The abyssopelagic zone is located between 4000m and the ocean floor. It is near freezing, with no light, and extreme water pressure. Most creatures that live there are invertebrates that survive in the cold, dark conditions. Some notable animals found in this zone include the dumbo octopus, which uses its large fins to swim, the frilled shark, with over 300 teeth and a flexible jaw, and hammerhead sharks that hunt at night in schools.

1. Abyssopelagic Zone

2. Abyssopelagic Zone
• The depth of the abyssopelagic zone goes from
4000 m to the ocean floor.
• It is near freezing temperature
• Down there , there is no light
• Most creatures are invertebrates
• Has about ¾ of the ocean water
• The pressure is up to 76 megapascals
• The salinity range is between 34.6‐35 parts per
thousands

3. Abyssopelagic Zone
• Some of the nicknames are: abyssal zone or
abyss
• The location of the abyssopelagic zone is
beneath the bathypelagic zone and above the
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4. Hammerhead Shark
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20 – 30 years.
• It grows up to .6 to 6 meters
Long
• They weigh about 500‐1000 lbs.
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5. Hammerhead shark
• Have best eyes in the oceans
• They are found in tropical and temperate
waters worldwide
• Their bodies allow them to move quicker
• There is 9 species of hammerhead sharks
• It’s a fish and
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6. Dumbo Octopus
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7. Dumbo Octopus
• One of the most rarest octopus species
• The biggest Dumbo squid was 6 feet and weight
13 lbs.
• They eat worms, bivalves, pelagic copecods , and
other crustacean
• They swallow their food alive
• They swim with their ears
• Their adaptations are, they have large fins at the
top of their head to swim away

8. Frilled Shark
• 300 trident shape teeth in 25 rows
• It grows up to 6.6 feet long
• They are found in the Atlantic and Pacific ocean
• The shark has extremely
Flexible jaws that enables it to
Swallow large prey whole
• It has an eel like body and a
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9. Frilled Shark
• It eats cephalopods, bony fish, and smaller
sharks
• They have a dark brown colored skin with 6
gill slits
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10. References
• www.strangespecies.com/fish/dumbo‐octopus.html
• En.wikepedia.org/wiki/abyssal_zone
• Edtech2.boisestate.edu/uriartej/573/abyssopelagic_zone.html
• www.hammerhead.com/new_site/index.html
• www.animals.national geographic.com/animals/fish/hammerhead_shark/
• Sealife/ocean/life.kno.com/facts/about/the/frilled/shark/