07/16/2013,10:42:04,iscwatch,Stream 2-4 down on websites. Trying to troubleshoot. 07/16/2013,11:17:16,Catalina Martinez,All three I1 feeds have been restored. 07/16/2013,11:17:32,Catalina Martinez,Love the highlights coming through on feed 3 in the mornings! Thanks. 07/16/2013,11:42:58,Andrea Quattrini,Good morning everyone. Beautiful day here. Calm seas 0-1'. And its warmer inside today~ 07/16/2013,12:02:58,Andrea Quattrini,Launching a bit early today! 15 min to ROV ops 07/16/2013,12:08:44,Andrea Quattrini,Good morning. We are currently in Atlantis Canyon, preparing to launch the ROV D2 in <15 min. We are currently at 39d47.399 70d12.9118W. This site is considered Atlantis Deep 2. The ROV will be descending to a depth of ~1800 m on the east wall of Atlantis Canyon. Dive objectives include characterizing the submarine canyon geomorphology and benthic habitats, including possible coral and sponge communities. Looking forward to another great dive today. 07/16/2013,12:21:06,Brendan Roark,ROV in the water 07/16/2013,12:22:54,Catalina Martinez,At ISC you have Tim and his team, as well as Shirley Pomponi and Dennis Hanisak 07/16/2013,12:25:10,Brendan Roark,serious in the water 07/16/2013,12:25:41,Brendan Roark,ROV leaving the surface 10m/min 07/16/2013,12:28:05,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 25 m 07/16/2013,12:28:10,Andrea Quattrini,Hi Tim and WHOI, Shirley and Dennis! Welcome~ 07/16/2013,12:31:05,Brendan Roark,ROV holding 50 m 07/16/2013,12:32:17,Brendan Roark,ROV diving going to 1800m 07/16/2013,12:32:20,Tim Shank,BIO - Biology (Unspecified) 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,MUC - Unidentified mucus structure 07/16/2013,USO - Unidentified Sessile Object 07/16/2013,STR - mucus string 07/16/2013,FEC - Fecal (matter) 07/16/2013,EGG - Egg (case) 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,Taxa 07/16/2013,MAT - Bacterial (Mat) 07/16/2013,FOR - Foraminiferan 07/16/2013,GRO - Gromiid 07/16/2013,XEN - Xenophyophoran 07/16/2013,SPO - Sponge 07/16/2013,BRA - Brachiopod 07/16/2013,BRY - Bryozoan 07/16/2013,TUN - Tunicate 07/16/2013,SAL - Salp 07/16/2013,LAR - Larvacean house 07/16/2013,ECN - Echiuran (or radial feeding trace) 07/16/2013,CTE - Ctenophore 07/16/2013,CNI - Cnidarian 07/16/2013, HYD - Hydroid 07/16/2013, JFH - Jellyfish 07/16/2013, ACN - Actinaria (anemone) 07/16/2013, ZOA - Zoanthid 07/16/2013, COR - Coral 07/16/2013, CORA - Antipatharian 07/16/2013, CORL - Lophelia 07/16/2013, CORM - Madrepora 07/16/2013, CORG - Gorgonian 07/16/2013, CORP - Paramuricea 07/16/2013, CORS - Stylasterid 07/16/2013, CPEN - Pennatulacean 07/16/2013, CORW - Whip coral 07/16/2013,Echinoderm 07/16/2013, ASR - Asteroid 07/16/2013, HOL - Holothurian 07/16/2013, CRI - Crinoid 07/16/2013, CRIHYO - Hyocrinida 07/16/2013, CRIBAT - Bathycrinidae 07/16/2013, CRIBOU - Bourgeuticrinidae 07/16/2013, CRIANT - Antedonidae 07/16/2013, CRIZEN - Zenometridae 07/16/2013, CRIPNT - Pentametrocinidae 07/16/2013, CRIATE - Atelecrinidae 07/16/2013, CRITHA - Thalassometridae 07/16/2013, OPH - Ophiuroid 07/16/2013, URC - Urchin 07/16/2013,ART - Arthropod 07/16/2013, PYC - Pycnogonid 