Plunge into the ocean twilight zone and you'll encounter an array of weird and wonderful species like nothing else found on earth. 9News
The phronima will skewer salps - a gelatinous invertebrate - and hollow out their insides, before climbing in.
Female phronima lay their eggs inside before climbing out and pushing the remaining carcass around, lending it the nickname "pram bug."This fish lives towards the bottom of the twilight zone, and has been found as far down as 4,000 meters beneath the surface. No looker, those bumps on its head are mucus-filled cavities. Known for its curious "rowing" style motion through the water, relying on its pectoral fins.Glass squid are filled with ammonium chloride, a solution lighter than seawater, allowing them to float through the ocean in search of food and mates.4 of 15Leptocephalus are tiny and grown up to become glass eels.
Sockets in the roof of its mouth prevent the fish's teeth from puncturing its own brain in the process.This crustacean is a parasite to salps and other gelatinous creatures, and grow to just over one centimetre in size.
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