Ocean
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Ocean Creature Feature

From the sunlit shallow waters to the sunless deep sea, the ocean is home to many kinds of organisms. What adaptations help these organisms survive in their ecosystems? Take this quiz to find out.

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This tiny, big-eyed animal swims in the deep, cold waters off New Zealand. Its bright orange skin is less striking in its dark, bluish environment. It grows slowly and may live more than 100 years. It used to be called "slimehead" until it became a popular meal.
Which ocean creature is it?



Image Credits:
queen angelfish, courtesy of NOAA by G. P. Schmahl / (CC BY 2.0); sea star, courtesy of Klaus Stiefel (CC BY-NC 2.0); pyramid butterflyfish, courtesy of Ezio Armando/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; orange roughy, © Auscape International Pty Ltd/Alamy; powderblue surgeonfish, courtesy of Marcin Lachowicz/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; sea apple, courtesy of Alexander Vasenin/CC BY-SA 3.0; sea urchin, courtesy of Bill Abbott/CC BY-SA 2.0; triton trumpet, © M. Mildenberger/AGE Fotostock; brown pelican, courtesy of Mick Thompson/CC BY-NC-2.0; hummingbird, courtesy of Butterfield/CC BY-NC-2.0; puffin, courtesy of David Wildlife/CC BY 2.0; tube anemone, courtesy of Paul Thompson/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; hammer coral, courtesy of NOAA; giant tubeworms, courtesy of NOAA; ibis, courtesy of Thomas James Caldwell/CC BY-SA 2.0; snowy egret, © Ruth Jolly/AGE Fotostock; sanderling, courtesy of Harrison/CC BY-SA 3.0; Hooker's sea lion, courtesy of Matt Binns/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; sea otter, © Suzi Eszterhas/AGE Fotostock; walrus, © Bernd Rohrschneider/AGE Fotostock; giant sea spider, courtesy of AMNH, Norbert Wu; nine-armed sea star, courtesy of Andrea Westmoreland/Wikimedia Commons; peacock mantis shrimp, courtesy of Craig D./CC BY-SA 2.0; Kribensis purple cichlid, © Zoonar/AGE Fotostock; discus fish, courtesy of Cuatrok77/CC BY-SA 2.0; striped bass, © Robert S. Michelson/AGE Fotostock.