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Jan 31, 2023 · Lanternfishes are the most common and widely distributed deep-sea creatures that comprise over 65% of the deep-sea biomass. This deep-water fish has large eyes, a round head, a large terminal mouth with closely set jaws and rows of tiny teeth, and a thin, compressed body covered with silvery scales and light-producing photophores.
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- Giant Isopod. Deep-sea pressure has churned out this massive "giant isopod"—perhaps somewhat literally. The isopod's disturbing size is just one example of what scientists call "deep-sea gigantism", when animals found deep in the ocean are many times the size of their shallow-water relatives.
- Dumbo Octopus. The odd, adorable, deep-sea "dumbo" octopus is not the name of a single species, but instead refers to an entire genus of umbrella octopuses.
- Faceless Cusk. Before resurfacing during a scientific expedition in 2017, this "faceless fish" had not been documented since the 19th century when it was pulled up by the HMS Challenger.
- Cookiecutter Shark. The namesake of the cookiecutter shark from the crater-like holes the shark takes out of its much larger prey. The bite marks left by this small, rarely-encountered shark are typically the best way scientists have to study the species.
Oct 29, 2012 · We took the spook-tacular celebration to the depths of the ocean, where some of the craziest—and scariest—looking creatures lurk in the dark. Hannah Waters and Emily Frost. October 29, 2012....
The walls, ledges, and bottoms of canyons create a diverse variety of habitats—many of which are steep, and scoured by currents rich in tiny food particles—that enable an array of sea creatures to live there. The rocky ledges are a perfect place for deep sea corals to attach, and the muddy bottom is a soft home for worms and mollusks to burrow.
- The Anglerfish. There’s a good reason why the anglerfish is considered a rather scary fish. From a human perspective, it may very well be one of the ugliest creatures in the known world and one of the scariest deep sea creatures known to man.
- Fangtooth. One of the weirdest deep sea creatures is the fangtooth fish, which has a large jaw that can protrude out into the water. Fangtooths are deep-sea predators.
- Sea Sapphire Copepods. The sea sapphire, also known as the Sapphirina, is a tiny crustacean that is a genus of parasitic copepod. These direct phytoplankton feeders are called “sapphire of the water” due to their iridescent, translucent skin, which causes them to seem to shift colors under different lighting conditions.
- Stoplight Loosejaw. Stoplight loosejaws, members of the dragonfish genus Stomiidae, are some of nature’s most cunning predators. A pair of light-emitting organs located just below each eye gives them their name; these produce green and red lights, respectively, much like a traffic light.
Emmanuel Lafont. The oceans are thought to hold about 2 million species – so far we know less than 250,000 of them (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont) Expeditions to the depths of the oceans have revealed...
A deep-sea community is any community of organisms associated by a shared habitat in the deep sea. Deep sea communities remain largely unexplored, due to the technological and logistical challenges and expense involved in visiting this remote biome.
