8 Spooky Deep-Sea Creatures We Just Discovered

The deep-sea is home to some of the strangest, most mysterious and creepy-looking creatures in the world—and we just discovered more species. Join Michael Aranda for this episode of SciShow and learn about some new sea creatures that recently made their debut!

Special Thanks To: Victoria Vásquez at Pacific Shark Research Center, Kim Fulton-Bennett at MBARI, Jonathan Copley at University of Southampton, and Theodore Pietsch at University of Washington
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Sources:

Ninja Lanternshark:

http://www.deepseanews.com/2015/12/ni...
http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org...
https://mlmlblog.wordpress.com/2016/0...

Sockworms:

http://www.mbari.org/deep-sea-worms-s...
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/...
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/...
Extraordinary Deep-Sea Worm Species D...
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science...

Hoff Crabs:

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_release...
"Hoff" crabs at deep-sea hydrothermal...
http://www.joncopley.com/css/images/s...
http://www.joncopley.com/css/images/s...
expeditionlog

Eyeless Shrimp:

World's deepest known undersea vents
http://www.joncopley.com/css/images/s...
http://www.joncopley.com/css/images/s...
http://www.joncopley.com/css/images/s...
http://www.livescience.com/31034-emba...
expeditionlog

Anglerfish

http://www.sci-news.com/biology/scien...
http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1643/CI-...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/20...

Harp Sponge

http://www.mbari.org/scientists-disco... - Harp sponge
The harp sponge: an extraordinary new...
http://www.mbari.org/researchers-desc... - other new carnivorous sponges

Casper Octopus

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos...  [images available to download and use]
NEW Octopus Species: 2016 Hohonu Moan...

Crossota Jellyfish

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos...  
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos...  
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos...

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