The Black Carpet Ocean Creature

Legend of the deep sea black carpet from diveranon giant sea anemones the bloop these are stories from diveranon discussing potential biological origins of the bloop or other unidentified sea sounds the black carpet and generally just what bizarre organisms may still be lurking undiscovered.

The black carpet ocean creature.

Commonly known for migrating to depths past 1 600 feet their pitch black color blends in with the dark waters they live in. About a bazillion creatures that look like they re straight out of a salvador dali brainstorm session. Researchers estimate the creature which is related to jellyfish and corals has an outer ring that is approximately 154 feet long. By oli smith published.

The black dragonfish has a scientific designation too difficult to pronounce but it is truly one of the most intimidating creatures found in the sea. Footage from the us government has set off a wave of conspiracy theories over what appears to be a mysterious sea beast in alaska. This creature has not been seen in the ocean but rather in lake champlain but it s off the coast of vermont and new york so we re going to go ahead and say close enough in reference to the fact that this is an ocean list. 06 10 mon oct 31 2016.

We re talking about the blob sculpin or the tasseled wobbegong or the aptly named terrible claw lobster. It is not a hydrozoa or a siphonophore it is described as a mile long black carpet of creatures imagine a stingray hovering over the surface of water but a mile long and composed of strange little tentacle thingies that suck up the nutrients off of the ocean floor and sort of swipe across it. What we have charted however has turned up some seriously curious discoveries namely. By most estimates we ve explored somewhere around 5 percent of our oceans.

It is said to be a giant flat black siphonophore that is about a mile long wide and covered in feelers with an occasional 20ish foot long transparent tentacle.