Deep-sea Animal Identification Guides

DARC's has been the main creator and curator of number of Deep-sea Animal Identification Guides, a collection of in situ images collected by the Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), NOAA's department of Ocean Exploration (OE), and the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET). The guides below are intended to share animal identifications from deep-sea areas in the Pacific Ocean basin and NE Atlantic Ocean. Animal identifications have been updated on a periodic basis as taxonomic revisions have been made. Taxonomic revisions are particularly common for deep-water animals, which are poorly known; therefore, we expect routine updates to continue to occur.

The guides are organized by taxonomic groups and identifications were made with assistance from taxonomic experts who specialize in deep-water animals. Each image includes the animal's taxonomy, depth at which the image was taken and where the image was captured.

**Please give credit to the insitution that collected the image if you use it for reference in a paper or presentation.**