Gallery: These Hauntingly Bizarre Lifeforms Could Inspire Your Best Costume Ever

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    Sea angel

    Sea angel (*Clione limacia*) Photo: Alexander Semenov/*Animal Earth*/Thames & Hudson.
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    Jellyfish

    Jellyfish (*Bougainvillia superciliaris*) with an amphipod (*Hyperia galba*). Photo: Alexander Semenov/*Animal Earth*/Thames & Hudson.
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    Bristle worm

    Bristle worm. Photo: Alexander Semenov/*Animal Earth*/Thames & Hudson.
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    Cynipid wasp

    Cynipid wasp. Photo: Tomas Rak/*Animal Earth*/Thames & Hudson.
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    Sea slug

    Sea slug (*Chromodaris annulata*). Photo: Arthur Anker/*Animal Earth*/Thames & Hudson.
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    Sea urchin

    Sea urchin (*Coelopleurus floridanus*). Photo: Arthur Anker/*Animal Earth*/Thames & Hudson.
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    Porpita

    Porpita. Photo: Arthur Anker/*Animal Earth*/Thames & Hudson.
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    Brush-head

    Brush-head (*Pliciloricus sp.*). Photo: Phil Miller/*Animal Earth*/Thames & Hudson.
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    Polychaete

    Polychaete. Photo: Alexander Semenov/*Animal Earth*/Thames & Hudson.
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    Nudibranch

    Nudibranch (*Coryphella polaris*). Photo: Alexander Semenov/*Animal Earth*/Thames & Hudson.
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