Three bizarre deep sea creatures
Each Orange Sea Pen (Scientific Name: Ptilosarcus gurneyi) is a colony of polyps working together for the survival of the whole. The primary polyp loses its tentacles and becomes the stalk of the sea pen, with a bulb at its base. They can generally be found in temperate waters of northeastern Pacific.
The Giant Japanese spider crab (Scientific Name: Macrocheira kaempferi) is the largest arthropods known to man. Fully grown, it attains a leg span of about 4 m and a weight of about 20 kilograms. They generally have a dark orange body, with white spots on their legs and can live up to 100 years is considered to be a living fossil. The width of their body usually grows to about 37cm and they are covered with little nodules called tubercles. The Giant Japanese spider crab can generally be found in the Pacific Ocean around Japan. They are found in depths of 150m to 800m, but mainly these crabs go to depths of around 200m. If the female Japanese Spider Crabs need to lay their eggs, then they even go to shallow depths of 50m.
Known of the movie “Finding Nemo”, Clown Fish (Scientific Name: Amphiprion Ocellaris) are commonly found in the warm waters in the Pacific Ocean, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Clownfish belong to a group of small, brightly colored fish called damselfish. The largest reach a length of 18 cm, while the smallest barely reach 10 cm. They are not eaten by other fish because they are kept safe by the stinging tentacles of the Anemone.
