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Pinnipeds are the one big animal a diver can meet on a fourth dive, from a beach, in water shallow enough to stand up in.

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The cliffs here are about 15 metres tall. The Southern Ocean unleashes it power on Broken head at Loch Ard Gorge, Great Ocean Road. #marinelife #ocean #victoria #australia

Hymenaster, Megalodicopia, rock sample
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Oh my that cup coral (the little white circle below the manipulator) is so tiny. I wasn't sure it was alive until it closed. The tentwcles must be no wider than a hair!
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Another of those Black Corals w/ a stalk & brached tip, Farreidae?, Abyssopathes, dead sponge?, Alternatipathes?
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Today's Oarfish comes from king_incarnadine! They love creating surreal works about marine life and creatures of all kinds, big and small, real and fantastical! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Urchin, Mollusc shell, Cladorhizid?, living Mollusc, spone next to Munidopsis
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This is interesting. Stichopathes is the sp. of black coral that I know has a stalked form but I don't think that this is that one b/c of how whispy it is and the way it is branched at the top. Collected.
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Ophiuroid, Sea cucumber with a tiny Polychaete associate, Actinerian?, very small head on this stalked crinoid next to Megalodicopia, Corallamorph, Black coral
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Polychelid, Cerianthid, Hyalonema
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Out of 60,000 European fishing boats, just 638 "mega-industrial" trawlers cause the vast majority of ocean damage and take 80% of subsidies, according to a report by BLOOM today, urging a 108-foot vessel cap.

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@echinoblog.bsky.social a nice Hymenaster for ya. Plus Abyssopathes
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Face finger time! Enypniastes
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Several sponges, Cerianthid, Anemone, Xenophyophore, Munidopsis
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The cliffs are probably 25+ feet high, which makes this splash 40 or 50 ft high. Amazing power on a surfy day.

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I haven't posted a nudibranch for a hot minute! I think this one is Krempf's Phyllidiopsis (Phyllidiopsis krempfi). Pic from Misool, Raja Ampat

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