![]() Image: Nerida Wilson/University of California, San Diego. ![]() From sharks and sea turtles to ecosystems and corals, you’re in the right place to take a deep dive into life under the sea. NOAA has found some fascinating, rare species in unexplored deep water reefsSubscribe to Vocativ. The clusterwink snail, recently described in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shines its light through a magnifying shell, making itself look more imposing. Explore the Marine Life Encyclopedia to learn fun facts and more about your favorite marine animals. A look at some of the ocean's deep-sea residents. Here are some of the prettiest - and strangest - glowing creatures of the seas. MBARI researchers spotted the deep-sea squid (an unknown species in the genus Bathyteuthis) with an ROV around 56 miles (90 kilometers) off the coast at a depth of 4,560 feet (1,390 meters). The creatures that can be found in the dark depths of the midwater and seafloor range from breathtakingly beautiful to terrifying. ![]() Many of these animals live thousands of meters deep and are difficult for scientists to find and study. Glowing helps attract mates, lure prey or confound predators. Doc Ricketts, one of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s (MBARI) robotic rovers, sports powerful HD cameras and LED lights to detect and record marine life in the deep sea. From the author of Creatures of the Deep, Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises and other books about the ocean and the animals that live there, comes. Also known as sea jellies, these gelatinous nonfish lack brains. A robot camera on MBARI’s ocean rover caught some rare deep-sea creatures on film 3,200 feet under the sea. The light tends to green and blue, colors that travel far in seawater. Jellyfish are spectacular, rather baffling creatures, with extraterrestrial-like features and a penchant for extreme depths. Researchers estimate that between 80 and 90 percent of deep-dwelling animals are bioluminous, creating light by mixing the pigment luciferin with luciferase, the enzyme that makes it glow. While a handful of land animals can create their own light, homemade luminescence is the rule rather than the exception in the open ocean's dark waters. ![]()
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