Sea Cucumber

New Species of Sea Life

A transparent sea cucumber, identified as Enypniastes, is seen at a depth of 2,750 meters (9,200) in the northern Gulf of Mexico in this undated handout photo released November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Madin

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Sea Cucumber A transparent sea cucumber, identified as Enypniastes, is seen at a depth of 2,750 meters (9,200) in the northern Gulf of Mexico in this undated handout photo released November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Madin
Dumbo Octopod A rare "Dumbo" octopod - a creature named as such because it flaps fins that look like ears of the cartoon flying elephant - is seen in the depths of the ocean in this undated handout photo released November 22, 2009. REUTERS/David Shale
Copepod A tiny copepod collected this year from the Atlantic abyss is seen in this undated photo released November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Bunzow Corgosinho
Neocyema An elongated orange fish, identified as Neocyema, is seen in this undated handout photo released November 22, 2009. REUTERS/David Shale
Ice Fish In this undated photo released by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, is shown a chionodraco hamatus, one of the Antarctic’s ice fish, which can withstand temperatures that freeze the blood of all other types of fish. (AP Photo/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, Russ Hopcroft)
Boxfish In this photo released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the National Geographic Society-led Inner Space Speciation Project (ISSP) shows a portrait of a juvenile boxfish 1 centimeter-long, collected by a diver in the surface waters off Celebes Sea in southern Philippines as shown during a briefing Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007 aboard the Philippine research vessel BRP Prisbitero off Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines. A joint team of Filipino and American scientists that explored the Celebes Sea in southern Philippines early this month, announced the marine-life discoveries following their return from their voyage Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ocean Geographic Magazine through WHOI/ISSP, Michael Aw, HO)
A New Crustacean This photo released Tuesday March 7, 2006 by the IFREMER (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) shows a new crustacean, called "Kiwa hirsuta," which resembles a furry lobster. The eyeless shellfish, about 15cm long was discovered in March 2005 during a diving mission led by American researcher Robert Vrijenhoek, of the MBARI Institut, Cal., in hydrothermal vents of the Pacific Antartic Ridge, south of Easter Island. (AP Photo/A Fifis; IFREMER)
Sea-Angel In this undated photo released by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, is shown a ghost-like sea-angel, platybrachium antarcticum, going through the deep Antarctic waters hunting the shelled pteropods (another type of snail) on which it feeds. (AP Photo/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, Russ Hopcroft)
Sea Predator In this undated photo released by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, is shown a sand-flea hyperoche capucinus, a common predator swimming in polar waters. (AP Photo/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, Russ Hopcroft)
Smiling Ray A ray swims in the salt water aquarium of Sea Life in Dresden, eastern Germany, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008, during the yearly inventory. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel)
Seahorse A tiny seahorse floats in one of the tanks at the Seahorse Nature Aquarium in Exeter, England, Nov. 20 1995. The bony fish is the product of a breeding program at the aquarium. (AP Photo/John Redman)
New Sea Life n this undated image provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, an Anthomastis Cascade is seen in the ocean off Australia's Tasmania state. A team of researchers from Australia and the United States have uncovered new marine life, including fiery red coral and purple-spotted sea anemones, in deep waters off the Australian state of Tasmania, according to findings released Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, HO)
Master of Disgui... A Nautilus swims in the Underwater World Singapore's new showcase known as The Masters of Disguise, a collaboration of intelligent marine life form found in the deep seas. The Nautilus is the only member of the Cephalopod class to have a fully developed shell which encases its entire body. (AP Photo/ Wong Maye-E)
Sponge In this undated image provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, a huge sponge is seen in the ocean off Australia's Tasmania state. A team of researchers from Australia and the United States have uncovered new marine life, including fiery red coral and purple-spotted sea anemones, in deep waters off the Australian state of Tasmania, according to findings released Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, HO)
Jellyfish In this photo released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the National Geographic Society-led Inner Space Speciation Project (ISSP) shows a jellyfish (Aequorea sp) collected by divers in the surface waters of the Celebes Sea in southern Philippines which is shown to reporters in a briefing Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007 aboard the Philippine research vessel BRP Prisbitero off Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines. A joint team of Filipino and American scientists that explored the Celebes Sea in southern Philippines early this month, announced the marine-life discoveries following their return from their voyage Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ocean Geographic Magazine through WHOI/ISSP, Michael Aw, HO)
Turkey Fish While he may not look or smell like the traditional Thanksgiving fowl, this venomous fish, known as a turkey fish, shows off his plumage Monday afternoon, Nov. 25, 1996, at Sea World of Florida's "Terrors of the Deep" attraction, in Orlando, Fla. The turkey fish is known for its built-in defense mechanism -- toxin-injecting dorsal spines. Feeling only like a severe bee sting to humans, the toxin can be extremely harmful to other fish. Found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, this sheer-finned fish feasts on shrimp and other sea life around coral reefs. (AP Photo/Sea World of Florida)
Swimming Snail In this undated photo released by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, is shown a bean-sized swimming snail, limacina helicina, occurring in both Arctic and Antarctic waters. It spins a mucus-net off its paddle-like foot-wings to trap algae and other small particles on which it feeds. (AP Photo/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, Russ Hopcroft)
Ascidian In this undated image provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, a deep-water ascidian is seen in the ocean off Australia's Tasmania state. A team of researchers from Australia and the United States have uncovered new marine life, including fiery red coral and purple-spotted sea anemones, in deep waters off the Australian state of Tasmania, according to findings released Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, HO)
Fluorescent Oryz... A school of fluorescent oryzias lapites rice fish swim in an aquarium during a biotech exhibition, Thursday, July 27, 2006, in Taipei, Taiwan. The exhibition runs through July 30. (AP Photo)
Swimming Snail In this undated photo released by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, is shown a shell-less pteropod or swimming snail, clione limacina, found in both Arctic and Antarctic waters, which preys exclusively on its fellow shelled pteropods. (AP Photo/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, Russ Hopcroft)
Mob Mentality A group of whales swim in 15 kilometers (9.4 miles) northwest off Tomiura, south of Tokyo, Thursday morning, July 9, 1998. A fishing boat, carrying 14 people, slammed into a whale as it blocked the vessel's path apparently trying to join other whales in its pod, injuring one person seriously. The type of whales was not immediately known, but whale sightings in Tokyo Bay are extremely rare. (AP Photo/Maritime Safety Agnecy)
Mini Jellyfish In this undated photo released by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, is shown a marble-sized jellyfish, calycopsis borchgrevinki, which is one of the more common hydromedusae encountered in Antarctic waters. (AP Photo/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, Russ Hopcroft)
Rock Fish This undated photo provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a rock fish swimming around coral in the Aleutions Gardens in Alaska's Aleution Islands. A new federal rule will protect Alaska's rare coral gardens by protecting 370,000 square miles of ocean floor to bottom trawling, making it the largest protected marine habitat in the United States. (AP photo/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , fILE)
Dinner Time In this undated photo released by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, is shown a nemertean pelagonemertes rollestoni hunting for zooplankton prey that it will harpoon with a dart attached to the tongue coiled within it. Its yellow stomach reaches out to feed all parts of the body. (AP Photo/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life, Russ Hopcroft)
Queen Angelfish In this undated photo provided by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science queen angelfish. Researchers are studying whether putting large tracts of ocean off-limits to fishing in the Keys can help species rebound and prove a way to help reverse the effects of overfishing worldwide. (AP Photo/Jiangang Luo, University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, HO)