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Types of sea Creatures

Angler​
Angler​

The deep sea anglerfish is one of the most bizarre-looking fish in the sea. Known scientifically as Melanocetus johnsoni, it is also one of the best-known creatures of the deep. It is one of about 200 species of anglerfish found throughout the world's oceans.

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Bathynomus ​Affinis​
Bathynomus ​Affinis​

A giant isopod is any of the almost 20 species of large isopods (crustaceans distantly related to shrimp and crabs, which are decapods) in the genus Bathynomus. They are abundant in the cold, deep waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Bathynomus ​Decemspinosus​
Bathynomus ​Decemspinosus​

Bathynomus can be divided into "giant" species where the adults generally are between 8 and 15 centimetres (3.1 and 5.9 in) long and "supergiant" species where the adults generally are between 17 and 50 centimetres (6.7 and 19.7 in).

Bathynomus ​Doederleinii​
Bathynomus ​Doederleinii​

Although Bathynomus have been recorded in water as warm as 20 °C (68 °F), they are primarily found in much colder places. For example, during a survey of the deep sea fauna of Exuma Sound in The Bahamas, B. giganteus was found to be common in water between 3.25 and 13 °C (37.8 and 55.4 °F), but more abundant towards the lower temperature.

Chauliodus ​Danae​
Chauliodus ​Danae​

Viperfish are characterized by long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws. A typical viperfish grows to lengths of 30 to 60 cm (12 to 23.5 in). Viperfish stay near lower depths (250–5,000 feet [80–1,520 m]) in the daytime and shallower depths at night, primarily in tropical and temperate waters.

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Coffinfish​
Coffinfish​

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Ctenophora ​Flaveolata​
Ctenophora ​Flaveolata​

Ctenophora (/ t ɪ ˈ n ɒ f ər ə /; singular ctenophore, / ˈ t ɛ n ə f ɔːr / or / ˈ t iː n ə f ɔːr /; from the Greek κτείς kteis 'comb' and φέρω pherō 'to carry'; commonly known as comb jellies) is a phylum of invertebrate animals that live in marine waters worldwide.

Ctenophora ​Ornata​
Ctenophora ​Ornata​

Ctenophora (/ t ɪ ˈ n ɒ f ər ə /; singular ctenophore, / ˈ t ɛ n ə f ɔːr / or / ˈ t iː n ə f ɔːr /; from the Greek κτείς kteis 'comb' and φέρω pherō 'to carry'; commonly known as comb jellies) is a phylum of invertebrate animals that live in marine waters worldwide.

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Fangtooth​
Fangtooth​

Fangtooth Facts You might have thought that the fangtooth is a real-life deep sea monster you saw in a certain sci-fi movie, but it really isn't. The size of about 7 inches (18 cm) makes it basically harmless to humans, but nevertheless, fangtooth is a fierce hunter.

Giant Isopod​
Giant Isopod​

Giant Isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) Looking like it just crawled out of a bad science fiction movie, the giant isopod is without a doubt one of the strangest creatures found in the deep sea.

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Nymphon ​Residuum​
Nymphon ​Residuum​

This sea-spider feeds on a variety of animals, such as small marine worms, sea-anemones and whelk egg-capsules .Individuals migrate to the sublittoral zone during the winter breeding season.. The sexes are separate, and males and females cling together during fertilisation.

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Pacific ​Viperfish​
Pacific ​Viperfish​

Pacific Viperfish is a well known deep sea species and also one among the most unusual-looking fishes. Viperfish is considered as a very fierce predator and this fish has a characteristic large mouth as well as fang-like teeth that are very sharp.

Pelican eel​
Pelican eel​

The gulper eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) is a deep-sea fish rarely seen by humans, though it is occasionally caught in fishing nets. It is an eel-like fish and the only known member of the genus Eurypharynx and the family Eurypharyngidae.

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Riftia ​Pachyptila​
Riftia ​Pachyptila​

Riftia pachyptila, commonly known as giant tube worms, are marine invertebrates in the phylum Annelida (formerly grouped in phylum Pogonophora and Vestimentifera) related to tube worms commonly found in the intertidal and pelagic zones.

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Sloane's ​Viperfish​
Sloane's ​Viperfish​

Sloane’s viperfish (Chauliodus sloani) is a predatory, mesopelagic dragonfish found in deep-pelagic waters across the world. The species was first described by German scientists Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in their 1801 book Systema ichthyologiae: iconibus CX illustratum, volume 1.

Vampire ​Squid​
Vampire ​Squid​

Vampire squid Tweet A sole survivor in Vampiromorphyda order, vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) is a living fossil that has remained basically unchanged since the age of dinosaurs, over 3 million years ago. Originally discovered in 1903, it was named the vampire squid from hell although it actually isn’t neither a vampire nor a squid.