Galatheid squat lobster with extremely enlarged pereiopods . Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at 600 meters depth on the Paramount seamounts.

A squat lobster and an anemone on a coral bush.

A large crab and small corals on a rock outcrop

Closeup of the crab's face seen in image expl6286.

Brachyuran crab half-buried in sediments. Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at 600 meters depth on the Paramount seamounts.

White brachyuran crab with red stalked eyes half-buried in sediments. Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at 600 meters depth on the Paramount seamounts.

A beautiful red-mottled and translucent shrimp

A red shrimp on a rock outcrop

Small colorful shrimp next to octocoral colonies. Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at 600 meters depth on the Paramount seamounts.

White squat lobster on a spherical pillow lava boulder

Shrimp swimming above pillow lavas in areas of murky water indicating possible proximity to hydrothermal venting

Swimming shrimp over basalt pillow lava

Reddish orange shrimp on sandy bottom.

Reddish pink shrimp on sandy bottom.

White squat lobster on rock outcrop

White squat lobster on rock outcrop

A sea spider Pycnogonid crab. These bizarre predators walk along the bottom, stopping to feed on soft-bodied invertebrates.

Swimming shrimp hovering near coral branch

Strange little crab-like crustacean on coral stalk

Silvery appearing squat lobster with orange-yellow eyes

Pycnogonid spider crab strolling across rock outcrop. These bizarre predators walk along the bottom, stopping to feed on soft-bodied invertebrates.

Squat lobster with furry appearance peering out from under rock ledge

Orange anemone, large white sea urchin, and white delicate sponge on rock bottom

Rock bottom with white coral bushes and numerous squat lobsters. In center of photo, large squat lobster is "standing" over smaller squat lobster. Is it looking for dinner? reproductive activity? some other crab social activity? High biological abundance but low diversity of corals characterized this area ( two different morphs of primnoid corals) at 800 m on Paramount Seamount.

Large white sponges and white coral bushes. Why do the coral bushes and sponges have such bland coloration in this area?

A reddish crab on the left of the image, white and pinkish translucent anemones in the center of the image, and a relatively large bluish deep sea fish near the boulder in the upper left are apparent in this image.

A variety of life can be seen in this image including squat lobsters, a large white urchin, a cup coral, small coral bushes, whitish clear anemones, brittle stars, and a round white life form with a single orifice on the boulder on the right just above the sand.

Rock outcrop with a number of fish, white and yellow corals, and a few small sponges.

Corals and small sponges on rock outrcops

A large crab and fairly long eel-like fish in a rock environment with numerous small coral bushes

A tripod fish, a number of squat lobsters, one red shrimp, a flatfish, and one other small deep sea fish on a sandy bottom.

A red encrusting sponge? or a red blanket that has drifted down from the surface ? The field identification for this image was labeled sweater_sponge. If a sponge, such sponges seem to be quite rare in the deep sea.

Numerous brittle stars, a gold coral bush, and a relatively large deep sea fish in a rock and sand environment.

A medium sized fish, numerous bivalves and brittle stars covering the rock outcrop to the upper right, and a brown toadfish on the bottom right.

Rock and sand habitat with numerous life forms including deep sea fish using rocks for cover, small corals, an orange anemone, ophiuroids (brittle stars), and numerous brachiopods (the bivalves attached to the rocks).

Rock and sand habitat with numerous life forms including deep sea fish using rocks for cover, small corals, an orange anemone, ophiuroids (brittle stars), numerous brachiopods are seen adhering to the rock surface. Can you find the fishes head peering out from the rock ledge on the bottom left?

A large red shrimp, bivalves, small corals and a large orange brittle star. The coloration on the rock is manganese oxide.

Bivalves, brittle stars, small corals, a cup coral, and a small white coral bush are seen in this image on rock and sand bottom.

Bivalves, brittle stars, small corals, a cup coral, and a small white coral bush are seen in this image on rock and sand bottom.

A cup coral to left, a white to translucent soft coral, numerous squiggly brittle stars,a number of bivalves, and a white coral in the right center of the image - all on a rock surface.

Panoramic view of rock outcrop with numerous life forms.

A delicate coral with a small red-mottled shrimp to its right and a number of brittle stars.

A large red shrimp next to a bizarre appearing candelabra-like coral.

A large orange shrimp, a white sponge?, a large round long-spined sea urchin, and numerous small white to almost invisible stony corals.

White corals and white sponges on a sandy bottom. Why is any pigment lacking in this area?

A number of sponges and corals on a hydrothermally altered rock face. Two interesting sponges are in the lower right - one is yellow and the other brown.

Umbrella jellyfish suspended in the water column.

Small octopus next to pillow lava

Small octopus climbing up pillow lava. The red dots are 10 cm apart for scale.

Small octopus on pillow lava. The red dots are 10 cm apart for scale.