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Venomous Box Jelly from South Carolina
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Venomous Box Jellyfish from South Carolina

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Squid expert Dr. Clyde Roper examines specimens stored in jars in the Smithsonian collection.
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Dr. Clyde Roper

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A robotic arm on the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible retrieves Galatheid crabs for research. In the background is a species of the deep-sea coral Lophelia.
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Collecting Deep-Sea Crabs

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A giant squid dissection
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Dissecting a Giant Squid

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The suckers of this red octopod flash on and off.
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Glowing Sucker Octopus

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Dr. Clyde Roper (rear) and museum specialist Mike Sweeny examine a giant squid specimen.
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Studying Giant Squid

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Smithsonian Zoologist Dr. Clyde Roper in front of the museum's stored cephalopod collection.
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Smithsonian Cephalopod Collection

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Circular scars from a giant squid sucker on sperm whale skin.
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Giant Squid Sucker Marks

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Salps are tube-shaped, soft, transparent animals that swim through the ocean, straining out plant food as they go.
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Antarctic Salps

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Nine small invertebrates held on two fingers.
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A Handful of Biodiversity

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Overfishing is leading to an abundance of less desirable species like jellyfish.
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Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

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This male giant squid is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Male Giant Squid

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