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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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Marine Biologist Nancy Knowlton
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Nancy Knowlton in the Field

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This copepod (Gaussia princeps) was collected deeper than 1000 meters in the Sargasso Sea by Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ) researchers in April 2006.
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Deep Sea Copepod

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The sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri are often found living in association with one another along the Antarctic coastline, here during the Census of Marine Life.
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Sea Stars and Urchins off Antarctica

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Photograph of a transparent polka-dotted squid in the dark ocean.
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Cockatoo Squid

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The squidworm has 10 tentacle-like appendages on its head.
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The Squidworm - A New Species

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a grain of sand with microbes highlighted in green
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Microbial Life on a Grain of Sand

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This close-up view of salps, which have aggregated together into a long chain, have brilliant red guts from eating red plankton.
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Close-up View of Salps

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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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map of the 13 marine protected areas in the United States, that comprise the National Marine Sanctuary system
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Marine Sanctuary Map

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This colony of <em>Rosacea</em> may look like a single jellyfish, but it is actually a large group of smaller siphonophores clustered and living together.
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Jellyfish, or Siphonophore Colony?

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A view of the Pacific from Moorea, where scientists are working to catalog the life forms of the entire ecosystem.
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Marine Biology on the Island of Moorea

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