The E.T. Sponge, Advhena magnifica, was spotted by a team of NOAA explorers that were searching the sea floor of the Pacific Ocean.
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The Patrick Sea Star
This new species of starfish is named after Patrick Star from the beloved cartoon SpongeBob Squarepants.
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The Branch-Armed Nostril Copepod
Copepods are small crustaceans that are found in all aquatic habitats, both marine and freshwater.
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The Yellow Sea Slug of Ørland
This sea slug was first noticed and photographed in 2014 by scuba diver Kjetil Johnson in Trondheimsfjorden, one of the largest fjords in Norway
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The Giant Plastic Amphipod
One of the many anthropogenic threats facing our ocean is plastic pollution.
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Haffi’s Upside-Down Tapeworm
Just imagine how weird life would be if you had no digestive tract, no stomach or intestine, not even a mouth, yet this is exactly how a tapeworm lives quite happily.
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The Beautiful Branching Bryozoan
Bryozoans are a largely overlooked group of colonial invertebrates that live in aquatic environments worldwide.
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The Tree-of-Life Tardigrade
This new tardigrade was discovered living in sandy sediments in the intertidal zone of a bay in Roscoff in France that dries out at low tide.
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The Feisty Elvis Worm
These scale worms have evolved to tolerate low oxygen levels by having elaborate gills under their scales.
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Red Wide-Bodied Pipefish
This colorful new species of pipefish has been chosen for the top 10 for its clever camouflage among red algae and sponges