http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091122161740.htm
Here are some of the most interesting and bizarre species found so far.

Clione lamacina, a snail found in Arctic and Antarctic waters.

Here is another polar species, Mimonectes sphaericus, a polar crustacean.
http://english.cctv.com/20090916/103799.shtml
The image gallery at the Census of Marine Life website has some great photos, but they can't be downloaded.
http://www.coml.org
An exceptionally strange group of deep sea creatures are members of the Osedax genus (bone-eating tubeworms). They devour whale bones in association with symbiotic bacteria that help in the digestion process.

They are small; their length ranges between 0.2 and 05. millimeters, and live in tubes that they build. Only the females feed on whales, The males live inside the females and feed on yolk contained inside their bodies. One female may contain dozens of males. Osedax may play a major role in carbon recycling in the deep sea.
http://www.mindfully.org/Water/2004/Bone-Eating-Osedax30jul04.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050926082721.htm
Here are two videos on the deep sea projects.
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