marine life

Creatures of depths

Marine life is the collective term for organisms that live in the ocean—from microscopic plankton to whales, from coral to kelp forests.

The phrase encompasses all saltwater species: fish, mammals, invertebrates, and plants.

The oil spill devastated marine life along the coast.

The documentary explores marine life in the deep ocean.

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great white · school of fish · coral · tide pool · fish · mollusks · hydrothermal vents · crustaceans · bioluminescence · octopus · filter feeders · seagrass beds · jellyfish · lagoon · sea creatures · turtle · deep · tentacles

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habitat/environment

marine lifedesert life

Organisms in arid regions

forest wildlife · mountain wildlife · savanna animals · prairie life

water type

marine lifepond life

Organisms inhabiting small pools

freshwater fish · freshwater ecosystems

living status

marine lifemarine debris

Waste in sea environments

dead coral · marine fossils

Family

life, marine

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