The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #12: Yeti Crab
YETI YETI YETI!!!! #12 Kiwa hirsuta (Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Malacostraca, Order: Decapoda, Family: Kiwaidae) Now imagine doing the Yeti Stomp (I heart Backyardigans!) in…
YETI YETI YETI!!!! #12 Kiwa hirsuta (Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Malacostraca, Order: Decapoda, Family: Kiwaidae) Now imagine doing the Yeti Stomp (I heart Backyardigans!) in…
Photo on left courtesy of C.Fisher/Ridge2000. Photo on the right from Linda Zelnio. #14 Alviniconcha hessleri (Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Sorbeoconcha, Family: Provannidae) Hairy…
by Kevin Zelnio Photo on left courtesy of MBARI. Photo on right taken in 2004 in the Gulf of Mexico. Notice anemone’s attachment to tubeworm.…
#19 Black Devil or Humpback Anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii, Class Actinopterygii, Order Lophiiformes, Family Melanocetidae) This species has become the vertebrate poster child for deep-sea science. …
by Kevin Zelnio Images copyright the SERPENT Project. #20 Enypniastes eximia (Phylum: Echinodermata, Class: Holothuroidea, Order: Elasipodida, Family: Pelagothuridae) Craig likens this semi-transparent sack of…
#21 Phronima spp. (Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Malacostraca, Order: Amphipoda, Family: Phronimidae) Pram bug Phronima sp. is a nasty deep-sea amphipod that carves its home from…
Image courtesy of MBARI 2008 #22 Xenophyophore (Domain: Eukaryota, Kingdom Rhizaria, Phylum Foraminifera, Class Xenophyophorea) Xenophyophores come in at 22 for several reasons. First, they…
by Kevin Zelnio Whoever said that Dumbo the Flying Elephant wasn’t real?? He was actually an octopus not an elephant. Dumbo octopuses (Grimpoteuthis sp. shown…
by Kevin Zelnio #24 Tubeworms (Phylum Annelida, Class Polychaeta, Order Canalipalpata, Family Siboglinidae) Worms in a tube, what could be more fun! How about worms…
#25 Stalked Crinoids (Phylum Echiondermata, Class Crinoidea, Sub Class Articulata) Sure we call them sea lilies but they’re no pansies. While most people have nightmares…