This deep-sea skate almost looks like it's singing a song to fisherman Roman Fedortsov, who took this photo and posted it to Instagram. But that's not a face, only nostrils and a mouth.
The Latin name of this basket star, Gorgonocephalus arcticus, translates to "dreaded head" like that of the Greek monster Gorgon. Here are two of them on top of one another.
This eel-like toothsome shark species called the frilled shark has so many teeth it's hard not to have nightmares while staring into its mouth. Fisherman Roman Fedortsov posts photos of creatures he catches in his net to his Twitter feed and Instagram account.
Roman Fedortsov works on a fishing trawler in Murmansk, Russia, and regularly comes in contact with odd-looking deep-sea dwellers. For fun, he posts pictures of them on social media.
They look like spiders, but sea spiders aren't true arachnids. They're considered primitive marine arthropods called pycnogonids. Sea spiders are carnivorous and eat mostly worms, jellyfish and sponges. So far humans aren't on their menu.
This spiny deep-sea fish almost looks like it would feel right at home in the waters of "Game of Thrones." "The mother of dragons?" fisherman Roman Fedortsov captioned this photo.
"Weird one from the bottom of the sea," fisherman Roman Fedortsov captioned this photo. This looks like another kind of basket star complete with spines and hooks on its tendrils which it uses to catch its prey.
