Fanciful beauty of invertebrates

Unique photographs of invertebrate species are part of the 3-year ocean discovery process by scientists and photographers.

Galba Hyperia , small crustacean with sharp legs and large eyes, lives parasitic on the body of jellyfish.They use jellyfish tissue to multiply and grow.Hundreds of Galba Hyperia can be found on an adult jellyfish.After killing the host, they rushed along the water to find the next item.

Close up of tentacles of a giant octopus living on the Pacific Ocean.Their length can be up to 4.8m.They hide in caves or rock holes most of the day.

A moon jellyfish is swimming.This creature lives in most of the world's oceans.The diameter of the cap of a moonfish jellyfish can reach 76 cm.They are not dangerous to humans but are killers of plankton.

Flabellina verrucosa is a beautiful sea slug with a length of about 25mm.They are bisexual creatures but cannot fertilize themselves.Two adults will cross cross before laying eggs.Their eggs float in the water like plankton.

Cyanea capillata is the largest jellyfish in the world that humans recognize.The diameter of jellyfish hat reaches 2.1m with tentacles can reach 36.5m in length.They live in cold waters like the North Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean.

The sea angel (scientific name Clione limacina) is a mollusk.During the larval stage, Clione limacina has a covering.This layer loses after they mature.The sea angel appeared massively for two weeks every year before disappearing.Their life cycle is still a mystery to scientists.

Flabellina polaris is a beautiful rare mollusk, living in deep, dark and cold waters.

Acanthonotozoma inflatum is a small crustacean living on the seabed.They are the "workers" who clean up the sea because the food is mainly dead bodies of dead fish.Thousands of different Acanthonotozoma inflatum species exist on the planet.