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By clock on November 2, 2008.

The list is now final. Here are the top 13:

#13 Deep-sea corals

#12: Yeti Crab

#11 Venus's Flower Basket

#10: Echinothuriid Sea Urchins

#9: Bathynomus, the GIANT ISOPOD!!!!

#8 Red Lure Jellyfish

#7 Predatory Tunicates

#6: Giant Sea Spiders

#5 Barreleye Fish

#4 Gold-Footed or Scaly Foot Snail

#3 Flesh Eating Sponges

#2: Bone-Devouring Zombie Worms from Hell

#1 Vampire Squid

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