#VentUnderworld

Nice zooms on this Deepstaria. Looks like it has a little isopod passenger inside as well. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 556 #ventunderworld #MarineLife

I've shared this fish before but I really like it & is the only time I recall seeing it. Scopelarchus from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 557 #ventunderworld #MarineLife

Chin up, today's gas prices are the lowest they're going to be for a long time. Here have an Aulacoctena. It won't help but it is pretty. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 558 #ventunderworld #MarineLife

Mardi-gras squid (Planctoteuthis). They come with their own magic wands! Iirc it eventually falls off? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 558 #ventunderworld #MarineLife

Mobula ray with some clingons (Remora). @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 560 #ventunderworld #MarineLife

Such a cute little jelly. @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social do you recognize this one? From @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 552 #ventunderworld #MarineLife

One moment that sticks in my mind is when pilots flipped over this basalt to reveal that tube worms hang out under the surface in these spaces where vent fluid flows. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 552 #ventunderworld #MarineLife

Am I upside-down or are you upside-down? Either way here's a rawr and a bonk.
Melanocetus from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 557 #VentUnderworld #MarineLife

Undescribed Aulacoctena maybe. The entire #ventunderworld expedition was full of amazing midwater animals. Worth your time if you are interested in midwater. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 558 #MarineLife

My fave Deepstaria moment. Watch the bottom of the bell. It's open & then it drops a part of the bell and closes itself w/ a cool little balloon knot. I'm betting this is how they trap prey. Zoomed photos below. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 558 #ventunderworld #MarineLife

Full screen is remarkable. (she remarked)

Scopelarchus from
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
dive 557
#ventunderworld #MarineLife

Scopelarchus from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 557 #ventunderworld #MarineLife

Riftia, eelpouts, mussels, & all sorts of cool stuff at a vent during @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 543 #ventunderworld #MarineLife
The next expedition sets sail tomorrow!

🎶… I get by with a little help from my friends…”🎶

Remoras & rays have a mutualistic relationship, meaning both animals benefit from each other. We hope you find some good friends to hang with this weekend! 🌊
#VentUnderworld, 101m
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Idk that I have those fish just b/c the dives I watch are usually deeper than where they live, but I have lots of octopus! Here's a vitreledonella from my favorites folder @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 556 #ventunderworld #MarineLife

Deepstaria from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 556 #VentUnderworld #MarineLife

Animal life in the shallow subseafloor crust at deep-sea hydrothermal vents - Nature Communications Microbes and viruses inhabit the subseafloor crust beneath hydrothermal vents. Here the authors show that vent endemic animals such as giant tubeworms also live in vent subseafloor cavities, implicati...

New paper from #SchmidtOcean #VentUnderworld expedition! I shared a clip the other day of when they flipped a rock and found riftia underneath.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An exciting moment from 2023 when scientists on board Falkor (too) discovered tube worms were traveling through the vents under the basalt! #SchmidtOcean dive 552 #VentUnderworld #MarineLife

A thread with some really beautiful examples of why midwater is my favorite place to explore. From #SchmidtOcean dive 556 during their #VentUnderworld expedition. The midwater above vent sites have never failed to have amazing animals like this stunning Vitreledonella (glass octopus)! #MarineLife