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.

Small octopus on sediment covered pillow lava. Red shrimp swims above.

Small octopus on sediment covered pillow lava. It is preparing to swim off.

Octopus in space between two large rocks. This octopus and several like it were observed at approximately 2500 meters.

Octopus in space between two large rocks. This octopus and several like it were observed at approximately 2500 meters.

Closeup of octopus in space between two large rocks. This octopus and several like it were observed at approximately 2500 meters.

Relatively small octopus and relatively large brittle star.

Small octopus with legs partially extended preparatory to swimming off.

Small octopus nestled between pillow lava tubes.

Small octopus nestled between pillow lava tubes.

Red squid observed in the water column

Umbrella jelly.

Brown squid observed in the water column nearing the limit of vision

Red squid observed in the water column

Brown squid observed in water column with siphonophore in foreground.

Red squid observed in the water column by the Seirios' camera. Large schools of squid were commonly seen in the 'twilight zone' on descent and ascent of the ROVs.

Deep sea fish in field of angular volcanic boulders interspersed with white sand .

A long thin halosaur on a rocky slope with numerous small primnoid coral colonies.

Abbysal scene with rock outcrops, white corals, and macrourid fish.

Orange fish, large crab in opening in rock, and small sponges on rock outcrop.

Orange fish, small sponges, and white corals on rock outcrop.

Orange fish, white squat lobsters, a large bamboo coral in center of image, numerous white corals, a large white urchin, a large brittle star, and a large macrourid fish.

A sea pen coral, a tongue fish on a sandy bottom, reddish squat lobsters, and a small white coral wtih black rock outcrops.

Deep-sea flat fish are well adapted to a benthic lifestyle. Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at 600 meters depth on the Paramount seamounts

Deep-sea flat fish are well adapted to a benthic lifestyle. Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at 600 meters depth on the Paramount seamounts

An unidentified species of eel peeks up at the ROV from its hole in the seafloor sand.

A large eel, small white corals, a white sea urchin, small brittle stars, and other biota in a field of black boulders.

A colorful unidentified fish in left center, a squat lobster in right foreground and a tongue fish in left foreground.