5,000 Amazing New Undersea Species Discovered in Marine Census (Pics)

This fish, found in Antarctic waters has dropped all of its red blood cells and pigment to adapt to frigid waters. It's called the Antarctic Ice Fish.

A newly discovered kind of ghost shrimp.

This new sea sponge is believed to possibly contain anti-cancer agents.

This shrimp was previously believed to have gone extinct 50 million years ago. But it didn't.

And finally, this is believed to be a new kind of Antarctic Sea Spider. Yes, those are its eggs.

All images via the Census of Marine Life and the BBC
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