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Sea Toad aka Coffinfish (Chaunax suttkusi), family Chaunacidae, order Lophiiformes, photographed in the deep sea (~740 m | 2,428 ft) in the Gulf of Mexico.

There are several species of coffinfish, many do not have distinct common names.

E X Q U I S I T E

Eastern Emerald Elysia (Elysia chlorotica), family Plakobranchidae, found along the East Coast of the United States

This creature engages in kleptoplasty, taking the chloroplasts from the algae that it eats, and using the chloroplasts for the waste products they create though photosynthesis. Its kind of a... solar powered sea slug!

These sea slugs are not nudibranch, but are in a different order of gastropods.

image via: Views of Elysia chlorotica from Martha’s Vineyard. Figure 15 of Krug et al., 2016, Zootaxa 4148:1

Deep Sea Comb Jelly (Duobrachium sparksae), Order Cydippida, encountered 3,910 m deep, about 40 km off the coast of Puerto Rico

Described/discovered in 2015.

photograph via: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research

See video here:

Deep Sea Octopus (Graneledone boreopacifica) mothers with eggs at a communal nursery, family Megaleledonidae, 1,558 meters (5,112 feet) deep, in Noyes Canyon, off the coast of Alaska

The baby in the video is another species.

i hope you dont mind if i ask this, but do you have anything on crustaceans?? theyre some of my favorite animals!

Thank you so much pudding pop. I love crustaceans too. I haven't blogged a lot of them, but here's what I've done so far.

Herps and Birds (and More) (Posts tagged crustacean) (tumblr.com)

And, here's one of my favorites, a mole crab from the west coasts of North and South America...

Pacific Sand Crab (Emerita analoga), family Hippidae, order Decapoda, Laguna Beach, CA, USA

photographs by Peter J. Bryant

Mediterranean Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides latus), family Scyllaridae, order Decapoda, off the coast of Egypt

Though the common name of this group uses the word lobster, they are ion a totally different family from true lobsters (as are spiny lobsters, which are in their own family).

(you know what i'm talking about right i'm not trying to request false creature i just think its cool)

Yes, yes, there are 3 species of sea dragons...

Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques), family Syngnathidae, order Syngnathiformes, found off the Southern and Western coasts of Australia

photographs by Dave Fleetham & James Rosendale

Common Seadragon or Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), family Syngnathidae, order Syngnathiformes, found along the southern coast of Australia

photograph by John Sear

Ruby Seadragons (Phyllopteryx dewysea), family Syngnathidae, order Syngnathiformes, found off the coast of western Australia

Common Guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos), family Rhinobatidae, order Rhinopristiformes, found int he North Atlantic

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Red Prowfish (Pataecus fronto), family Pataecidae, order Scorpaeniformes, found in the coastal waters of western and southern Australia

A tiny bird (parrot or otherwise)

A tiny nudibranch

I'm open to either if you don't want to do both. 👍🏻

Well, let's go for the TINIEST BIRD!!!

Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, endemic to Cuba

This species is the smallest bird in the world, weighing in at a maximum of only 2.6 g.

photograph by Aslam Ibrahim

Various nudibranchs (order Nudibranchia)

Sea Spider (Stylopallene tubirostris), male with eggs, family Callipallenidae, order Pantopoda, Tasman Sea, NSW, Australia

These creatures are not true spiders, but are in a closely related group, that are completely marine (living in the sea/salt water).

photograph by emikok