Sea Creatures Part I

Scallops, like this flame scallop (Lima scabra), live in colonies on the ocean floor, some in shallow coastal areas and others at great depths. Do you know which mollusk is also known as a "devilfish"? 

A reef octopus (Octopus briareus) is hunting at night in the Caribbean, while displaying its camouflage abilities.

The spotted anemone crab or porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) is hanging out on a sea anemone. 

Two bat stars (Asterina miniata) are competing. Despite the name, "starfish" aren't fish; they're echinoderms, spiny-skinned marine animals. See a crustacean that's a main ingredient in many Cajun dishes.

When alarmed, the crawfish rears up and raises its claws threateningly. The fan-shaped tail then propels the crawfish backward, flinging mud at the enemy. Find an animal that has stinging parts that paralyze or kill most fish and other prey on contact. 

The Portuguese man-of-war, also known as the bluebottle, is commonly thought of as a jellyfish but is actually a siphonophore -- a colony of specialized working parts.

This sea cucumber has a mouth at one end, leathery purple and white skin and suckers on the end of its red tubed feet.

A Pacific white-striped cleaner shrimp (Lysmata Amboinensis) thrives as a swimming decapod crustacean that cleans other organisms, particularly larger fish, of parasites.

A tiny brittle starfish (Ophiothrix sp) seeks protection on a much larger blue starfish (Linckia laevigata). Can you imagine getting stuck in frozen water?