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Comb jellies (such as this Bolinopsis species) are named for their combs: the rows of cilia lining their bodies that propel them through the ocean.
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Ctenophore Combs - Close Up

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Stephanocyathus (A.) spiniger, a solitary, deep-water stony coral species, has six long spines that slow it from sinking into soft substrates.
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Solitary Deep-water Corals

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A brilliant red octopus photographed at more than 8,800 feet (about 2,700 meters) in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Deep Water Octopus in the Gulf of Mexico

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A zoomed-in image of the crown-of-thorns sea star.
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Acanthaster planci

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A sea toad from the deep waters off of Curacao.
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Collections from Curaçao

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A purple, white and black spotted cleaner shrimp sits on an anemone.
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The Spotted Cleaner Shrimp

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The black sea nettle jellyfish can grow to twenty-five feet long.
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The Black Sea Nettle

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Fireworm Setae
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Fireworm Bristles

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Image of a rapa whelk, a large marine snail retreated into its shell
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Rapa Whelk

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A small, transparent, shell-less sea snail in the open ocean.
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A Chorus of Sea Angels

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Light refracts off the comb-rows of this ctenophore.
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Comb Jelly Reflecting Colors

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The “Dumbo Octopod” swims by moving its fins, pulsing its webbed arms, or pushing water through its funnel for jet propulsion.
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Grimpoteuthis, The Dumbo Octopus

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