Octopus with short stubby legs in area with numerous small tubeworms protruding from sea floor. Same octopus seen in motion in expl5860 but "ear" fins not apparent.

Octopus with short stubby legs in area with numerous small tubeworms protruding from sea floor. Same octopus seen in motion in expl5860 but "ear" fins not apparent.

Octopus with different coloration than that seen in images expl5860-62 although appears to be same species.

Octopus with different coloration than that seen in images expl5860-62 although appears to be same species.

Octopus on seafloor near boulder.

Closeup of large octopus.

Octopus lying in area of cobbles.

Octopus lying in area of cobbles.

Red and white squid seen over rock bottom.

Orange octopus in area of rounded light colored stones.

Multi-colored squid that appears to fluoresce.

Multi-colored squid that appears to fluoresce.

What appears to be a large octopus hiding in the rocks.

Eel-like fish on a sand bottom

A deep-sea chimaera - a cartilaginous fish related to sharks - seen by the Little Hercules in the Sulawesi Sea. Its snout is covered with tiny pores capable of detecting perturbations in electrical fields generated by living organisms.

Halosaur swimming near a cobble and sand substrate.

Halosaur unsuccessfully using small coral bush for cover.

Eel-like fish swimming over sediment-covered rock outcrop

Eel-like moridae fish

Club-like tail indicated possibly a plesiobatidae ray. These animals look remarkably like stealth bombers from the front.

A plesiobatidae ray. These animals look remarkably like stealth bombers.

A plesiobatidae ray. These animals look remarkably like stealth bombers from the front.

A halosaur swimming over a debris covered sediment bottom.

A species of snailfish

Eel-like member of moridae family - Phyiculus sp.

Eel-like member of moridae family - Phyiculus sp.

Rock outcrop with large diversity of life forms including white anemones, a yellow crinoid, white starfish, red antipatharian whip coral, an eel-like member of the moridae family, etc.

Abyssal fish inhabiting large depression in seafloor sediment.

Eel-like member of moridae family inhabiting large depression in seafloor sediment.

Eel-like member of moridae family inhabiting large depression in seafloor sediment.

Eel-like member of moridae family inhabiting large depression in seafloor sediment.

A tadpole like snailfish swimming over an outcrop with numerous white hexactinellida sponges.

A black rattail -a member of the Macrouridae family

An eel-like halosaur in a small lineal depression

A species of rattail - a member of the Macrouridae family

A very colorful member of the Moridae family cruising through a beautiful coral garden notable for its diversity of species.

A member of the Moridae family - Physiculus sp.

A member of the Moridae family in a near vertical posture

A member of the Moridae family swimming in the water column

Tripod fish - Bathypterois grallator

Tripod fish - Bathypterois grallator

Bathysaurus mollis, a super predator

Bathysaurus mollis, a super predator

A large halosaur swimming over a sediment covered rock outcrop

A member of the Moridae family swimming above a sand bottom.

A snailfish - a member of the Liparidae family

A deep-sea chimaera - a cartilaginous fish related to sharks - seen by the Little Hercules in the Sulawesi Sea. Its snout is covered with tiny pores capable of detecting perturbations in electrical fields generated by living organisms.

A species of rattail - a member of the Macrouridae family - with a parasitic isopod.

A species of rattail - a member of the Macrouridae family - with a parasitic isopod.

A plesiobatidae ray. These animals look remarkably like stealth bombers from the front.