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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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two plesiosaurs hunt
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Plesiosaur on the Hunt

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thin, green stalks of a succulent plant grow up
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Sea Beans

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Red Phalaropes have specialized in feeding in open water by spinning rapidly on the surface to create a small whirlpool, which draws plankton to the surface to eat.
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Red Pharalopes

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A preserved cookie cutter shark, in a jar.
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Cookie Monster of the Sea

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The frogfish is an expert hunter and can eat fish in 6 milliseconds.
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The Frogfish

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How well could you eat with a saw on your face? If you were a sawshark, you couldn’t eat without one! Sawsharks are named for their long snouts, which have sharp teeth protruding from either side. They attack their prey by slashing these “saws” from
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Sawshark

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This young Gonatus squid is still translucent, making it tricky for predators to spot it.
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Deep Sea Squid

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Bathochordaeus stygius are filter feeders closely related to sea squirts in the phylum Chordata, the same phylum to which humans belong.
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Mucus Home

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Lost nets become entangled on a coral reef in the NW Hawaiian Islands, doing damage for decades. Wave action on the net breaks pieces of coral off until the net breaks, when it is free to catch on new reefs and do more damage.
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Lost Nets Hurt Coral Reefs

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Even when a lobster is still a developing egg, you can see some of its adult features: an eye and legs.
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Lobster Egg

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Juvenile California sea lion
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Acrobats of La Paz, Mexico

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