07/16/2013, COP - Copepods 07/16/2013, CRA - Crab 07/16/2013, CRAKC - King crab (family Lithodidae) 07/16/2013, CRARED - Red Deep Sea Crab (Chaceon quinquedens) 07/16/2013, CRASPI - Spider crabs (family Majoidea) 07/16/2013, LOB - Lobster 07/16/2013, SQA - Squat Lobster 07/16/2013, PAG - Pagurid (hermit) 07/16/2013, SHI - Shrimp 07/16/2013, BAR - Barnacle 07/16/2013, APH - Amphipod 07/16/2013, ISO - Isopod 07/16/2013,MOL - Mollusk 07/16/2013, MUS - Mussels 07/16/2013, NUD - Nudibranch 07/16/2013, OCT - Octopus 07/16/2013, SQD - Squid 07/16/2013, GAS - Gastropods (not limpets) 07/16/2013, LIM - Limpets 07/16/2013, CHI - Chiton 07/16/2013, CLA - Clams 07/16/2013, PTE - Pteropod 07/16/2013,FSH - Fish 07/16/2013, FCHN - Chondrichthyes 07/16/2013, FCOD - Codlets 07/16/2013, FREF - Reeffish (grouper, tilefish, AJs, snapper) 07/16/2013, FANT - Anthiins (fancy bass) 07/16/2013, FELO - Elongate (eels, brotulids) 07/16/2013, FOVO - Ovoid (roughys, boarfish, dories) 07/16/2013, FLAT - Flatfish 07/16/2013,WOR - Worm 07/16/2013, POL - Polychaete 07/16/2013, SCA - Scale (worm) 07/16/2013, TUB - Tubeworms (not Riftia) 07/16/2013, SER - Serpulid worm 07/16/2013, RIF - Riftia 07/16/2013, SPA - Spaghetti Worms 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,Geology 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,BUR - Burrow 07/16/2013,COB - Cobble 07/16/2013,MUD - Mud 07/16/2013,ROC - Rock 07/16/2013,RUB - Rubble 07/16/2013,SAD - Sand 07/16/2013,SED - Sediment 07/16/2013,WAL - Wall 07/16/2013,WOD - Wood 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,Lava Morphology 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,TAL - Talus 07/16/2013,PIL - Pillow 07/16/2013,ENT - Entrail 07/16/2013,LOB - Lobate 07/16/2013,SHE - Sheet 07/16/2013,FOL - Folded 07/16/2013,JUM - Jumbled 07/16/2013,HAC - Hackly 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,Sediment Cover 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,LIG - Light 07/16/2013,POC - Partial/Pockets 07/16/2013,HEA - Heavy/Coalescent 07/16/2013,BLA - Blanket 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,Feature 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,ASG - Axial Summit Graben 07/16/2013,AVR - Axial Volcanic Ridge 07/16/2013,CAR - Carbonate 07/16/2013,CLI - Cliff 07/16/2013,COL - Collapse 07/16/2013,CON - Contact 07/16/2013,FAU - Fault 07/16/2013,FIS - Fissure 07/16/2013,HAY - Haystack 07/16/2013,HYX - Hydrothermal 07/16/2013,PIL - Pillar 07/16/2013,SCP - Scarp 07/16/2013,SEP - Seep 07/16/2013,12:33:12,taylorheyl,Good morning Brendan. Tim Shank, Taylor Heyl, Kerry McCulloch and Kelly Wiliams at the ISC today. 07/16/2013,12:33:24,Andrea Quattrini,Good morning Taylor! 07/16/2013,12:33:32,taylorheyl,Hi Andrea! 07/16/2013,12:33:34,Andrea Quattrini,Kerry and Kelly and Tim as well! 07/16/2013,12:33:47,kerrymcculloch,Good morning! 