Marine Animal Gallery

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Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) at cleaning station at Olowalu Reef on the west side of the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA. The range of this species extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. They are green because of their fat underneath their shell (carapace). As a species recognized as endangered by the IUCN and CITES, Chelonia mydas is protected from exploitation in most countries worldwide. It is illegal to collect, harm or kill individual turtles in the Hawaiian Islands

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Box crab or shame-faced crab, Calappa granulata. Burrows in sand at depths of 13 to 400 m, common at depths of 30 to 150 m. Lives on Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean: from the Sahara to the coast of Portugal and Israel in the Mediterranean. The crab feeds on molluscs and Bivalves. Its large and powerfull formed forceps are well adapted to pick snails apart and are strong enough to crack the shells. The Shame-faced crab is very inactive, sometimes for several days it does not move. It can be found burrowed down in the sand with just obtruding eyes, antennae and upper parts of carapace and forceps. The large forceps will form a breathing cave behind them, thus hampering any sand running in. The crab, in its resting place is well camouflaged, very difficult to spot and it rarely moves. When it moves, it runs upright, straightening its slim legs and is quite quick. To bury itself, it drops down and presses it forceps against the ground, pushing itself backwards into the substrate. Portugal

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Adelie penguin standing on ice formation, Cierva Cove in Hughes Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Lone Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) standing on ice formation at Cierva Cove in Hughes Bay. Adelie Penguins are the smallest of the penguins living on the Antarctica continent. They are about 28 inches tall and weigh about 8 to 9 lbs and have a white belly with a black head and back; Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

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