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Bob Carney

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LSU Emeritus Professor of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at LSU, interested in deep-sea megafauna especially holothuroids

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@below500m.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 4:37 AM

Tough one, I'll guess Galatheathuria, a synallatid noted for swimming that is similar to Paelopatides that does escape swimming. Digital video can do strange things to dark images. I do not know if the "velvet-like" texture is real or artifact.

@below500m.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:59 PM

My quick guess is Laetmogonidae: 1. Papillae tips bending in current. 2. Notice scattered small circular "warts" on body wall ? Those might be clusters of wheel-shaped ossicles.

@below500m.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 4:51 PM

It's hard to tell in still images if papillae are soft or rigid. You get a few more hints from the videos. Pannychia and other Laetmogonids are long and have similar looking papillae but are on the soft side.

@below500m.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 3:00 PM

When dorsal and lateral papillae look long and stiff the animal is usually in the family Deimatidae. There is a parchment-like layer of spicules in the skin.

@below500m.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 6:13 PM

Fascinating interaction, but there isn't much "sea cucumber like" about the prey item except maybe 2 longitudinal muscle bands.

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