Plesiosaur
Four flippers, many lifestyles
Animal Habitats
Deep Sea
Ocean depths beyond sunlight with unique pressure-adapted creatures
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Deep Sea Animals
Ichthyosaurus
Fish-lizard, built for speed
Livyatan
Big-toothed terror of the Miocene seas
Anomalocaris
Cambrian seas' original superpredator
White Shark
Warm-bodied ruler of the blue
Kitefin Shark
Deep-slope slicer with a stealthy bite
Shortfin Mako Shark
Warm-blooded speed in the open sea
Pacific Sleeper Shark
Deep, cold, and quietly formidable
Pygmy Shark
Small shark, big glow.
Silky Shark
Silky: the sleek shadow of tuna seas
Pelagornithidae
Giants of the wind, teeth of bone
Tusoteuthis
The deep sea's long-armed giant
Viperfish
Fangs, lights, and life in the dark
Cockle
Ribbed hearts of the tidal flats
Gulper Eel
Big mouth. Bigger mystery.
Pollock
Pollock: cod-family powerhouse seafood
Oarfish
Ribbon giants of the twilight sea
Giant Isopod
The deep sea's armored scavenger
Thresher Shark
The shark that hunts with a whip
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
White-tipped wings of the high seas
Hainosaurus
Titan hunter of Europe's Cretaceous seas
Scallops
The clapping swimmers of the seafloor
Chiton
Eight plates. One unstoppable grip.
American Eel
Born at sea, raised in rivers.