Invertebrates > Crustaceans
Ward’s Blind Deep-sea Lobster (Thaumastochelopsis wardi) is an extraordinary, highly specialized nephropid decapod inhabiting the bathyal depths of the Coral Sea off northeastern Australia. First described in 1988, this enigmatic crustacean belongs to the rare...
Invertebrates > Rossellidae & Glass Sponges
The Yellow Glass Sponge (Staurocalyptus dowlingi) is an ancient and structurally magnificent hexactinellid sponge flourishing along the cold, nutrient-rich bathyal slopes and fjord drop-offs of the North Pacific Ocean. Shaped like an oversized, hollow yellow urn or...
Fish > Psychrolutidae & Fathead Sculpins
The Grey Blobfish (Psychrolutes microporos) is a renowned and biologically misunderstood deep-sea sculpin inhabiting the immense abyssal depths of the Tasman Sea and southwestern Pacific Ocean. While internet culture famously turned a decompressed specimen into a meme...
