Macrourid
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Macrourid
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Cute little Chaunacops swimming
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Bamboo w/ associates. Hydroids, Flytrap, Stolonifera, Anthomastus (turns out there's 41 sp. of Anthomastus, 1 sp. Bathyalcyon, 6 sp. heteropolypus, 7 sp. Neoanthomastus, & 12 sp. pseudoanthomastus;all you're getting from me is Anthomastus)
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Crinoid swimming off during sampling.
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Many species of coral on this ridge they're following along w/ sponges & anemones.
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Aphanostichopathes, Stolonifera & Anthomastus on dead coral, pteropod shells & maybe the brown Brachiopods?, Anthoptilum
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Galiteuthis or Taonius. Too far for the squid squad to confirm one way or the other.
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@schmidtocean.bsky.social back in the water for dive 979 #samplinggap #MarineLife
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Cranchiid
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Taningia danae
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Neoteuthis
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Benthodytes?
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Halicreas
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They're suggesting Monoplacophora but I thought they were a lot smaller than that? Alternatipathes, sponge, Chrysogorgia pinnata?
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They're seeing a lot of sponges today plus a Flytrap anemone & crinoid on a Bamboo stalk. That 1st flat sponge is interesting.
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@below500m.bsky.social here's a neat Holothurian for ya. They sampled it.
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Absolutely massive Caulophacus
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Bryozoans?, Bamboo, sponges, Bamboo, Anemone w/ Polynoid beside it, & Holothurian
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Beroe ctenophore
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