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The deep sea may be regarded as that part of the ocean below the upper limit of the continental slopes (Fig. 1). Its waters fill the deep...


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Figure 1.Classification of marine environments. Right side of diagram illustrates the proposal to divide the bathypelagic zone into mesopelagic, bathypelagic, and abyssopelagic zones. Division of benthic region into bathyal, abyssal, and hadal zones also is shown. 1 m = 3.3 ft.
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Figure 2.Pelagic animals of the deep sea. (a) Copepod (Haloptilus acutifrons). (b) Prawn (Acanthephyra multispina). (c) Salp (Salpa, or Thalia, democratica). (d) Squid (Abraliopsis morisii). (e) Lantern fish (Myctophym punctatum). (f) Anglerfish (Lophodolus acanthognathus).
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Figure 3.Benthic animals of the deep sea. (a) Sea-pen (Umbellula) showing bulbous holdfast. (b) Sea cucumber (Elpidia glacialis). (c) Head and forepart of the trunk of a pogonophoran (Birsteinia witjasi). (d) Isopod crustacean (Macrostylus hadalis). (e) Bathypteroid fish (Benthosaurus).
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