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A crab sits on a coral with a sponge covering its head
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A Sponge Crab's Updo

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A shimmering bobtail squid.
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Bobtail Squid Shimmers

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A cuttlefish eye
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Dazzling Eyes

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Cancer cells treated with discodermolide, a chemical from a sponge found on deep-sea coral reefs.
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Treated Cancer Cells

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Flame shells live in enormous colonies, but hidden in nests.
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Orange-Tentacled Flame Shell

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How Many Nights of Hanukkah? A harp has its own place in holiday music, but we also think this sponge looks like a super-sized menorah! This newly-discovered carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) was found using robotic submersibles operated by the
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Harp Sponge

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This sea cucumber, collected at 830 feet, hosts a pearl fish, which lives in its anus!
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Sea Cucumber in Curaçao

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This common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) shows off its siphon, which it uses to propel itself through the water.
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Octopus Shows Off Its Funnel

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Squid size comparison chart: Lycoteuthis springeri (10-12cm), Leachia atlantica (up to 12cm), Promachoteuthis sp. (up to 5cm), Batoteuthis scolops (up to 20cm).
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What is the Largest Squid? A Squid Size Comparison Chart

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Hundreds of illustrated red crabs gathering on sand with Santa hats.
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Santa Claws is Coming to Town

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This crab was collected on a NOAA/MAR-ECO cruise to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in 2009.
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Spiny Deepsea King Crab

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A sea monster attacks a ship in an illustration for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.
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Sea Monster Attack

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