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Marine · Fauna

Habitat

Marine

Tropical and warm-temperate surface waters.

Octopus among rocks (aquarium photograph used as a cephalopod visual reference)

Giant Pacific octopus

Enteroctopus dofleini

Invertebrate · Carnivore · Marine

Giant squid specimen photographed in Ranheim

Giant squid

Architeuthis dux

Invertebrate · Carnivore · Marine

Great white shark swimming near the surface

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Fish · Carnivore · Marine

Green sea turtle swimming over a Hawaiian reef

Green sea turtle

Chelonia mydas

Reptile · Herbivore · Marine

Blue whale tail fluke above the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka

Blue whale

Balaenoptera musculus

Mammal · Filter feeder · Marine

Whale shark swimming in an aquarium exhibit

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Fish · Filter feeder · Marine