Satanic Devil Fish

I don't know what this actual demon from Hell thinks he's playing at...

Video: oceanexplorergov

But he's fooling no-one.

Doto varaderoensis

Image: Linda Ianniello

I'm sure this sea slug is meant to avoid predators by using camouflage...

But I can't help but think that it avoids predators by looking contagious.

Fingered Dragonet

Image: Nick Hobgood

Tiny dragons can do a lot with a finger or two!

Roughty-tufty Legs

Image: Aleksey Gnilenkov

Exoskeletons are pretty great; it's one of my favourite things about insects. Who can say no to your own custom-made suit of armour, precisely moulded to every contour of your body and available in a wide range of exciting colours to suit every taste?

Chinese Lantern

Image: Isfugl

The Chinese Lantern is a hardy perennial that will provide you with all the natural, biodegradable paper lanterns you could ever want!

Strawberry Squid

Histioteuthis heteropsis

You've seen werewolves versus vampires. You've marvelled at Alien versus Predator. You've wondered what on earth is going on at zombies versus Jane Austen. Now it's time to quake in your boots at the thought of...

Terminator versus Cthulhu!

Poltys

Image: Bernard DUPONT

It's a leaf.

A perfectly honest, perfectly innocent leaf, shivering in the wind.

Fish-scale Gecko

Image: Arthur Anker

Look at those scales! It's not a mere suit of armour, it's a suit of shields!

Warty Sea Star

Image: Ratha Grimes
Echinaster callosus

Oh, no! There's been a terrible accident in the biological waste bin.
The warts are alive. Repeat: the warts are alive!

Deep Sea Dragonfish

Image: Fran Martín de la Sierra

My name is Deep Sea Dragonfish, eater of worlds.

Look on my face, ye Mighty, and despair!

Snowplant

Image: David Iliff
Sarcodes sanguinea

In the months of spring, mysterious spikes of bloody flesh point to the sky.

Red-spotted Horseshoe

Image: Alfiero Brisotto
Protula tubularia

Surely, it's a peacock?