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This rare staurozoan, or stalked jellyfish, Haliclystus californiensis, is about 2 centimeters in length and was collected off the coast of California.
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Staurozoan: The Stalked Jellyfish

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A stingray swims in an Australian marine reserve.
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Australia's 1.2 Million Mile Marine Reserve

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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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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 elephant seal with round scars from a cookie-cutter shark lays on the beach.
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Cookie-cutter Shark

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The white, black and yellow patterns of this eel look like snowflakes.
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Snowflake Moray Eel

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A male short-snouted seahorse with a pouch full of eggs.
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A Pregnant Seahorse

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A big-bellied seahorse
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A Foot-Long Seahorse

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DROP researchers successfully deploy a deep-sea ARMS at 396 feet using their submersible.
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Deploying ARMS in the Deep Reef

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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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But closer to the CO2 seeps, the complex reef has been replaced by a “monoculture” of boulder corals.
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Monoculture of Boulder Corals

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Intense volcanic CO2 vents in Ili Ili Bua Bua, Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea.
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Carbon Dioxide Volcanic Seep

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