Hooked Anglerfish

Fish > Lophiiformes

The Hooked Anglerfish (Lasiognathus amphirhamphus) is one of the most bizarrely specialized vertebrates on the planet. Belonging to the deep-sea ceratioid family Thaumatichthyidae, this bathypelagic wonder possesses a modified dorsal fishing rod that comes complete...

Immortal Jellyfish

Invertebrates > Cnidaria

The Immortal Jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) is a tiny hydrozoan medusa famous in cellular biology as the only known metazoan organism capable of achieving true biological immortality. When confronted with physical trauma, starvation, or aging, this miniature marine...

Spinoloricus cinziae

Invertebrates > Loriciferans

Spinoloricus cinziae is a groundbreaking, microscopic marine metazoan described in 2010 that revolutionized evolutionary biology as one of the first multi-cellular animal species ever discovered capable of living and reproducing entirely without oxygen. Inhabiting the...

Kew Bug

Invertebrates > Flatworms

The Kew Bug (Bipalium kewense), commonly designated as the hammerhead flatworm or broadhead planarian, is an extraordinary terrestrial predatory flatworm native to Southeast Asia that has successfully colonized gardens, greenhouses, and humid forests worldwide. First...

Milnesium Tardigrade

Invertebrates > Tardigrades

The Milnesium Tardigrade (Milnesium tardigradum), universally celebrated under the moniker ‘water bear’ or ‘moss piglet,’ is a cosmopolitan microscopic ecdysozoan animal belonging to the class Eutardigrada. Globally celebrated throughout...