I have absolutely no idea what this is. It almost gives Ctenophore but the inner structure and movement confuses me. @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social
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They're heading up. Next dive planned for tomorrow morning.
Sea cucumbers, Hygrosoma?, sponges, Anthomastus, coral, sponge, Chrysogorgia
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That's a neat looking sea star @echinoblog.bsky.social . Looks like little tufts outlining the arms. Primnoid?
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Crinoid, Ophiuroids, Chonelasma, Benthodytes?, covered ses cucumber, shrimp
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Synaphobranchid
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Halosaur & the jelly looks like maybe Periphylla or Periphyllopsis
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A whole bunch of Lebensspuren & a Xenophyophore. My best theory for the mound is maybe spoonworm but idk about the divets. Not seeing tracks around them. Fish or crustacean? Also no clue who made the crop circles.
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Colobonema? It has a similar shimmer & general shape but I'm a little thrown off by the solid part in the bell. I don't recall seeing one with that structure. @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social what do you think?
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Clip of Ctenophore when it had the feeding tentacles out & then schlurped them in. @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social
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Ctenophore giving you a taste of the rainbow
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Hymenaster, Megalodicopia, rock sample
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Oh my that cup coral (the little white circle below the manipulator) is so tiny. I wasn't sure it was alive until it closed. The tentwcles must be no wider than a hair!
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Another of those Black Corals w/ a stalk & brached tip, Farreidae?, Abyssopathes, dead sponge?, Alternatipathes?
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Urchin, Mollusc shell, Cladorhizid?, living Mollusc, spone next to Munidopsis
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This is interesting. Stichopathes is the sp. of black coral that I know has a stalked form but I don't think that this is that one b/c of how whispy it is and the way it is branched at the top. Collected.
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Ophiuroid, Sea cucumber with a tiny Polychaete associate, Actinerian?, very small head on this stalked crinoid next to Megalodicopia, Corallamorph, Black coral
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Polychelid, Cerianthid, Hyalonema
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@echinoblog.bsky.social a nice Hymenaster for ya. Plus Abyssopathes
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Face finger time! Enypniastes
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