译言网 | 组图：绚丽多彩的海洋生物

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• 001.白色海葵和海星

• 图片来源： Jens Troeger, My Shot

  
  
• 不列颠哥伦比亚外海域的白色海葵一直与海星为伴。海葵是无脊椎动物，有一千多个品种。它和陆地生物银莲花一样，得名于它的华丽。
  
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这是一群在墨西哥附近海底游泳的成熟蓝吊。蓝吊是一种热带鱼，大量生活在加勒比海域，常常成群结队地绕着珊瑚礁游动。蓝吊成熟后，其颜色会从亮黄色转变为深蓝灰色或紫色。

图片来源： Wolcott Henry

一只呆在海葵带刺触须家中的小丑鱼。海葵的触须保护这种显眼的彩色礁居者及其鱼卵免遭入侵者伤害。出于互惠互利联盟的约束，小丑鱼一生与宿主海葵生活在一起，很少游出超过它们几米的地方。

图片来源：Glen Weierbach, My Shot

这只超凡脱俗的富贵虾摄于印度尼西亚的蓝碧海峡海域。这种虾以能粉碎玻璃的力量粉碎猎物，并以粉碎的猎物为食。据说，它那刺人的鼓眼睛是自然界最复杂的眼睛。

006.花帽水母

图片来源： e-Photography/Chijimatsu/SeaPics.com 

看起来它很迷人，不过，罕见花帽水母的紫顶尖可能会发出令人痛苦的刺。这种水母出现在巴西、阿根廷和日本南部，它的触须能够卷起，也能放开，用来捕捉小鱼和其它食物。

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  White Anemone and Sea Star

  Photograph by Jens Troeger, My Shot

  Thecreatures that inhabit the world’s oceans run the full spectrumof colors—often in intricate patterns, advanced camouflage, andvarying degrees of transparency.

  Here, a white sea anemone keepscompany with a sea star in the waters off British Columbia. There aremore than a thousand sea anemone species. The invertebrate takes itsname from the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower.

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  Blue Tang

  Photograph by Jeff Haines, My Shot

  Adultblue tangs swim close to the ocean floor near Mexico. A species ofsurgeonfish, the blue tang is abundant in the waters of the Caribbean,often schooling around coral reefs. As they mature, the tangs' colorprogresses from bright yellow to a deep bluish-gray or purple.

• Clownfish and Anemone

  Photograph by Wolcott Henry

  Aclownfish is at home between the stinging tentacles of an anemone,which protects the boldly colored reef dweller and its eggs fromintruders. Bound in an alliance of mutual benefit, clownfish spendtheir entire lives with their host anemones, rarely straying more thana few yards from them.

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  Mantis Shrimp

  Photograph by Glen Weierbach, My Shot

  Thisotherworldly creature, a mantis shrimp, was photographed in the watersof Indonesia's Lembeh Strait. The shrimp feeds by smashing open itsprey with a force that can break a pane of glass, and its dartingbulbous eyes are thought to be the most complex in nature.

• Regal Angelfish

  Photograph by Tim Laman

  Aregal angelfish attracts the eye with alternating bands of strikingcolor on its body and fins. The solitary reef fish often travels aloneor in pairs and favors a diet of sponges and sea squirts.

图片来源： Oriana Poindexter, My Shot

海葵外形与向日葵相似，貌似善良，是珊瑚虫和水母的近亲，有螫刺。它一生大部分时间都在等待经过的鱼类靠近，再用它充满毒汁的触须捕捉。

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  White Anemone and Sea Star

  Photograph by Jens Troeger, My Shot

  Thecreatures that inhabit the world’s oceans run the full spectrumof colors—often in intricate patterns, advanced camouflage, andvarying degrees of transparency.

  Here, a white sea anemone keepscompany with a sea star in the waters off British Columbia. There aremore than a thousand sea anemone species. The invertebrate takes itsname from the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower.

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  Blue Tang

  Photograph by Jeff Haines, My Shot

  Adultblue tangs swim close to the ocean floor near Mexico. A species ofsurgeonfish, the blue tang is abundant in the waters of the Caribbean,often schooling around coral reefs. As they mature, the tangs' colorprogresses from bright yellow to a deep bluish-gray or purple.

• Clownfish and Anemone

  Photograph by Wolcott Henry

  Aclownfish is at home between the stinging tentacles of an anemone,which protects the boldly colored reef dweller and its eggs fromintruders. Bound in an alliance of mutual benefit, clownfish spendtheir entire lives with their host anemones, rarely straying more thana few yards from them.

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  Mantis Shrimp

  Photograph by Glen Weierbach, My Shot

  Thisotherworldly creature, a mantis shrimp, was photographed in the watersof Indonesia's Lembeh Strait. The shrimp feeds by smashing open itsprey with a force that can break a pane of glass, and its dartingbulbous eyes are thought to be the most complex in nature.

