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Details: Zebra sharks get their name from the coloration they exhibit as juveniles. Juvenile zebra sharks have brown and white stripes, but as they get older, their pattern lightens to become tan with ...

Bonnethead sharks are the smallest member of the hammerhead shark family. Bonnethead sharks live in the warm coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and off the Pacific ...

Details: Peppermint shrimp are bright red and white, which helps them camouflage on coral reefs. But don’t be fooled—they don’t taste like peppermint! These shrimp clean parasites and dead skin from ...

Details: Long-armed hermit crabs can be white, green, gray or brown in color depending on their environment. This hermit crab has long arms, the right claw bigger in size than the left. Like many ...

Details: Unlike many other corals, artichoke corals are solitary, meaning they do not form large colonies of many polyps. Artichoke corals thrive in a variety of environments from shallow reefs to ...

Slate-pencil sea urchins are nocturnal feeders, meaning they hunt at night for their food. These urchins are orange-red with pencil-like spines all over. They use these spines to defend themselves, ...

Peninsula newts can grow up to 4.88 inches (12.4 centimeters) long. In Florida's peninsula, these newts can be found in small bodies of freshwater like ponds, ditches, marshes and lakes. Peninsula ...

The black tegula can carry other mollusks as "hitchhikers!" For example, a type of limpet rides on the black tegula's shell and eats the microscopic algae growing there. These snails can be found from ...

Details: Lesser starlet coral grows in small mounds or encrusting sheets. Each corallite is shaped like a small star, giving this coral its name. The surface color of this coral varies, with shades ...

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Details: Adult princess parrotfish are mostly blue, with a patch of bright yellow near their pectoral fins. Their dorsal fins have a stripe of aqua and orange, with an orange stripe on the top and ...