The Abyss - Fact or Fiction

According to the author of “The Abyss – Fact or Fiction?”, The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest in the world. He explains that in the piélagos of the Atlantic are too many strange and unknown species. Especially the deep ocean is remarkably stable and similar across the globe.

The author mentions the vampire squid from hell (Vampyroteuthis infernalis). A small red cephalopod covered with light-producing organs called fotóforos, which helps you confuse their potential predators. It can live in waters with unusual low oxygen concentrations at depths of 600 to 900 meters.

Mixino fish or mucus (Myxine glutosa) feeds of the fish to be crossed, and digging into their bodies. It is of ancient group of fish without jaw. The mixino live in very deep waters, sometimes up to 1200 meters. He is also known as eel slug because of the large amount of baba produced when it feels threatened.

Anguilla tragadora (Eurypharynx sp.) has a huge mouth and can swallow prey larger than its own size, the dismantling of jaws; it grows up to 2 meters in length and lives at depths of 1,200 meters or more.

Shrimp swarm (Rimicaris exoculata) living on the seabed near hydrothermal vents. It feeds on the only bacterium that is found around and It cultivates with own highly modified gills. The shrimp has a patch on his back special reflective it could function as an eye, capable of detecting the red light generated by the plumes of hot water.

Medusa abyssal (Atolla vanhoeffeni) lives to depths of up to 1,000 meters and expels rings of light from the center toward the edges of his body.
(Adapted from: http://www.animalplanetlatino.com/abismo/abismo_atlantico/index.shtml