15 Interesting Ocean Animal Adaptations
Tiger pistol shrimp
- a claw that generates a considerable shock wave
Scale worm -
Breathing structures on the appendages and 4-domain hemoglobin that better captures oxygen
Asian sheepshead wrasse -
Changes from female to male
Fanfin seadevil -
Changes in the immune system that allow sexual parasitism
Flower urchin -
Flexible spines with toxin as a defense mechanism
Giant Sea Cucumber/California Sea cucumber -
Expel their internal organs in defense
Blue bottle, Indo – Pacific man o’ war -
A gas-filled sack that allows it to float
Yeti crab -
Arms covered with hair, possibly for food farming
Painted frogfish -
An excellent camouflage
Pineapple fish -
Organ colonized with luminous bacteria
Flamingo tongue sea snail -
Highly tolerant of coral toxins
The sea butterfly snail -
Structures that help it to “fly” in the water
Yellowtail fang blenny -
Poisonous fangs for protection
Blue Glaucus/Blue dragon -
Stores the stinging cells of siphonophores it consumes
The Pacific black dragon -
Uses melanin pigment to blend into the darkness