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Plants and animals that live in the world's oceans.

The ocean covers 71% of the Earth, and yet we know virtually nothing about it. What is the bloop? What lurks in the darkness among the anglers and the vampire squid? If you find something cool, interesting, bizarre - anything that is related to the ocean that sparks your interest - please, mention it here.


/r/oceans also shares news, information and conservation articles about the ocean, so check it out if you're interested!


Related subreddits:

/r/elephantseals

/r/Seacows

/r/whales

/r/oceans

External links:

Plants -

Aquatic Plant Information Retrieval System

AlgaeBase

Fish -

Catalog of Fishes Online

FAO FishFinder

FishBase

FishOnline

Project Seahorse

World Fish Center

Mammals -

Dutch Whale Strandings

Seal Conservation Society

Sirenian International

Regional -

Port Phillip Taxonomy Toolkit

Wetlands -

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Wetlands International

Conservation -

MarBEF

Ocean Conservancy

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FALSE KILLER WHALE ─ The Fierce Doppelgänger of the Mighty Orca

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2023/09/25
13:55 UTC

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Found on the shore of the Pacific Ocean of Whidbey Island, Washington. Can anyone identify this?

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2023/09/10
15:22 UTC

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Quality fish in Flamingo Everglades - Cape Sable Beach - Tarpon, Snook, Trout, & Jacks on a Hewes 18

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2023/08/12
17:57 UTC

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An amazing cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) skeleton and one of about 240 known species classified in the stingray suborder Myliobatoidei. This skeleton shows the bilaterally symmetric framework that enables their benthic and/or pelagic life histories. 📷: Steve Huskey

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2023/07/30
18:52 UTC

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what is this? baby anemone???

found in the sea in tadoussac, quebec, canada. it's only in the glass so I could get a time-lapse to see if it moved.

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2023/07/30
02:37 UTC

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Offshore from Alaska, NOAA is mapping new areas of the seafloor. A bonus of such exploration is discovering displays of ecology and biodiversity. From Glacier Bay National Park, here are sea anemones and soft corals that are called red tree corals, 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘯𝘰𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢. 📷: NOAA

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2023/07/20
19:07 UTC

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Any advice when trying to help small beached animals?

I’m not super familiar with ocean life and am a bit new to living anywhere near an ocean (Midwest moved to Southern California). On a visit to the beach yesterday I found a sea hare that had gotten caught on the beach while the tide was going out. It seemed to be alive (though clearly in distress) I tried my best to get it near some rocks with algae on them where waves were still coming up and there might be a bit of shade. Would it have been better to just throw it as far as possible into the water? If I run into this situation again, what’s the best way to help?

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2023/07/20
15:23 UTC

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Help identifying small sea creatures?

Can anyone tell me what these are? Between about 5 and 12mm in length, found last night on a beach in Nova Scotia, packed on to many pieces of seaweed and small driftwood... are they baby something's?

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2023/07/19
11:12 UTC

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Wreck Fishing in Flamingo Everglades on our 18 Hewes Redfisher - Permit, Goliath Grouper and Jacks

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2023/07/10
21:51 UTC

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Hydrothermal vent associated gastropods (A–D) 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘰𝘢𝘦 (Calliostomatidae), (E–J) 𝘈𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘺𝘰𝘢𝘦 (Muricidae), (E–H) Specimen #1, (I, J) Specimen #2. Scale bars: (A–D) 1 cm (.4 in), (E–J) 0.5 cm (.2 in) 📷 https://peerj.com/articles/4121/

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2023/07/10
07:24 UTC

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Manta Ray NIGHT Snorkeling Tour || Big Island, Kona Hawaii

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2023/07/07
01:33 UTC

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Weird worm like creature in redondo beach Marina

There were tons of them the other night. Probably a foot or two long. Any ideas on what this is?

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2023/07/05
04:43 UTC

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Unidentified fish

Found this fish in the rockpools of rhos on sea, north wales a little while back, still not able to figure out what specie it was. Anyone got a clue? Thanks for any help in advance.

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2023/06/24
17:33 UTC

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Seahorses are no ordinary fathers. They gestate eggs in their special pouch and give birth to live young.

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2023/06/18
15:15 UTC

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Meet the spiky superheroes of the ocean: sea stars and sea urchins!

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2023/06/14
13:57 UTC

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Purple-colored and found in the Pacific, the 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵 (𝘕𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴) is without scales and instead has dermal spinules visible around the head of this deep-water frogfish. 📷: http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2017/11/nudiantennarius.html

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2023/06/12
22:50 UTC

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Can anyone identify this thing found on a Connecticut beach in early June?

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2023/06/11
15:56 UTC

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Sharks Are Back In Abundance: Why That Signals Healthier Oceans

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2023/06/08
14:01 UTC

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