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  Lobster

  Clawed lobsters are large marine crustaceans. They are important as an animal, a business and a food. Lobsters live on rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms from the shoreline to beyond the edge of the ... > more
• Fish
  Fisheries
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Wild Animals
  Zoology
   
  

  Fish

  Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold blooded, covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. Fish are abundant in the sea and in ... > more
• Fish
  Fisheries
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Ecology
  Coral Reefs
   
  

  Environmental effects of fishing

  Environmental impacts of fishing are the ecological changes brought about on the wider environment of the growth in global demand for fish as a food source, and to a lesser extent, for the aquarium ... > more
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  New Species
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Hermit crab

  Hermit crabs are distinct from the true crabs in the infra-order Brachyura. Most hermit crabs salvage empty seashells to shelter and protect their soft abdomens. There are several species of hermit ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Fish
  Endangered Animals
  Sea Life
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  Sea turtle

  Sea turtles are found in all the world's oceans with the exception of the Arctic Ocean, and some species travel between oceans. The Flatback turtle is found solely on the northern coast of Australia. ... > more
• Animals
  Wild Animals
  Mammals
  Fish
  Zoology
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  Carnivore

  A carnivore is an animal that eats a diet consisting mainly of meat, whether it comes from live animals or dead ones (scavenging). Some animals are considered carnivores even if their diets contain ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Fish
  Endangered Animals
  Sea Life
  Cats
  Fisheries
   
  

  Sea Lion

  A sea lion is any of several marine mammals of the family Otariidae. Sea lions are characterized by the presence of external ear pinnae or flaps, long front flippers, and the ability to walk on four ... > more
• Sea Life
  Marine Biology
  Fisheries
  Pests and Parasites
  Invasive Species
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Jellyfish

  Jellyfish are marine invertebrates belonging to the Scyphozoa class, and in turn the phylum Cnidaria. The body of an adult jellyfish is composed of a bell-shaped, jellylike substance enclosing its ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Animals
  Sea Life
  Agriculture and Food
  New Species
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Gastropod shell

  The gastropod shell is an animal shell which is part of the body of a gastropod or snail. It is an external skeleton or exoskeleton, which serves not only for muscle attachment, but also for ... > more
• Fish
  Marine Biology
  New Species
  Geography
  Sea Life
  Ecology Research
   
  

  Krill

  Krill are shrimp-like marine invertebrate animals. These small crustaceans are important organisms of the zooplankton, particularly as food for baleen whales, Mantas, whale sharks, Crabeater seals ... > more

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