Firebrick Starfish

Image: Richard Ling
Asterodiscides truncatus

Who knew bricks could look so pretty!

Tickle of the Crab's Claw

Getting tickled in the belly is bad enough as it is. The INDIGNITY!

Crested Chameleon

Image: Bernard DUPONT

As if chameleons weren't weird enough already, they go all Spinosaurus on us.

Elephant Ear Sponge

Image: Richard Ling
Ianthella basta

If it's bad to make a pig's ear of a thing, how much worse an elephant's?

Arms, Arms, Everywhere

Nor any hand to shake.

Stonefish

Image: revjlw

What do you get when you combine a fish and a stone?

Tentacle Heaven

Image: Nick Hobgood

Now THIS is a Decorator Crab who knows what decoration is all about! Forget your wallpaper and papier mache dragon heads. Forget even about the lumps of sponge so many other Decorator Crabs swathe their bodies in. Nope. It's all about the tentacles. It's ALL about the tentacles!

By covering itself head to claw in hydroid polyps this crab not only looks good, it also gains protection since all those tentacles happen to be bristling with stinging cells. And it's pretty good for the polyps, too, as they get ferried around to all the best feeding areas their faithful mount can find.

It's a match made in heaven. Tentacle Heaven. And it's ALL about Tentacle Heaven.

Antenna Ray

It's the one thing every creature with a long, thin tail wants...

A longer, thinner tail!

Egyptian Sea Star

Image: Alexander Vasenin
Gomophia egyptiaca

It's what I've always wanted!

A demonic starfish.

Inner Monster Unleashed

It's a glorious deep sea siphonophore!