When these snails are ready to spawn, they'll settle themselves on high rocks and begin the external fertilization of released eggs. Shaped like a spiral cone, lightfoot snails can range from orange ...

This anemone secretes a toxin that can be harmful to humans. Using its polyp tentacles, mat anemones will catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. They also have a special algae—called ...

Knobby candelabrum have fuzzy, bushy, cylindrical branches that grow from a single base. This coral can be beige, brown, purple or blue.

These sea cucumbers sift through sandy bottom habitats searching for marine debris and other organic matter to eat. In the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, Florida sea cucumbers can ...

Using its tentacles, corky sea fingers will catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. Coral also have a special algae—called zooxanthellae– in their tissues that photosynthesize the sun's ...

Using its polyp tentacles, black sea rods catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. They also have a special algae—called zooxanthellae– in their tissues that photosynthesize the sun's ...

Using special algae—zooxanthellae– in their tissues, angular sea rods use photosynthesis to convert the sun's rays into energy/food. In the shallow waters of the Caribbean Sea, the angular sea whips ...

On average, horn sharks grow to 4 feet (120 centimeters) long. In the eastern Pacific Ocean, horn sharks can be found along continental shelves, rocky reefs, caves and crevices. Horn sharks are brown ...

Using its polyp tentacles, golden colonial anemone catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. They also have a special algae—called zooxanthellae– in their tissues that photosynthesize the ...

Found in grass flats, sandy and rocky bottom habitats, flat claw hermit crabs are common in the Gulf of Mexico. These hermit crabs live in gastropod (single, spiraled shell) shells to protect their ...

These jellyfish have stinging cells in their tentacles that they use to stun their prey and defend themselves from predators. In the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Ocean, thimble jellies can live at ...

Green reef crabs can be found in the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea inhabiting coral reef communities and rocky areas. The green reef crab has eight hairy, brown legs and two ...