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Small red hyperiid.
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Lanceola

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A close-up photo of dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), living in the Baltic Sea.
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Dead Man’s Fingers

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Black coral, primnoid coral, and feather stars flourish deep on the pristine Davidson Seamount.
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Diverse Deep-Sea Coral Community

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This nudibranch is making a comeback to a location it hasn't been to in years along the California coast. First discovered off the coast of Southern California in 1902, Felimare californiensis was thought to be extinct in the region sin
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The Comeback Sea Slug

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

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An amphipod within Arctic sea ice.
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Amphipod Under Arctic Sea Ice

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Calanus hyperboerus is the preferred food for Bowhead whales.
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Arctic Copepod

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The amphipod Eusirus holmii inhabits sea ice, the water column and the sea floor
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Arctic Amphipod

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This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the ocean depths.
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Unidentified Comb Jelly

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A Smithsonian specimen helped identify a new family of deep sea squid with long spindly legs.
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Bigfin Squid

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On a seamount peak, a huge colony of brittle stars (likely Ophiacantha rosea) feeds on passing particles.
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Millions of Brittle Stars

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