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Category: Animal of the Deep

Deep-sea anglerfish

Food is scarce in the ocean’s midnight zone, so the deep-sea anglerfish waves a luminescent lure to attract a meal.

Bloody-belly comb jelly

The bloody-belly comb jelly’s deep red color disguises it in the ocean’s midnight zone.

Vampire squid

The vampire squid is an ancient cephalopod that dines on bits of organic material sinking through the ocean’s twilight zone.

Barreleye fish

The barreleye fish has a transparent head and tubular eyes.

Harp sponge

The harp sponge may sound angelic, but it is a carnivorous deep-sea predator.

Whiptail gulper eel

Food is scarce in the deep sea, so a gulper eel’s oversized mouth helps it swallow any morsel of food—big or small—that it comes across.

Big red jelly

The big red jelly lurks in the ocean’s mysterious midwaters.

Rattail fish

Super senses help a rattail fish thrive in darkness.

Angler siphonophore

The angler siphonophore fishes for its meals.

Giant sea spider

The giant sea spider has eight long, lanky legs that make it easy to move along the deep seafloor.