Seabed/Benthic

Prawn

From reef cleaners to river giants

Fur Seal

Ear flaps, fast flippers, wild rookeries

Adélie Penguin

The little penguin of the sea-ice edge

Coral

Tiny polyps, massive oceans

Dugong

Seagrass Meadows' Gentle Grazer

Emperor Penguin

Winter dads of the Antarctic

Sea Otter

The kelp forest's furry keystone

Chinstrap Penguin

Strapped for the ice, built for the surf

Zebra Shark

Striped youth, spotted adulthood

Sponge

Porous powerhouses of the sea

Scorpion Fish

Beautiful camouflage, serious spines.

River Turtle

Old shells, living rivers

Catfish

Whiskers, spines, and river smarts

Giant Clam

The clam that runs on sunlight.

Sea Dragon

The master of seaweed disguise

Flounder

Two eyes, one side-seafloor masters

Sea Squirt

Tadpole larva, siphon-powered adult

Cuttlefish

Camouflage geniuses with built-in buoyancy

Spiny Dogfish

Two spines. Slow life. Big schools.

Hermit Crab

Borrowed shells, bold lives

Moray Eel

Crevice kings with a second bite

Wrasse

Wrasses: the reef's colorful caretakers

Basking Shark

Big mouth, tiny prey.

Oyster

Reef builders that clean the coast