The ocean's twilight zone is home to amazing creatures -- but its ecosystems are under threat from the fishing industry and climate change. Filmmaker James Cameron has visited these waters many times, and wants to promote and protect them. CallToEarth
Before the perpetual dark of the deep sea, in the space at the final reaches of daylight, is the ocean twilight zone.
Phronima -- A small, translucent crustacean that turns its victims into its home. 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.
Hide Caption 11 of 18 Photos: The weird and wonderful world of the ocean twilight zoneGiant ostracod -- Although giant in name and more than 30 times the size of the average ostracod, this species is still only around an inch long. It has a slit-like mouth from which feathery antennae extend, which the ostracod uses to swim, feed and sense its surroundings.
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