Seabed/Benthic

Decorator Crab

Wear the reef. Fool the predator.

Ocean Whitefish

A tilefish by blood, a whitefish by name

Limpet

Cling hard, graze smart, ride the tide.

Ostracod

Tiny shells, huge history

Kaluga Sturgeon

Giant hunter of the Amur

Haikouichthys

A tiny fossil at vertebrates' dawn

Vegavis

A polar clue to waterfowl origins

Wiwaxia

Spiny armor from the Cambrian seafloor

Dunkleosteus

Armor-plated apex of Devonian seas

Helicoprion

Permian seas' spiral-toothed slicer

Xiphactinus

Not a dinosaur-Cretaceous sea predator

Feather Star

Feathery arms, drifting meals

Opaleye (Rudderfish)

The kelp-forest fish with an opal eye

Snailfish

Snailfishes: clingers of the cold deep

Elephant Fish

Probe the seafloor, chimaera-style

Eagle Ray

Wings that crack shells

Emperor Angelfish

Reef royalty in stripes and rings

Kelp Greenling

Kelp forests' colorful egg-guarder

Orchid Dottyback

Small purple fish, big reef attitude

Cormorant

Dive deep. Hunt sleek. Dry proud.

Pacific Spaghetti Eel

The eel that lives like a worm

Spotted Garden Eel

The plankton-picker of the sand flats

Comb Jellyfish

Eight comb rows, endless glow

Nematode

Roundworms: small bodies, huge impact