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an illustration of various squids and octopuses
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How Big are the Cephalopods?

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Despite the cold and dark environment, soft-bodied animals like anemones abound under the ice in the Antarctic.
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Anemone in Cold Antarctic Water

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Octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus all have differently shaped pupils— an octopus has a rectangular pupil.
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Octopus Eyes

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Acorn barnacles living on top of a crab.
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An Edible Crab Covered with Barnacles

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A fan-shaped colony of red coral (Corallium sp.) provides a perch for three basket stars as they feed.
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Red Coral

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A bright yellow long-snouted seahorse.
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A Cold-Water Seahorse

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This day octopus (Octopus cyanea) has shaped itself like seagrass or some coral so hide from predators or stalk prey.
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Camouflaged Octopus Blends In

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In 1874 Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland displayed the giant squid he bought on the side of his barn, much to the dismay of Mrs. Harvey.
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Rev. Harvey’s Giant Squid on Display

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Flower-like clusters of pink polyps make up this coral colony.
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Coral Colony

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This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.
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Yeti Crab

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The crew aboard Oceana’s research vessel Ranger were surprised to discover large colonies of deep-sea white coral in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
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Deep Coral Sighted in Mediterranean

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A brown-colored deep-sea coral sits on the deep ocean floor and is covered with brown oil floc.
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Anemone On Deep Sea Coral

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