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 Red hake swims into view, in search of small crustaceans |
 A close perspective of the benthos as a hermit crab walks into view |
 A common mark on the longhorn sculpin is 4 dark bands on the dorsal side |
 A small decorator crab feeds off the body of this sea cucumber |
 Red hake uses its modified ventral fins to search for prey |
 A snail scavenges the seafloor using a siphon to sample the surrounding water |
 A big skate, also known as a winter skate, can grow up to 3 feet long |
 Dense aggregation of tube-dwelling polychaetes cover the seafloor |
 Hermit crabs gather to feed on a dead skate |
 Atlantic cod drifts with the bottom current along a bed of shell hash |
 Dense aggregation of mysid shrimp feeding on phytoplankton in the water column |
 Goosefish rests motionless on bottom, waiting for prey to be lured by mysid shrimp |
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