07/16/2013,12:34:32,Brendan Roark,Welcome Kerry 07/16/2013,12:34:55,Brendan Roark,HI Taylor Welcome all at ISC 07/16/2013,12:35:08,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 125 m 07/16/2013,12:35:11,kellywilliams,Good morning 07/16/2013,12:35:35,Brendan Roark,Welcome Kelly 07/16/2013,12:35:50,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 150 m 07/16/2013,12:37:26,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 200m going to 1800 m 07/16/2013,12:44:11,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 400 m 07/16/2013,12:50:47,Brendan Roark,rov passing 600 m 07/16/2013,12:57:18,ingevandenbeld,Good morning everybody 07/16/2013,12:57:33,Andrea Quattrini,Goof morning Inge` 07/16/2013,12:57:54,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 805 m 07/16/2013,13:02:26,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 950 m 07/16/2013,13:03:39,Scott France,Not on phone yet but will be at bottom. 07/16/2013,13:06:20,Andrea Quattrini,ok. thanks scott! 07/16/2013,13:08:40,Scott France,2 Hazard dives, 2 seep dives, 2 Hydrogr, 1 Atlantis plus today = 8 dives 07/16/2013,13:10:16,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 1200 m 07/16/2013,13:10:23,Andrea Quattrini,yes. 8th dive. correct. 07/16/2013,13:16:07,A.J. Turner,Good morning all. 07/16/2013,13:16:17,Andrea Quattrini,Good morning AJ! 07/16/2013,13:16:32,Catalina Martinez,Would love to see the whale shark photos! 07/16/2013,13:16:42,A.J. Turner,Same here! 07/16/2013,13:17:00,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 1400 M 07/16/2013,13:17:07,Santiago Herrera,take a picture! 07/16/2013,13:17:34,michaelvecchione,I wish I could go out on the port bow. 07/16/2013,13:17:35,ingevandenbeld,I've never seen a whale shark neither 07/16/2013,13:19:07,Brendan Roark,we will try and get pictures, if there is one person that can do it it is Art and we include in highlight reel 07/16/2013,13:20:05,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 1500 m 07/16/2013,13:23:27,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 1600 m 07/16/2013,13:24:52,michaelvecchione,It seemed like the manta was pretty far north too. 07/16/2013,13:26:43,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 1700 m alt 85 m 07/16/2013,13:28:32,Brendan Roark,ROV passing 1760 m 07/16/2013,13:29:23,Brendan Roark,Bottom in sight 07/16/2013,13:30:02,Andrea Quattrini,I agree Mike. And, I am not seeing much in the primary literature about whale shark movement in the Altantic... 07/16/2013,13:30:26,taylorheyl,D2 on bottom. Soft sediment with some rock outcrops. Depth 1795 m, Alt 5 m 07/16/2013,13:30:29,taylorheyl,JFH 07/16/2013,13:30:46,taylorheyl,SHI red 07/16/2013,13:30:50,taylorheyl,FELO Halosaur 07/16/2013,13:31:05,taylorheyl,OPH 07/16/2013,13:31:10,taylorheyl,multiple on sediment 07/16/2013,13:31:14,Tim Shank,OPHs large white on seafloor 07/16/2013,13:31:51,jasonchaytor,ROC 07/16/2013,13:32:24,Shank Lab,WHOI video recording EX1304L1_ROV08_1 started 07/16/2013,13:32:52,Tim Shank,White balanced cameras on the way down, I think 07/16/2013,13:32:55,Andrea Quattrini,CORP with oph 07/16/2013,13:33:01,Tim Shank,lots of OPHS on seafloor 07/16/2013,13:33:11,taylorheyl,URC purple 07/16/2013,13:33:13,Tim Shank,URC? 07/16/2013,13:33:20,Andrea Quattrini,getting ROV settled in front of Seirios 07/16/2013,13:33:26,taylorheyl,URC x3 07/16/2013,13:34:09,Andrea Quattrini,white balance on Seirios 