Georgia Aquarium

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Found on the beach yesterday. Is it a sea urchin? What is the scientific name for it?

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Marine Life Iceberg

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What is this?! Found on the beach in Scituate, Massachusetts (USA)

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Plastic bag-looking thing found in Batangas, Philippines

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Anyone know what this coral stuff is exactly?

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Marine biologist who paints “sea creature” rocks sourced from my local beach ... what animal does this long rock look like to you?

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25 years ago this man walked head on into the raging sea to save a beached whale that had suffered from an obstructed blow-hole. Using nothing but his bare hands he unclogged the whales blowhole saving the whale. People like this are what inspired me to become a marine biologist.

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Been studying the ocean for 11 years now

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Who knew how cool seaweed can be?

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Can someone tell me what this is? I saw it in an inlet pond in Hawaii

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[Gulf Coast of North Florida] Crab Species?

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Can someone ID this jelly? Taken near Boston, MA. We typically get moon jellies in the area, people have been spotting lion’s manes, this one doesn’t appear to be either of those... TIA

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Life requires water. The ocean is water. Marine bio is the best bio

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An extremely rare Angular roughshark (Oxynotus centrina). Sometimes known as a pig-faced shark that normally lives up 2,300 feet below the surface, this example was recently spotted by naval officers, floating in the waters at the Darsena Medicea Marina in the town of Portoferraio, island of Elba.

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Can anyone ID this jellyfish? Laguna ojo de Libre, Mexico

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[ID request] I thought this was a dried bramble at first but on closer inspection it appears to be a tenticle with teeth!

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Ocean animals! Can you name them all?

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We were told it’s an upside down jelly fish - is it ??

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Can anyone help identify the species please? Thank you

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Found this down the isle of grain, UK. Any ideas?

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California Sea Lion or Northern Fur Seal

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Art of a hermit crab. I'm very new to digital art so go easy on me lol.

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Can I touch my figure 8 puffers? I know they are poisonous to eat but can I touch them?

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Closest I’ve ever seen a living Portuguese Man-o-war

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Some sort of spider crab?

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What is this creature?

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Believe this is the scapular bone of a common dolphin but would love some help identifying! Found in SE Texas near Port Isabel.

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just wanted to share my coelacanth collection here, my favorite fish ever ❤️

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Let's vote for the face of the majestic orca to become the new flag for Seattle! Raise awareness for these beautiful creatures. Link in comments.

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awesome ocean sunfish!

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i went to some tide pools in the bay area and found this, any thoughts what it is?

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What is this or who did it belong to? Found in Charleston, SC, USA

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Identification assistance

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My Dad found two of these washed up on a beach in Ireland after a storm. Any idea what animal they could be from?

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This was spotted in my country. Can alligator gars survive in saltwater?

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Unpopular Opinion? The Gumboot Chiton is One of the Cutest Marine Inverts in the Sea!

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My biologist friend in Alaska made a thing

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What is this from?

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What is this? It’s about 1/4 the size of a pinkie fingernail and bit my daughter’s foot on a rocky beach in the Pacific Northwest

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Pulling through my last experiment of my grad studies , wish me luck !

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Intertidal Life of the North Atlantic poster

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Here’s one you all may like... hermaphrodite 🦞

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A handful of pyrosomes!

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What is this slug thing in my coloring app?

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Just found this little guy in the bay of the panhandle on the Gulf of Mexico. Is it a snapping shrimp or a real baby lobster.

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what are these? found in pupukea, hawaii

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Help me identify the type of whale from this skull [India]

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Is this a sponge, And any reason why these baby bristle stats like staying on it?

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wondering what these are! from sarasota florida

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Can some help me identify this guy? Sorry not the best picture!

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What is this orange slime like substance secreting out of the starfish?

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Is it possible to identify the shark in this picture? Approx 5-6' long, spotted in the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, VA

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What is this?

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Is it a some type of oarfish (regalecus glesne) or a type of a ribbonfish called trachipterus altivelis aka salmon king or any other fish? Help me pls, I lost sleep at this point

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A very creepy stingray 0_0

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Identification, please!

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Any Idea what this is!?!

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My friend captured this footage in Norway, she tried digging to find it. But it's too fast underneath the sand, what is it?

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We're on a 7 week scientific research mission in the Indian Ocean and pulled up our bait cam to find 30 or so of these little guys. We put all of them safely back but kept one to do genetic sequencing on when we get back to the UK to help document and identify them.

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does anybody know what this is?

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He is a happy, flappy boy!!!

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Identification of this shark

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is this dead coral? found washed up on Papamoa beach NewZealand

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Does anyone know what this is? Found on a beach in southern England

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Wanted to share this pic I took of a nurse shark in Ambergris Caye Belize.

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Skull identification

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