Giant Antarctic Octopus

Invertebrates > Cephalopods

Inhabiting the freezing, supercooled marine waters of the Southern Ocean, the Giant Antarctic Octopus (Megaleledone setebos) is the largest and most robust cephalopod dwelling on the Antarctic continental shelf. Reaching arm spans exceeding three feet, this...

Kobyliansky’s Deepsea Smelt

Fish > Deep-Sea Fishes

Kobyliansky’s Deepsea Smelt (Bathylagichthys kobylianskyi) is an enigmatic, large-eyed argentiniform fish native to the freezing, lightless mesopelagic depths of the Southern Ocean. Named in honor of Russian ichthyologist Stanislav Kobyliansky, this deep-water...

Antarctic Stone Crab

Invertebrates > Decapods

The Antarctic Stone Crab (Paralomis birsteini) is a heavily armored deep-sea lithodid crustacean inhabiting the frigid continental slopes surrounding Antarctica. For tens of millions of years, the sub-zero waters of the shallow Antarctic shelf excluded bone-crushing...

Human-toothed Squid

Invertebrates > Cephalopods

The Human-toothed Squid (Promachoteuthis sulcus) is one of the most surreal and viral biological discoveries of modern cephalopod research. Discovered during deep-sea research trawls conducted by the German research vessel Walther Herwig in the southern Atlantic Ocean...

Southern Stoplight Loosejaw

Fish > Deep-Sea Fish

The Southern Stoplight Loosejaw (Malacosteus australis) is one of the most astonishing predatory organisms lurking in the oceanic twilight zone. Roaming the perpetual pitch-black depths of the Southern Ocean, this deep-sea dragonfish possesses a superpower shared by...