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Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Image ID: 25648 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica	Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones. Image ID: 33455 Species: Acorn barnacle, Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus Location: San Diego, California, USA	Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones. Image ID: 33473 Species: Acorn barnacle, Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus Location: San Diego, California, USA

Brown pelicans feeding on krill. Image ID: 03171 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico	Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's pink throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Image ID: 25660 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica	A blue whale eating krill. This blue whale is seen feeding and surfacing amid krill with its throat fully engorged with krill and water. It will push the water back out with its tongue, trapping the krill in its baleen which acts like a filter. Aerial photo, Baja California. Image ID: 05837 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus

Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean. Image ID: 02247 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: San Diego, California, USA	Sally Lightfoot crab. Image ID: 01896 Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	Red rock shrimp. Image ID: 08641 Species: Red rock shrimp, Lysmata californica

Cleaner shrimp. Image ID: 09467 Species: Cleaner shrimp, Lysmata amboinensis	Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest. Image ID: 10218 Species: Northern kelp crab, Macrocystis pyrifera, Pugettia producta Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA	Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach. Image ID: 06068 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA

Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach. Image ID: 06077 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA	Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula. Image ID: 07023 Species: Acorn barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus Location: Monterey, California, USA	Krill. Likely Euphausia pacifica. A thin cloud of pink krill gathers at the ocean surface, where it is likely to be preyed upon by sharks, fish, birds and whales. Image ID: 27015 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool. Image ID: 06062 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA	Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool. Image ID: 06065 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA	Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles. Image ID: 16604 Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Krill. A thin cloud of pink krill gathers at the ocean surface, where it is likely to be preyed upon by sharks, fish, birds and whales. Image ID: 27014 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Krill. A thin cloud of pink krill gathers at the ocean surface, where it is likely to be preyed upon by sharks, fish, birds and whales. Likely Euphausia pacifica. Image ID: 27016 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest. Image ID: 10219 Species: Northern kelp crab, Macrocystis pyrifera, Pugettia producta Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA

Spot prawn. Image ID: 12872 Species: Spot prawn, Pandalus platycaros	Spot prawn. Image ID: 12873 Species: Spot prawn, Pandalus platycaros	Spot prawn. Image ID: 12874 Species: Spot prawn, Pandalus platycaros

Spot prawn. Image ID: 12875 Species: Spot prawn, Pandalus platycaros	Spot prawn. Image ID: 12876 Species: Spot prawn, Pandalus platycaros	Hermit crab. Hermit crabs wear shells to protect their soft abdomens, which are asymmetrical and curved to fit the spiral shape of their shell. Like all crabs, hermit crabs are decapods; they have five pairs of legs, including a pair of claws. One claw is much larger than the other, the hermit crab uses it for defense and food shredding while it uses the smaller claw for eating. The second and third pairs of legs help the crab walk, and the last two pairs hold the hermit crab in its shell. Image ID: 13693 Species: Hermit crab, Pagurus

Sheep crab. Image ID: 13996 Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis	Sheep crab. Image ID: 13997 Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis	Sheep crab. Image ID: 13998 Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis