Basket Star 
Amphipod Sandhopper
Octopus
Skate 
Antarctic Icefish 
Isopod Crustacean
Comb Jellyfish
Sea Pig
Soft Coral
Scale Worm 
Featherstar
Translucent Isopod Crustacean
Beautiful creatures.
Posted on 12/19/2009 12:31:04 PM PST by Steelfish
Wonders of The Deep: Stunning Pictures of Strange and Unique Antarctic Sea Life [Beautiful Color Pics in URL]
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER 19th December 2009
Amazing pictures of Southern Ocean marine life captured by scientists working in the Antarctic were released today. The inhabitants of the continent's seas were captured as part of a study on biodiversity carried out by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Images of the marine creatures, which were taken in the Bellingshausen Sea, West Antarctica, include ice fish, sea pigs and crustaceans. The underwater images also show giant sea spiders, rare rays and beautiful basket stars.
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Fabulous photos! I love the smiling face on the skate.
Thanks for posting this.
Gonna need a bigger boat.......
Wish someone with the techo-expertise will post all of ‘em.
Those are awesome!
I always thought God was pretty cool...
Basket Star Skate Antarctic Icefish Scale Worm Wow!! Thanks for the photos.
You did a super pic post job. Many thanks
No problem, thanks for sharing them with us. Wasn’t quite a super job as I messed up some of the captions, but many thanks regardless :)
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