• Regal Angelfish

  Photograph by Tim Laman

  Aregal angelfish attracts the eye with alternating bands of strikingcolor on its body and fins. The solitary reef fish often travels aloneor in pairs and favors a diet of sponges and sea squirts.

• Flower Hat Jelly

  Photograph by e-Photography/Chijimatsu/SeaPics.com

  Itmight be alluring, but a rare flower hat jelly’s lilac-tippedfringe can deliver a painful sting. Found off Brazil, Argentina, andsouthern Japan, the jelly’s tentacles can coil and uncoil and areused to capture small fish and other food.

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008.海星

图片来源： Paul Nicklen

海星实际上是棘皮动物，和海胆和饼海胆是近亲。世界各地的海洋中有约2000种海星。其中许多都披着眩目的色彩，为自己提供保护或警示捕食者。

009.圣诞树蠕虫

图片来源：Jean Kunzelman, My Shot

圣诞树蠕虫在珊瑚礁栖息地庇护一只虾虎鱼（左）。珊瑚礁在热带海洋清澈的浅水海岸水域生长旺盛。

图片来源：Mike Theiss

在世界各地的热带珊瑚礁内外生活着大量的鹦嘴鱼。它们的一生中会改变形状、颜色，甚至性别。

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  White Anemone and Sea Star

  Photograph by Jens Troeger, My Shot

  Thecreatures that inhabit the world’s oceans run the full spectrumof colors—often in intricate patterns, advanced camouflage, andvarying degrees of transparency.

  Here, a white sea anemone keepscompany with a sea star in the waters off British Columbia. There aremore than a thousand sea anemone species. The invertebrate takes itsname from the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower.

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  Blue Tang

  Photograph by Jeff Haines, My Shot

  Adultblue tangs swim close to the ocean floor near Mexico. A species ofsurgeonfish, the blue tang is abundant in the waters of the Caribbean,often schooling around coral reefs. As they mature, the tangs' colorprogresses from bright yellow to a deep bluish-gray or purple.

• Clownfish and Anemone

  Photograph by Wolcott Henry

  Aclownfish is at home between the stinging tentacles of an anemone,which protects the boldly colored reef dweller and its eggs fromintruders. Bound in an alliance of mutual benefit, clownfish spendtheir entire lives with their host anemones, rarely straying more thana few yards from them.

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  Mantis Shrimp

  Photograph by Glen Weierbach, My Shot

  Thisotherworldly creature, a mantis shrimp, was photographed in the watersof Indonesia's Lembeh Strait. The shrimp feeds by smashing open itsprey with a force that can break a pane of glass, and its dartingbulbous eyes are thought to be the most complex in nature.

• Regal Angelfish

  Photograph by Tim Laman

  Aregal angelfish attracts the eye with alternating bands of strikingcolor on its body and fins. The solitary reef fish often travels aloneor in pairs and favors a diet of sponges and sea squirts.

• Flower Hat Jelly

  Photograph by e-Photography/Chijimatsu/SeaPics.com

  Itmight be alluring, but a rare flower hat jelly’s lilac-tippedfringe can deliver a painful sting. Found off Brazil, Argentina, andsouthern Japan, the jelly’s tentacles can coil and uncoil and areused to capture small fish and other food.

• Sea Anemone

  Photograph by Oriana Poindexter, My Shot

  Resemblinga sunflower, a sea anemone appears deceptively benign. A close relativeof coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most oftheir time waiting for fish to pass close enough to get ensnared intheir venom-filled tentacles.

• Sea Stars

  Photograph by Paul Nicklen

  Popularlyknown as starfish, sea stars are actually echinoderms, closely relatedto sea urchins and sand dollars. There are some 2,000 species of seastars living in the world’s oceans, and many wear striking colorsthat provide camouflage or warn off predators.

• Christmas Tree Worms

  Photograph by Jean Kunzelman, My Shot

  Christmastree worms shelter a goby (at left) in their coral reef habitat. Coralreefs thrive in the clear, shallow coastal waters of tropical seas.

• Lined Chiton

  Photograph by George Grall

  Atype of mollusk, the lined chiton has colorful lines on its valves andwhite or yellow spots or bands on its girdle. The chiton’s pinkbackground camouflages it from predators as it feeds on coralline algae.

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012.交配中的海蛞蝓

图片来源：David Doubilet

交配中的海蛞蝓明亮鲜明的色彩向潜在的捕食者提出警告：它们的肉有毒，难吃。海蛞蝓生活在珊瑚礁和深海，具有雄性和雌性器官，能相互授精，也都能产卵。