Ocean Ocean Floor Deep Sea Creatures

This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level.

Ocean ocean floor deep sea creatures. The term sea when used in the geographical study of lands the inhabitants the. The scientific study of the ocean or oceanography since ancient times dates as far back as to the voyages of the british explorer navigator cartographer and captain in the royal navy captain james cook who travelled the pacific ocean between 1768 and 1779. The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. Most creatures have to depend on food floating down from above.

Leafy sea dragon phycodurus eques with a multitude of yellowish or greenish appendages that allow it to camouflage itself as seaweed this 14 inch deep sea creature closely related to sea horses. The conditions down here are extreme there s no. The term deep sea creature refers to organisms that live below the photic zone of the ocean. Deep down in the atlantic ocean at depths of up to 5 000 metres lurks this ferocious predator.

Echinoderms sea stars and relatives can also be found in the deep ocean as well as fish such as sole and flounder. Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet. Six gill shark six gill sharks like this one off the coast of vancouver cruise the ocean floor during the day sometimes as deep as 8 200 feet 2 500 meters then move toward the surface at. 17 photos of bizarre underwater discoveries 8 strange sea floor creatures we have rarely seen the ocean s floor beds but when we have it has revealed some of the most incredible discoveries one can imagine.

Jamieson describes it as. The sights will range from black smokers giant multi storey chimneys spewing black mineral rich super heated seawater and areas where gas bubbles out of the sea floor to a huge variety of.