organisms in the dark zone

Question 1

fish appearance

Answer 1

• Below 1000m
• Small but alarming appearance to fish
• Colors black or red
Scarce food

Question 2

fish hunting?

Answer 2

• Sit and wait predators
  
  • Sluggish, weak, flabby, small eyes
  • Most lack a swim bladder - drift in open ocean
  • Often use lures

Question 3

deep sea cehalopod exs.

Answer 3

• Nautilus
○ Large, heavy shell, divided into sealed chambers
○ Evolved 200+ mya
○ 500m
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○ Can move and pressurize the shell chambers
• Vampyroteuthis - vampire squid from hell
○ Classification between squid and octopus
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	• Architeuthis - giant squid 
		○ Up to 15 m and a tonne 
		○ Most biology from dead speciments 
		○ 2004 got live images, filmed in 2006 
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