So Many Animals, So Little Time!

Hi Everyone!

We are heading back to the dock today and can't believe the trip is almost over!  All we have left is to enter data, clean the nets, clean and pack everything in the lab and disassemble the acoustics equipment- all by 8 am tomorrow morning!  This post is all about the animals as we wanted to share just a few images of the amazing creatures we have collected during this trip.  

We can't thank the crew of the R/V Point Sur enough for this safe and amazing research cruise.  We also would like to shout out CSA, Continental Shelf Associates for our MOC10 operator, Gray- without him, we wouldn't have animals to work with!  The support from our organizations and universities has been consistent throughout the DEEPEND program which we truly appreciate. 

See you next year for our next adventure!

Left: Sergestids

Right:  Deep Sea Shrimp

Left:  deep sea luminsecent squid

Right:  Seven-arm octopus

Left:  Atolla jellyfish

Right:  deep sea crab on pyrosome

Left:  Octopus

Right:  Anoplogaster cornuta, Fangtooth fish   

Left:  Stylephorus chordatus

Right:  Chauliodus sloani, Viperfish

Left:  Serrivomer lanceolatoides, Sawpallet Eel

Middle:  Zenopsis conchifer

Right:  Omosudis lowii, Hammerjaw fish