#Benthic
Australasian Ghost Shark
The deep-sea chimaera described from New Zealand seamounts with glowing tapetum eyes and tooth-crushing plates.
Candiru
The translucent parasitic toothpick catfish that tracks chemical plumes into fish gills to feed on blood.
Casper Octopus
The pigment-free abyssal cephalopod that broods its eggs on deep-sea manganese crusts for over four years.
Goblin Shark
The living abyssal fossil with catapulting slingshot jaws and translucent bubblegum-pink skin.
Hellbender
The two-foot slimy river giant with folded skin frills that breathes entirely through its body.
Olm
The blind subterranean cave salamander that lives over 100 years and survives a decade without food.
Pink Sea Toad
Volcanic seamount walker, blue-to-pink color-shifting skin, and 15-millisecond vacuum gape.
Scaly-foot Snail
The hydrothermal vent gastropod with iron sulfide armor scales and a heart that takes up 4% of its body.
Yeti Crab
The blind deep-sea crustacean that farms bacteria on hairy claws by dancing over methane seeps.