Seabed/Benthic

Waimanu

Penguins at the dawn of diving

Tusoteuthis

The deep sea's long-armed giant

Viperfish

Fangs, lights, and life in the dark

Cockle

Ribbed hearts of the tidal flats

Dungeness Crab

White-tipped claws, West Coast pride.

John Dory

Big eye, snap-mouth, seabed hunter

Goby Fish

Tiny fish, big partnerships.

Beluga Sturgeon

Ancient giant, modern warning

Yellow Tang

Reef lawnmower in sunshine-yellow

Pollock

Pollock: cod-family powerhouse seafood

Arctic Char

Built for ice-cold waters

Sea Snake

Elapids that learned to breathe the sea

Sheepshead Fish

Built to bite shells off the dock

Giant Isopod

The deep sea's armored scavenger

Dragon Eel

Spots, horns, and fangs after dark

Thresher Shark

The shark that hunts with a whip

Common Angelshark

Ray-shaped, shark-built, seabed hunter

Oceanic Whitetip Shark

White-tipped wings of the high seas

Lemon Shark

Twin dorsal fins, coastal king

Hainosaurus

Titan hunter of Europe's Cretaceous seas

Palaeophis

Eocene sea-snakes, written in vertebrae

Desmostylus

Pillar-toothed grazer of Miocene coasts

Paleoparadoxia

The North Pacific's ancient "paradox grazer"

Scallops

The clapping swimmers of the seafloor