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Scientists Marvel at Sea Life Miles Deep
_Off the coast of New Jersey, 20 million fish swarming in a school the size of Manhattan.
_Finding alive and well, in the Coral Sea, the type of shrimp called Neoglyphea neocaledonica, thought to have disappeared millions of years ago. Researchers nicknamed it the Jurassic shrimp.
  In this undated file photo provided by Census of Marine Life, a deepwater copepod, Eaugaptilis hyperboreus, bearing its eggs, is shown. Researchers say they are finding rich diversity in the sea while working on a census of marine life. (AP Photo/Census of Marine Life/ Russ Hopcroft, File) (Russ Hopcroft - AP) 
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_Satellite tracking of tagged sooty shearwaters, small birds, that mapped the birds' 43,500-mile search for food in a giant figure eight over the Pacific Ocean, from New Zealand via Polynesia to foraging grounds in Japan, Alaska and California and then back. The birds averaged a surprising 217 miles daily. In some cases, a breeding pair made the entire journey together.
_A new find, a 4-pound rock lobster discovered off Madagascar.
_A single-cell creature big enough to see, in the Nazare Canyon off Portugal. The fragile new species was found 14,000 feet deep. It is enclosed within a plate-like shell, four-tenths of an inch in diameter, composed of mineral grains.
_A new type of crab with a furry appearance, near Easter Island. It was so unusual it warranted a whole new family designation, Kiwaidae, named for Kiwa, the Polynesian goddess of shellfish. Its furry appearance justified its species name, hirsuta, meaning hairy.
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Associated Press writer John Heilprin contributed to this report.
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