15+ Horrifying Creatures of the Deep Sea

Published on January 28, 2018
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Snaggletooth

There are any number of small, deep sea stomiid fish in this genus of Astronesthes. They have a bioluminescent red chin barbel which is used as a lure to attract small prey and they also have delicate skin, and mouths that are filled with sharp, needle-like, curved teeth. Freaky.

Snaggletooth

Snaggletooth

Deep Sea Pompeii Worm

Ugh, meet the species of deep sea polychaete worm (which is commonly referred to as “bristle worms”). It can be found only at hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean, and was discovered in the early 1980s off the Galápagos Islands by French marine biologists.

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Pompeii Worm

Pompeii Worm