Deep sea creatures

Benthic holothurian (Peniagone porcella) f depth-2500m. These glowing alien-looking creatures are some of ten new species discovered by scientists 12,000ft below the surface of the Atlantic ocean. © BrunoPress

Enteropneust (Acorn worm) - Depth approx 2500m © BrunoPress

Benthic holothurian (Peniagone diaphana ) depth-2500m © BrunoPress

Bathypelagic ctenophore from benthic boundary layer. Found attached to seafloor by adhesive tentacles. © BrunoPress

Enteropneust (Acorn worm) - Depth approx 2700m. © BrunoPress

A Calamar ( Logio vulgaris ) belonging to the Loliginidae family swims in the depth of Mediterranean sea near the coast of Aydincik in far - eastern Turkey. AFP/Tarik Tinazay

A deep sea jellyfish, Atolla sp, collected with the ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle), from a depth of at least 1500 meters during the marine-life discoveries from the voyage by a joint team of Filipino and American scientists that explored the Celebes Sea. OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE/WHOI/EPA

Deep sea animals - sample of zooplankton collected with a Tucker Trawl with a 10m2 opening, jellyfish, a lanternfish, a snipe eel. WHOI/EPA

Originally released by Queensland Brain Institute in 2006 and re-released by the institute in relation to a new phase in their study of deep-sea creatures on July 15, 2010 shows a Peraphilla deep-sea jellyfish at a depth of over 1000 metres at the Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea, some 350kms north-east of the northern Australian city of Cairns. AFP PHOTO/HO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall

A deep-sea anglerfish at a depth of over 1000 metres at the Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea. AFP PHOTO/HO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall

A deep-sea viperfish at a depth of over 1000 metres at the Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea. AFP PHOTO/HO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall

A deep-sea fish at a depth of over 1000 metres at the Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea. AFP PHOTO/HO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall

Sea Pig (sea cucumber or Holothuroid). Sea cucumbers are important in processing the sediment (like earthworms on land) but their numbers worldwide have been threatened by recent fisheries. © BrunoPress

Isopod Crustacean, Serolid sp. These animals (woodlice of the sea) appear as though they have been squashed and resemble fossil trilobites. © BrunoPress

Newly released pictures reveal the weird and wonderful array of Antarctic marine creatures in one of the fastest warming seas in the world. Peter Bucktrout/BAS /BrunoPress

Peter Bucktrout/BAS/BrunoPress

Peter Bucktrout/BAS /BrunoPress

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Deep sea creatures