Mysteries to Behold in the Dark Down Deep: Seadevils and Species Unknown

From “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss” by Claire Nouvian/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

SUBMARINERS Dumbo octopus from the Monterey Bay’s floor.

From “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss” by Claire Nouvian/David Shale

A fanfin seadevil.

From “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss” by Claire Nouvian/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

A Ping-Pong tree sponge.

	From “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss” by Claire Nouvian/Steven Haddock
	An as yet unidentified species

From “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss” by Claire Nouvian/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

A Dumbo octopus.

From “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss” by Claire Nouvian/Kevin Raskoff

A Marrus orthocanna, a deep-sea siphonophore related to the jellyfish.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/science/22deep.html?hp