Ha ha. New video of Hippasteria feeding on corals from #okeanos years ago! #echinoday youtu.be/gPWOyGnFJvY?...
translucent ball- comb jelly with shimmering lines
shimmering ball with translucent iridescent lines of swimming shiny
Whoa. A lobate comb jelly from 2212 meters from the Gulf of Mexico #okeanos 218 near a mud volcano, WR488 #ctenophoreday
translucent blue comb jelly with shimmering lines against a black background. kind of a lobate shape with round butt on the bottom
translucent blue comb jelly with shimmering lines against a black background. kind of a lobate shape with round butt on the bottom
translucent blue comb jelly with shimmering lines against a black background. kind of a lobate shape with round butt on the bottom
Wow. Comb Jellies really are space ships! This one from 765 m in the Gulf of Mexico, taken during #Okeanos in 2018 #ctenophoreday
small translucent ball with red stuff inside and 2 very long fluffy trailing tentacles
small translucent ball with red stuff inside and 2 very long fluffy trailing tentacles
A remarkable comb jelly from Okeanos Ridge in the Gulf of Mexico #okeanos spied in 2017! #ctenophoreday
purple plant like animal showing many polyps with 8 feeding arms.
A gorgeous lavender octocoral for #octocoralFriday! from St. Crois, Puerto Rico! #okeanos 2015!
MOAR #okeanos midwater Magic! jellies, siphonophores and more! oh my! from 2017, the Musicians Seamount expedition youtu.be/s3VbKydtSQ0?...
From #okeanos 2017-the Symphony seamounts DEEP water pelagic jellies and such! youtu.be/FmEs8ba_nA8?...
Some #okeanos SOLMISSUS a hydromedusa with flow fields and feeding arms in all directions! via GFOE youtu.be/ig-Abh8fq9w?...
ACTION VIDEO from #okeanos years ago- rare star Asthenactis novel obs. of FEEDING on coral plus BENTHIC COMB JELLIES! @beziostudio.bsky.social @agcollins.bsky.social youtu.be/GIsdfPyk48s?...
deepsea bottom with rocks, sediment and a cover of hundreds of closely packed sphaerioid balls or somesuch?
closer shot deepsea bottom with rocks, sediment and a cover of hundreds of closely packed sphaerioid balls or somesuch?
CLOSEUP of deepsea bottom with rocks, sediment and a cover of hundreds of closely packed sphaerioid balls or somesuch?
Ha ha. One of the MANY mysterious critters? structures? encountered in the deeps! at 4570 m of west Clipperton during an #okeanos 2017 dive to the Central Pacific. HUNDREDS OF LITTLE Sphaerioid bits? balls? Not sure we collected or if we ever found out! #mysteries
rock covered by sponges and octocoarals
cigar shaped rock covered by sponges and octocoarals
cigar shaped rock covered by octocorals and sponges
Whoa. In 2017 I remember #okeanos appoaching this hi-density community of sponges, octocorals & etc. covering this overhanging rock! Wow! Jarvis Island, 355 m depth #octocoralFriday #spongeThursday
purple lace animal alonside a white octocoral
purple lace animal alonside a white octocoral
oh here's a weird one. Purple bryozoan from 260 m the Farallon de Medinilla site #okeanos 2016
purple tree like octocoral
Victogorgia? from #okeanos 2016 Zealandia in the Marianas region #octocoralFriday
sea anemone with thick white tentacles and oral region, tan mouth and stalk
sea anemone with thick white tentacles
thick mouth brown central to white disk and feeding arms.
Ha ha. A sea anemone with quite a provocative "manus" (mouth-anus) from Aba Guyot in the Wake Island/North Pacific region 2140ish meters #okeanos 2016
purple soft corals each polyp is lavender with 8 tentacles
Some lovely purple octocoral from Wake Atoll #okeanos 2016, #octocoralFriday about 445 m
purple branching coral with some serpent star arms wrapped around some branches. A gold coral in the foregroun
What I have id'd as Anthomuricea from #okeanos 2015 Swordfish Seamount 1000 m #octocoralFriday
SEA CUCUMBER SWIMMY SWIMMY! #okeanos youtu.be/CkSWumrTqLI?...
A variety of colorful sea anemones, primarily in shades of orange and red, are attached to a rocky underwater landscape.
Underwater scene featuring an octopus navigating a rocky seabed, surrounded by red pom-pom anemones.
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Deep-sea sea pen Umbelulla! from #okeanos EX1806 #octocoralfriday youtu.be/pmvdAJrLFLA?...
ACORN WORM! from #okeanos perhaps the genus Yoda with a bit of munnopsid isopod thrown in at the beginning! youtu.be/bMWqcyrpvzo?...
MOAR #deepsea #okeanos wormy fun! A nemertean aka ribbon worm from the North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition youtu.be/RhPwlUO3jK4?...
From EX1711 #okeanos A chemosynthetic tube worm #wormwednesday with narration by Chuck Messing! I always miss hearing his voice.. youtu.be/b-iBq7MAhiE?...
SWIMA! #okeanos Swimming polychaetes in the deep-sea! youtu.be/BfWnDrfMHUM?...
A short recollection of the #okeanos Musicians Seamount expedition youtu.be/KsMlFve2HJ4?...
15 armed sea star, white with orange disk. spines on each arm extended
brisingid sea star in the genus Freyella at 4435 METERS! Classic feeding position with arms up, spines out, catching small crustaceans to eat! west Clipperton site #okeanos from the Central Pacific, 2017
reddish sea star with soft, ruffled surface
Hymenaster! Slime stars are always such a spectacle! #okeanos at about 1700 m depth Kahalewai central Pacific #seastarSaturday Surface of this animal is nearly gelatinous and spews mucus as a defense!
big orange brisingd sea star with about 10 arms on a rod/branch with 6 or 7 smaller feather stars that are yellow
A large brisingid hanging out with some feather stars! All these animals are filter/suspension feeders and all take advantage of the same water current to feed. Some on small particulates and some are predators on crustaaceans #okeanos central Pacific TeKawhiti #seastarSaturday
orange sea star with spines on a black rock bottom, with sand. worm has a yellow worm riding on surface
The coral predator Hippasteria having a quiet moment with its lil yellow scale worm friend! It turns out these are quite common-but not observed on trawl specimens. #okeanos Te Kawhiti in the Central Pacific #seastarSaturday
14 armed sea star, orange with bumbs. dark orange disk.
14 armed sea star, orange with bumbs. dark orange disk.
Brisingid, poss. Brisingenes with parasites along its many arms! East Necker Seamount, North Pacific #okeanos #seastarSaturday