October 27th, 2008 
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#6: Colossendeis spp. (Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Pycnogonida, Order: Pantopoda, Family: Colossendeidae) Don’t let the “spider” moniker fool you. These guys are a far cry from your household fly-catcher. I’ve seen giant deep sea pycnogonids whose legspans are as large as my chest. But there is nothing to fear from these creatures. There is barely any . . . → Read More: The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #6: Giant Sea Spiders
#7: Megalodicopia hians (Phylum: Chordata, Class: Ascidiacea , Order: Phlebobranchia, Family: Octacnemidae) This tunicate post is dedicated to Miriam. Those invertebrate sacs are one of our closest living invertebrate relatives. Let’s hear it for notochords and pharyngeal slits! Most sea squirts are harmless little buggers that filter plankton out of the water column. Water comes . . . → Read More: The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species: #7 Predatory Tunicates
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Fending off a sneak attack by the wily isopod.#9 Bathynomus giganteus (Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Malacostraca, Order: Isopoda, Family: Cirolinidae) Beware the giant isopod. When it attacks you may not know it before it rips the flesh from your bone. If your a dead whale fallen to the seafloor that it. These are cool critters! The . . . → Read More: The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #9: Bathynomus, the GIANT ISOPOD!!!!
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