Aliens from other worlds: rating of the strangest sea creatures

More than 30,000 species of fish live in the blue depths of the world's oceans, as well as countless species of mollusks and crustaceans. Scientists still continue to discover and study new representatives of the underwater world. And this biodiversity cannot but surprise. Sea creatures differ from each other in size, shape, color; each is unique and beautiful in its own way, there are those that, thanks to their completely strange appearance, are even compared to alien life forms.

(Total 18 photos)

Source: supercoolpics.com

1. Mediterranean longfin. (Beckmannjan)

2. Rinomurena. (Carmel Vernia)

3. Seahorse-rag-picker. (Nathan Rupert)

4. Seahorse-rag-picker. (Nathan Rupert)

5. Axolotl. (Brian Gratwicke)

6. (widdowquinn)

7. North American stargazer. (canvasman21)

8. Common horned boxfish. (Mike S. Torres)

9. Common horned boxfish. (Russ)

10. Sea angel. (2il.org)

11. Venus flytrap anemone. (NOAA Photo Library)

12. Venus flytrap anemone. (NOAA Photo Library)

13. Grimpoteutis. (NOAA Ocean Explorer)

14. Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. (Chris Smith)

15. Eggs in the brood chamber of a male Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. (Chris Smith)

16. Darwin's bat. (National Undersea Research Program)

17. Medusa Olindias formosa. (Vadim Kurland)

18. Hairy clownfish. (Steve Childs)