Rarely Seen Bizarre Sea Creatures Spotted By NOAA Expedition
- 9 years ago
The Okeanos Explorer recently caught up with some of the strangest seafaring animals known—and possibly unknown—to man.
The NOAA Okeanos Explorer mission recently came across some extraordinary creatures in the aquatic environment of the Hawaiian Archipelago.
There was a free-swimming crinoid—stalks fluttering amidst the oceanic depths.
The snakelike ophidiid fish was there--billowing through the dark waters.
A siphonophore was also spotted. Though resembling a jellyfish, each one is actually a colony of animals called zooids.
There was an exceptionally small jelly—its few tentacles prompting a discussion on how the pretty little creature catches its prey.
Researchers were awestruck by an unusual polychaete worm t
The NOAA Okeanos Explorer mission recently came across some extraordinary creatures in the aquatic environment of the Hawaiian Archipelago.
There was a free-swimming crinoid—stalks fluttering amidst the oceanic depths.
The snakelike ophidiid fish was there--billowing through the dark waters.
A siphonophore was also spotted. Though resembling a jellyfish, each one is actually a colony of animals called zooids.
There was an exceptionally small jelly—its few tentacles prompting a discussion on how the pretty little creature catches its prey.
Researchers were awestruck by an unusual polychaete worm t