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sea squirt

(Encyclopedia)sea squirt: see tunicate.

(Encyclopedia)Barents Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean, N of Norway and European Russia, partially enclosed by Franz Josef Land on the north, Novaya Zemlya on the east, and Svalbard on the west. Its waters are warmed b...

sea gooseberry

(Encyclopedia)sea gooseberry, common name for some members of the phylum Ctenophora, whose members are also called comb jellies. ...

sea walnut

(Encyclopedia)sea walnut, common name for some members of the phylum Ctenophora, whose members are also called comb jellies. ...

Greenland Sea

(Encyclopedia)Greenland Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean, off the northeast coast of Greenland between Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island. It is the main outlet of the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic. Because of drifting arcti...

sea lettuce

(Encyclopedia)sea lettuce, common name for algal species of the genus Ulva. See seaweed; Chlorophyta. ...

Marmara, Sea of

(Encyclopedia)Marmara, Sea of, or Sea of Marmora, c.4,430 sq mi (11,474 sq km), NW Turkey, between Europe in the north and Asia in the south. The Sea of Marmara, c.175 mi (280 km) long and 50 mi (80 km) wide, is co...

Azov, Sea of

(Encyclopedia)Azov, Sea of, Gr. Maiotis, Lat. Palus Maeotis, ancient Rus. Surozhskoye, northern arm of the Black Sea, c.14,000 sq mi (36,300 sq km), shared by S European Russia and E Ukraine. The shallow sea (maxim...