#2 Genus Osedax (Phylum: Annelida, Class: Polychaeta, Order: Sabellida, Family: Siboglinidae) BONEZ1!! WE WANTZ UR BONEZ!! Perhaps the scariest deep sea creature, Osedax (latin for…
#3 Family Cladorhizidae (Phylum: Porifera, Class: Demospongiae , Order: Poecilosclerida) The number three slot is taken over by sponges that are not just happy with…
#4 Gold-Footed or Scaly Foot Snail (Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda, Order Neomphalina, tentatively Crysomallon squamiferum) Hydrothermal vents possess a molluscan fauna that is both unique…
#5 Species from the family Opisthoproctidae (Phylum: Chordata, Class: Actinopterygii, Order: Osmeriformes) These fish are so cool they could be invertebrates. First is that lovely…
#6: Colossendeis spp. (Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Pycnogonida, Order: Pantopoda, Family: Colossendeidae) Don’t let the “spider” moniker fool you. These guys are a far cry from…
#7: Megalodicopia hians (Phylum: Chordata, Class: Ascidiacea , Order: Phlebobranchia, Family: Octacnemidae) This tunicate post is dedicated to Miriam. Those invertebrate sacs are one of…
#8: Erenna sp. (Phylum: Cnidaria, Class: Hydrozoa, Order: Siphonophorae, Family:Agalmatidae ) Roxanne..You don’t have to put on the red light..Those days are over…You don’t have…
Fending off a sneak attack by the wily isopod.#9 Bathynomus giganteus (Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Malacostraca, Order: Isopoda, Family: Cirolinidae) Beware the giant isopod. When it…
You have to go to Echinoblog for #10 because who better to write about echinoderms than Doc Echinoderm. The quick and dirty of why these…
#11 Euplectella sp (Phylum: Porifera, Class: Hexactenellida, Family: Euplectellidae) [This Post is brought to you by Amanda Kahn a graduate student at Moss Landing Marine…