07/16/2013,13:34:47,Andrea Quattrini,soft sediment, silt scattered rock 07/16/2013,13:34:48,Tim Shank,Will want a zoom on the urchins when a good opportunity exists 07/16/2013,13:34:58,Andrea Quattrini,yes. still getting settled in 07/16/2013,13:36:46,taylorheyl,FELO Halosaur 07/16/2013,13:36:58,taylorheyl,COR whip 07/16/2013,13:37:01,taylorheyl,URC white 07/16/2013,13:37:22,taylorheyl,OPH on that whip COR? 07/16/2013,13:37:52,taylorheyl,Yes, OPH on COR whip 07/16/2013,13:38:02,taylorheyl,SHI 07/16/2013,13:38:05,taylorheyl,APH on COR also 07/16/2013,13:38:29,taylorheyl,APH x2 07/16/2013,13:38:33,Scott France,CPEN 07/16/2013,13:38:45,Scott France,Perhaps Funiculina 07/16/2013,13:39:15,taylorheyl,OPH at base of CPEN 07/16/2013,13:39:41,Scott France,Has a white axial skeleton, almost qhaudrate in cross-section. 07/16/2013,13:39:51,Scott France,sorry - quadrate 07/16/2013,13:40:14,Walter Cho,yeah, those ophs look different, different shaped disks 07/16/2013,13:40:14,Scott France,URC 07/16/2013,13:40:44,Scott France,CORA Parantipathes skeleton 07/16/2013,13:40:45,taylorheyl,large white OPH on fallen CPEN 07/16/2013,13:40:50,Walter Cho,OPH on sed - ophiomusium? 07/16/2013,13:40:53,taylorheyl,HYD 07/16/2013,13:41:35,Walter Cho,OPH on fallen coral - Parantipthes? 07/16/2013,13:41:54,taylorheyl,zooming in on CORA parapathes skeleton with three OPHS 07/16/2013,13:41:57,Walter Cho,ophiacanthid 07/16/2013,13:42:02,taylorheyl,large OPH missing 1 arm 07/16/2013,13:42:54,ingevandenbeld,Yes; I would like to have a look on the seapens at the back, please 07/16/2013,13:43:33,Walter Cho,OPH Ophiomusium on SED 07/16/2013,13:43:42,Walter Cho,OPH on CPEN 07/16/2013,13:44:20,taylorheyl,large white URC and smaller red URC on sediment near CPEN 07/16/2013,13:44:27,Walter Cho,try to zoom on disk of oph if possible 07/16/2013,13:44:31,taylorheyl,FSH 07/16/2013,13:44:50,taylorheyl,SQA on sediment 07/16/2013,13:45:00,cherylmorrison,Are white Ophiomusium on SED alive? 07/16/2013,13:45:24,Scott France,Saw this kind of thing (OPH tightly wound on unbranched sea pens) deep (>2000 m) in the Aleutians. Will look back to see what genus of OPH they were. 07/16/2013,13:45:30,Walter Cho,yes, the white oph on sed is alive 07/16/2013,13:46:02,Scott France,At times their arms appeared to be trailing in the current, which we guessed was for fishing prey. 07/16/2013,13:46:16,cherylmorrison,Thanks Walter- they don't look healthy, but probably just different genus than I've seen 07/16/2013,13:47:11,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1934 N lon 70d13.1990 W Depth 1785 m 07/16/2013,13:48:17,Brendan Roark,temp 3.7 cm 07/16/2013,13:48:24,Tim Shank,HI Cheryl, great to chat. Question- the white ophs on the sediment…they don't look healthy? I'm curious in what way. 07/16/2013,13:49:23,taylorheyl,zooming in on white URC 07/16/2013,13:51:10,cherylmorrison,Hi Tim, I guess it was the coloration and the behavior. I'm used to seeing them more pink in color and off of the sediment- like those on the sea pens. I'm not as familiar with soft sediment habitats at this depth, so probably just lack of experience! 