--- title: "#Deep Sea Animals & Superpower Traits (20 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Surviving the bathypelagic abyss under freezing temperatures, complete absence of sunlight, and crushing hydrostatic pressure. Explore all 20 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" --- # #Deep Sea Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations > Surviving the bathypelagic abyss under freezing temperatures, complete absence of sunlight, and crushing hydrostatic pressure. - **Trait Category**: Extreme Biomes - **Species Count**: 20 Curated Creatures - **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/deep-sea/) ## Species With #Deep Sea - [Atlantic Hagfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-hagfish/) (*Myxine glutinosa*) - **Superpower**: Defensive slime that unravels into gill-clogging protein thread in a fraction of a second - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Einstürzende Neubauten (Industrial Noise & Avant-Garde Experimental) - [Australasian Ghost Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/australasian-ghost-shark/) (*Harriotta avia*) - **Superpower**: Cartilaginous electro-receptive rostrum and massive mineralized tooth plates - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Bohren & der Club of Gore (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Barreleye Fish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/barreleye-fish/) (*Macropinna microstoma*) - **Superpower**: Tubular eyes that rotate from pointing up to pointing forward inside a transparent, fluid-filled shield - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Can (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych) - [Bigfin Squid](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bigfin-squid/) (*Magnapinna sp.*) - **Superpower**: Elbow-jointed arms trailing sticky filaments that may reach up to 20 times its body length - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Earth (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Blobfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/blobfish/) (*Psychrolutes microporos*) - **Superpower**: Named in 1995; its eggs and larvae have not been described. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Mac DeMarco (Chillhop & Lo-Fi Beats) - [Casper Octopus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/casper-octopus/) (*Incirrata sp.*) - **Superpower**: No pigment cells and a diaphanous, jelly-like body with almost no muscle, in a food-scarce world - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Grouper (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Colossal Squid](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/colossal-squid/) (*Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni*) - **Superpower**: Along with the giant squid, the largest eyes in the animal kingdom, about 27 centimeters (10.6 inches) across, plus tentacle-club hooks that can swivel 360 to 720 degrees to keep their grip on prey. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Evoken (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [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) - [Fangtooth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fangtooth/) (*Anoplogaster cornuta*) - **Superpower**: Fangs so long that the lower pair slide into pockets in the roof of its mouth, reportedly the largest teeth of any marine fish for its head size - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Bloodbath (Brutal Death Metal & Heavy Groove) - [Frilled Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/frilled-shark/) (*Chlamydoselachus anguineus*) - **Superpower**: Six frilly gill slits, tricuspid teeth, and a lineage estimated at 82 million years old. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Bring Me The Horizon (Modern Alt-Metal & Post-Hardcore) - [Giant Isopod](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-isopod/) (*Bathynomus giganteus*) - **Superpower**: A big body that can hold large fat reserves, which may help it fast when food is scarce and sporadic. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Mortiis (Dungeon Synth & Dark Fantasy) - [Giant Squid](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-squid/) (*Architeuthis dux*) - **Superpower**: Two long feeding tentacles that strike and tangle prey - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Bell Witch (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Goblin Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/goblin-shark/) (*Mitsukurina owstoni*) - **Superpower**: Catapulting slingshot feeding mechanism that launches its jaws at up to 3.1 meters per second - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Lustmord (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) - [Humpback Anglerfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/humpback-anglerfish/) (*Melanocetus johnsonii*) - **Superpower**: Swallows prey longer than itself - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Andy Stott (Future Garage & Deep Electronica) - [Japanese Spider Crab](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/japanese-spider-crab/) (*Macrocheira kaempferi*) - **Superpower**: Longest Legspan of Any Living Arthropod - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Justice (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk) - [Leatherback Sea Turtle](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/leatherback-sea-turtle/) (*Dermochelys coriacea*) - **Superpower**: Gigantothermy heat retention, and backward-pointing throat spines that help hold prey - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: This Will Destroy You (Cinematic Post-Rock & Ambient Crescendo) - [Scaly-foot Snail](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/scaly-foot-snail/) (*Chrysomallon squamiferum*) - **Superpower**: Foot scales and shell often mineralised with iron sulfide, and a heart that's about 4% of its body volume - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Godflesh (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk) - [Sperm Whale](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sperm-whale/) (*Physeter macrocephalus*) - **Superpower**: A gigantic nose that fires echolocation clicks up to 236 decibels underwater, the loudest sounds known from any animal, and an oil sac of spermaceti that helps focus the sound. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Gojira (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Vampire Squid](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/vampire-squid/) (*Vampyroteuthis infernalis*) - **Superpower**: Thriving where oxygen is only a fraction of surface levels, and pulsing blue light at its arm tips. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Burial (Future Garage & Deep Electronica) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/deep-sea/#collection", "name": "#Deep Sea Animals", "description": "Surviving the bathypelagic abyss under freezing temperatures, complete absence of sunlight, and crushing hydrostatic pressure. 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