MBARI creates and globally scales the visionary technologies required to explore, map, and understand our changing ocean.
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Explore deep-sea observations with this interactive guide.
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Discover deep-sea critters of all types.
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From a fish with a transparent head to an adorable octopus with webbed arms, MBARI researchers have encountered some captivating creatures in more than three decades of deep-sea research. Meet some of our favorite denizens of the deep and learn about their adaptations to survive in an environment of frigid cold, inky darkness, and crushing pressure.
(Beroe abyssicola)
(Erenna sirena)
(Poeobius meseres)
(family Keratoisididae)
(Phronima sedentaria)
(Macropinna microstoma)
(Gorgonocephalus eucnemis)
(Tiburonia granrojo)
(Lampocteis cruentiventer)
(Swima sp.)
(Paragorgia arborea)
(Rathbunaster californicus)
(Nanomia bijuga)
(order Lophiiformes)
(Atolla sp.)
(Bathyteuthis sp.)
(family Stomiidae)
(Anoplogaster cornuta)
(Opisthoteuthis sp.)
(Stygiomedusa gigantea)
(Colossendeis sp.)
(Riftia pachyptila)
(family Cranchiidae)
(Chondrocladia lyra)
(Heteropolypus ritteri)
(Chauliodus macouni)
(Liponema brevicorne)
(Alvinella pompejana)
(Crossota millsae)
(family Macrouridae)
(Marrus claudanielis)
(Scotoplanes sp.)
(Colobonema sericeum)
(Histioteuthis heteropsis)
(Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
(family Cetomimidae)
(Saccopharynx lavenbergi)
(Apolemia lanosa)