Fish > Anglerfishes & Himantolophidae
The Pacific Footballfish (Himantolophus sagamius) is an extraordinary deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish that haunts the eternal, frigid gloom of the North Pacific abyss. Featuring an almost perfectly globular, soccer-ball-shaped body studded with armored dermal bucklers...
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...
Invertebrates > Cranchiidae & Glass Squids
The Boreal Glass Squid (Taonius borealis) is an enchanting and otherworldly cephalopod inhabiting the cold, dark waters of the subarctic North Pacific Ocean. Belonging to the glass squid family Cranchiidae, this creature is celebrated for its near-total optical...
