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Hundreds to thousands of tiny crustaceans live on each right whale, eating algae that settles on their skin.
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Whale Lice

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Close-up photograph of a large red cuttlefish.
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Australian Giant Cuttlefish

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A hermit crab looks out from its coral dwelling in the waters of Japan's Ogasawara Islands.
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Coral Hermit Crab

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Home is where the hull is: Since the dawn of seafaring, humankind has had to deal with pesky creatures, such as barnacles, that “foul” ship hulls and boat propellers like this one.
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Boat Propeller Fouled With Barnacles

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a dumbo octopus in the deep ocean
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The Dumbo Octopus: An Underwater Dance

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an upside down scuba diver
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Building Good Mussels

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A close-up of tiny teeth on the common whelk's radula.
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A Snail's Rainbow Radula

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Lacy Crust Bryozoans
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Lacy Crust Bryozoan

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UV light illuminates growth rings in a cross-section of 44-year-old Primnoa resedaformis coral found about 400 m (1,312 ft) deep off Newfoundland.
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Coral Growth Rings

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This small sea star, little more than an inch across, is orange on top and whitish underneath.
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Little Sea Star

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This new species of squid (Magnapinna sp.) was discovered in 1954 in the stomach of a lancetfish.
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Bigfin Squid Specimen

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Photo of a mantis shrimp
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Mantis Shrimp Carries Eggs

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