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Mixed Plankton
In this sample from the Great Barrier Reef there are larval worms, fish eggs, acanthometra, foraminiferans, larval sea cucumbers, chain diatoms, and a crab larva.
Photo: Peter Parks © 2001 by Image Quest 3-D


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