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title: "#Abyssal Animals & Superpower Traits (2 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki"
description: "Inhabiting the deepest seafloor plains thousands of meters down, foraging around hydrothermal vents and mineral seeps. Explore all 2 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia."
image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png"
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# #Abyssal Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations

> Inhabiting the deepest seafloor plains thousands of meters down, foraging around hydrothermal vents and mineral seeps.

- **Trait Category**: Extreme Biomes
- **Species Count**: 2 Curated Creatures
- **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/abyssal/)

## Species With #Abyssal

- [Dumbo Octopus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/dumbo-octopus/) (*Grimpoteuthis*)
  - **Superpower**: No ink sac: it moves quickly to get away instead. It also swims with its ear-like fins, unusual for octopuses, which typically rely on jet propulsion.
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated
  - **Soundtrack**: Mary Lattimore (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes)
- [Gulper Eel (Pelican Eel)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gulper-eel/) (*Eurypharynx pelecanoides*)
  - **Superpower**: A mouth that first unfolds and then inflates, and that researchers propose can expand to several times the eel's own body volume.
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Oneohtrix Point Never (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis)

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