Giant Tube Worms
These colonies of sea worms live near hydro thermal vents (openings on the ocean floor) and are able to
survive the poisonous gases that spew out from them.
Six-Gill Shark
Lives on the ocean floor by day, then rises to the sea's surface by
night, in search of food.
Vampire Squid
This ocean resident gets its name from the cloak-like appearance of its webbed arms when open.
Glowing Jellyfish
The bright red sea creature has horseshoe-shaped anchors and prominent pads on its outer
tentacles.
The Blue Sea Squirt looks like a bouquet of iridescent slinkies. It lives on dead coral, and filters nutrients from water passing by. The
creature was first described in 1904.
Ubiquitous Crustacean
This crustacean, first discovered in 1905, inhabits oceans from South Africa all the way to Japan. It
is often found in shallow waters and prefers sandy seabeds littered with broken shells and dead
coral.
Pelagic Sea Hare
This colorful sea slug was first discovered in 1825 off the coast of New Guinea by French naturalists. The Stylocheilus
longicauda lives in warm waters amidst brown algae and rarely ventures close to shore.