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Bigfin squids are a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology.They are placed in the genus Magnapinna and family Magnapinnidae. [2] Although the family was described only from larval, paralarval, and juvenile specimens, numerous video observations of much larger squid with similar morphology are assumed to be adult specimens of the same family.
Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, is the only species in the monotypic genus of deep sea jellyfish, Stygiomedusa. It is in the Ulmaridae family . [ 2 ] With only around 110 sightings in 110 years, it is a jellyfish that is rarely seen, but believed to be widespread throughout the world, with the exception of the ...
The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. 'vampire squid from hell') is a small cephalopod found throughout temperate and tropical oceans in extreme deep sea conditions. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The vampire squid uses its bioluminescent organs and its unique oxygen metabolism to thrive in the parts of the ocean with the lowest concentrations of oxygen.
Glowing sea creature with 15 tentacles found off Florida coast. It’s a new species ‘Golden’-tailed creature — pregnant with 2 eggs — discovered as new species.
The creature has a “pavement like covering” on its body, researchers said in a new study. Deep-sea creature — with 5 elongated arms — is a ‘beautiful’ new species. See it
A 17-foot oarfish washed up on the beach of Catalina Island, California -- and it was no small task to move him. It took 16 people to move a dead oarfish from the shores. It's a rare sighting ...
The Great are 3 sea monsters featured as bosses in the survival video game "Stranded Deep" The sea monster from Monkeybone is an inhabitant of Down Town and is performed by Nathan Stein. It resembles a piscine humanoid that is protruding from the back of its large seahorse-like mount.
The anonymously written Historia Norwegiæ also states that the hafgufa inhabited a deep fjord, accompanied by other sea beasts such as the ‘hafstramb’ , a gigantic creature with no head nor tail, the ‘hrosshvalr’, depicted as a hippocampus (half horse, half fish) in imagery, as well as recognizable monstrosities like the Charybdis and ...