Who needs lights when you are your own disco ball?
Eunice sp., a polychaete worm peeks out from a glass sponge at 1,000m, the rest of its iridescent body coiled inside. Observed on the #Shinkai6500 expedition with #JAMSTEC in 2025.
Expedition: oceancensus.org/expeditions/...
#SundaySpecies
What’s so mighty about meiofauna?
On the #Shinkai6500 expedition, JAMSTEC’s James Fleming is exploring the hidden world of meiofauna—where thousands, even tens of thousands, of new species may be waiting to be discovered.
@jamesfvfleming.bsky.social #JAMSTEC
The underside of a brittle star.
Photographed on the #Shinkai6500 expedition with
JAMSTEC, this closeup reveals the spiny arms and central mouth of a brittle star, forming the perfect star-shaped symmetry on the ocean floor.
oceancensus.org/expeditions/...
📷 Jack Hogan – Ocean Census / ©JAMSTEC
Two amphipods found at 2,500m in the Nankai Trough during the #Shinkai6500 expedition.
Amphipods play a vital role in recycling nutrients on the ocean floor. To date, over 10,700 amphipod species have been described, but many remain undiscovered, particularly in the deep sea.
Watch the expedition team prepare the 27-tonne #Shinkai6500 submarine for a deep dive. This week we have been exploring the cold seep environments of the Nankai Trough, south of Tokyo.
Discover more about the dive site oceancensus.org/jamstec-shin...
Off the southeastern coast of Japan lies the Nankai Trough, a geologically active deep-sea region shaped by the collision of the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It's one of our key dive sites on the #Shinkai6500 expedition with JAMSTEC.
👉 Find out more: oceancensus.org/jamstec-shin...
📬 The Ocean Census June newsletter is here
Inside this issue:
⚓ Updates from #Shinkai6500 — our first deep-sea expedition in Japan
📖 Training & opportunities from across our Network
🎫 Upcoming events & conferences
🔬 Latest research highlights
Read it here: mailchi.mp/d35777375713...
First dive complete! 🫧🔍
With the Ocean Census: JAMSTEC-Shinkai Expedition 2025 underway, we’re proud to showcase our partners #JAMSTEC — a leader in Japan's deep-sea science. Their expertise and talented team are key to this expedition's success.
Learn more: www.jamstec.go.jp/e/
#Shinkai6500
The latest @OceanCensus expedition has begun!
In partnership with JAMSTEC, with support from #TheNipponFoundation, the team is searching for new species in Japan’s deep ocean, using the legendary Shinkai 6500 submersible. Follow the journey #Shinkai6500.
Learn more: oceancensus.org/expeditions/...
Jane!!!! @JaneLubchenco Look what I found on the Lego “black market” and built?!! #Shinkai6500 submersible (Kit 21100 sold only in Japan, 2010) cc @JamesGIS @SchmidtOcean @popping_rocks @WHOImedia @Wind_Wave_Rose @AdamSoule
