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The death ball, a carnivorous tree sponge (The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census, Schmidt Ocean Institute)

‘Death-balls’ among 30 deep-south underwater discoveries

These squid aren’t just big: they’re colossal!

Rarely seen Bathyphysa conifera or flying spaghetti monster (ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute)

Flying spaghetti monsters among deep seamount rarities

A chaunax, a bony fish of the sea toad family, seen at a depth of 1389m on Seamount SF2 inside the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park (Schmidt Ocean Institute CC BY-NC-SA)

100 suspected new species found deep off Chile

An octopus hatchling emerges from a group of eggs at Tengosed seamount (Schmidt Ocean Institute)

4 new deep-sea octopus species identified

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