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The black sea nettle jellyfish can grow to twenty-five feet long.
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The Black Sea Nettle

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A side-view of a translucent phronima with a large red eye.
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Phronima Alien

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Photograph from above of a lavender-colored sea-slug with deep purple markings, swimming above a pink and orange surface.
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Purple Nudibranch

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Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
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Giant Squid

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The red paper lantern jellyfish is the focus of the latest podcast One Species at a Time, by the Encyclopedia of Life. Vacuumed up from its habitat a mile down in the ocean, the red paper lantern jelly may not look like much. Mostly water, it’s
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Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish: One Species at a Time

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A brachiopod looks like a clam, but they aren't closely related.
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A Modern Day Brachiopod

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Venus fly-trap anemone in the Gulf of Mexico
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Venus Fly-Trap Anemone in the Gulf of Mexico

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Image of deep-sea crustacean with black background.
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Vibilia

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What is coral? The answer is coral is an animal. This cutaway diagram of a coral polyp shows the location of its photosynthetic algae, or zooxanthellae, which coral needs to survive.
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What Is Coral? A Coral Polyp and Zooxanthellae

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This small sea star, little more than an inch across, is orange on top and whitish underneath.
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Little Sea Star

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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
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How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a Spill

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Riftia tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila) colonies near hot spring.
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Tubeworms on a Hydrothermal Vent

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