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🌎🌊Happy #WorldOceansDay!🌊🌎

  • Acoel: β˜€οΈ-powered marine flatworm 4
  • Six-rayed sea star: Super mom πŸ‘ΆπŸ‘Ά 4
  • Sand piranha: πŸ”ͺHooks+mandibles 🩸 3
  • Corals: Release bundles of sperm+πŸ₯šπŸ₯š 0
  • 2025-06-07
  • 11 votes
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Hey Deep Peeps! What’s YOUR favorite recent Deep Look ocean critter episode?  If you don’t see one you like, check out our Life Aquatic playlist and let us know your fave in the comments.

Acoels are marine flatworms that are packed with stem cells. If an acoel is cut in half, the top half will quickly grow a new tail. (Josh Cassidy/KQED)

Six-rayed sea star moms brood their young, keeping them safe as they develop from eggs into tiny snowflake-shaped juveniles that venture out on their own. (Josh Cassidy/KQED)

A sand piranha (Excirolana chiltoni) taking a bite out of a beachgoer in Santa Barbara, California. (Mark Romanov/KQED)

Coral is made up of tiny individual animals called polyps. Each polyp has a soft body, a mouth and tentacles. Coral polyps release bundles of egg and sperm that float to the surface.  (Josh Cassidy/KQED)

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