When scientists take to Twitter , the net becomes a truly magical place filled with wonder and oddity . Take a look at the recent chirrup feed # SpookWar , where some of the most knowledgeable deep - ocean researchers are share their most " terrifying " submersed nightmare .
Okay , mayhap only a handful of them areactuallythat terrifying , but they are all interesting yet .
First on our lean is the unusualorange sea toad(Chaunacops ) characterise by its lure apparatus found on the top of its principal ( it ’s actually a modified forward - placed dorsal fin ) and the unusual positioning of its lamella opening ( behind the pectoral fins ) . Some species of theLophiiformesorder can even expel piddle through these opening move to create a jet propulsion that allows them to take flight from other mystifying - sea swimmer .
Next up , we have the " colorful kings of the sea floor , " less dramatically known as the stumpy lobster . concord to theAquarium of the Pacific , Pleuroncodes monodonare found on seafloors around the world near seamounts , canyons , and hydrothermal vents .
If the first two did n’t warrant a compositor’s case ofthalassophobia , thenPhroima sedentariawill surely do the trick . This midwater amphipod carves out a " family " in dead gelatinous animals to then lie its eggs at heart , agree to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ( MBARI ) .
Then there are the haunting , angry - lookingLophiiformes . These carnivorous bony Pisces can reach up to 1 metre ( 3.3 foundation ) in distance and weigh up to 50 kilograms ( 110 pounds ) . Named for its luring tactic , the anglerfish uses a innate luring proficiency resonant of your grandpa ’s fishing pole . There are more than 200 species of anglerfish , mostly in the Atlantic and Antarctic oceans , all of them every bit as ugly .
Thetranslucent sea cucumbercalls the Gulf of Mexico home at around 2,750 meters ( 9,000 foot ) inscrutable . What you ’re seeing in the image is what looks like the animal ’s digestive tract .
It goes without enunciate how thefangtooth(Anoplogaster cornuta ) got its name . Though they await ferocious , these deep - sea Pisces the Fishes measuring stick just 15 centimeter ( 6 inches ) long and typically dine on little Pisces the Fishes and crustacean .
Okay , this one need no account .
Sorry , arachnophobes . spider exist even in the deepest part of the sea . Though they typically measure just a centimeter or less , Pycnogonidsin the deep ocean rise much bigger by literally suck the juices out of jellyfish and ocean anemones with their wheat - alike mouths . Fun fact : Their bodies are so minor that constituent of their digestive nerve pathway extend into their legs .
This freshly described deep - ocean lobster ( Dinochelus ausubeli ) has adapted to its life at astuteness by losing its eyesight and evolving some freaky claws .
Last , but for sure not least , the mystifying - sea lizard fish got its name because , well , it looks like a lounge lizard and a Pisces made a babe . Bathysaurusmollis can reach up to 80 centimeters ( 31 column inch ) in distance and live on the seafloor rich than 1,500 metre ( 4,900 feet ) . This one was pick out at 2,375 cadence ( 7,800 foot ) at the Davidson Seamount , concord toMBARI .
Worthy of a notable mention is this NOAA chieftain dress as Jack Skellington . That ’s right-hand , you areTHE PUMPKIN Martin Luther King !
