So, there they are, the @marinespecies.bsky.social top-10 marine species of 2025! Do you have a favorite?

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(10/10) The Elven Abyss Tunicate yawns in the dark depths of the abyss waiting for food.

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(9/10) Poseidon’s Squid was found in the stomach of a sperm whale.

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(8/10) A third species of manta ray has now been confirmed: meet the Atlantic Manta Ray.

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(6/10) Does this stern looking creature remind you of someone? Meet the Darth Vader Supergiant Isopod.

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(5/10) The Good Luck Flatworm only lives on the critically endangered guitarfish.

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(4/10) Far below the Pacific Ocean, in a world without sunlight, something glitters: Iskra’s Glitter Worm.

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(3/10) The Golden Glow Zoantharian is the first documented deep-sea cave species to bioluminesce.

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(2/10) The Sponge Ambusher Worm sets its trap in a glass sponge.

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(1/10) The Dragon Nematode is the first of its kind to be described from chemosynthetic environments.

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So, there they are, the @marinespecies.bsky.social top-ten marine species of 2024!

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(10/10) And lastly, the Chimera Mantis Shrimp exhibits different features found in several groups of mantis shrimp.

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(9/10) The Paired-Lure Anglerfish has not one but two bait-like structures!

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(8/10) The Scripps Cousins Wood-Dwelling Seastar has some remarkable adaptations for life on sunken wood.

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(7/10) Shimomura’s Bean-Shaped Isopod parasitizes the brood pouch of other isopods.

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(6/10) The Ranma Tanaid is hermaphroditic and capable of self fertilization!

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(5/10) John Hooper’s Carnivorous Sponge was collected by the RV Falkor from Australian waters.

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(4/10) Meet the Freely Branched Pterobranch, which looks completely different from the famously flat fossil graptolites.

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(3/10) Is it a nudibranch? No, it is a syllid worm mimicking a nudibranch (left on the image)!

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(2/10) Although it looks like a worm, the Divine Dragon Glistenworm is actually a mollusc!

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(1/10) A mighty Mystery Mollusc has finally been revealed!

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