07/16/2013,13:51:55,taylorheyl,URC Hygrosoma petersi 07/16/2013,13:52:26,Walter Cho,I think Ophiomusium is typically on the sediment 07/16/2013,13:52:32,Tim Shank,small OPH On underside of URC 07/16/2013,13:52:50,Andrea Quattrini,NOAA imaging 07/16/2013,13:53:34,Walter Cho,what are the white things on the tips of the spines? 07/16/2013,13:53:56,taylorheyl,JFH 07/16/2013,13:54:16,Andrea Quattrini,headed to first waypoint (old waypoint 4) 07/16/2013,13:54:32,Andrea Quattrini,looks like the ghost from pac man 07/16/2013,13:54:34,michaelvecchione,nice zoom on JFH 07/16/2013,13:54:56,briankinlan,I believe our 1st waypoint is the old waypoint 5 07/16/2013,13:55:23,jasonchaytor,kids today might not get the pac man reference :) 07/16/2013,13:55:28,taylorheyl,SHI red 07/16/2013,13:55:40,taylorheyl,OPH near rocky outcrop 07/16/2013,13:55:41,Brendan Roark,WP 1 today = wp 5 from the planning meeting last night 07/16/2013,13:55:46,Andrea Quattrini,haha. that is true jason! 07/16/2013,13:56:19,taylorheyl,BUR 07/16/2013,13:56:24,taylorheyl,CPEN 07/16/2013,13:56:57,taylorheyl,OPH on sediment 07/16/2013,13:57:06,taylorheyl,OPH x3 07/16/2013,13:57:09,Walter Cho,can we see if we can zoom in on the dorsal/aboral surface of the oph? 07/16/2013,13:57:16,michaelvecchione,FSH eelpout 07/16/2013,13:57:20,ingevandenbeld,There is something on the right of the seapen, can you zoom in on that please? 07/16/2013,13:58:01,Andrea Quattrini,what does it look like? 07/16/2013,13:58:03,ingevandenbeld,I guess there may be another seapen on the right; different species? 07/16/2013,13:58:37,taylorheyl,SHI 07/16/2013,13:58:47,Andrea Quattrini,not seeing it? 07/16/2013,13:58:58,ingevandenbeld,On the left now 07/16/2013,13:59:02,robertcarney,try left 07/16/2013,13:59:30,Tim Shank,scattered OPH- OPHI 07/16/2013,13:59:40,ingevandenbeld,Can't see it anymore. Keep going yes 07/16/2013,13:59:44,taylorheyl,rocky outcrops 07/16/2013,13:59:45,taylorheyl,SQA 07/16/2013,13:59:48,robertcarney,AST 07/16/2013,13:59:50,taylorheyl,multiple OPHS on sed 07/16/2013,14:00:05,taylorheyl,XEN? 07/16/2013,14:00:09,robertcarney,URC 07/16/2013,14:00:15,taylorheyl,ACN pink 07/16/2013,14:00:20,taylorheyl,large white URC 07/16/2013,14:00:21,Andrea Quattrini,fewere fishes today 07/16/2013,14:00:46,jasonchaytor,scattered debris from scarp 07/16/2013,14:02:49,robertcarney,URC 07/16/2013,14:02:50,taylorheyl,surveying sediment-covered rock at base of wall 07/16/2013,14:02:54,briankinlan,can we get a lat/long when you get a chance? 07/16/2013,14:03:00,taylorheyl,Depth 1779 meters, Hdg 105 07/16/2013,14:03:33,A.J. Turner,ROC looks "chalky" like yesterday 07/16/2013,14:04:17,Tim Shank,A 4th species of URC 07/16/2013,14:04:25,robertcarney,ROC bored 07/16/2013,14:04:26,Tim Shank,some associate on top 07/16/2013,14:04:42,taylorheyl,zooming in on URC, SHI associate? 07/16/2013,14:04:58,taylorheyl,OPH at base of URC 07/16/2013,14:05:11,robertcarney,AMP? on urc 07/16/2013,14:05:23,taylorheyl,POL 07/16/2013,14:05:33,A.J. Turner,neat 07/16/2013,14:05:34,robertcarney,yes pol 07/16/2013,14:05:38,taylorheyl,wow! 07/16/2013,14:05:55,taylorheyl,Purple POL with gold parapodia 07/16/2013,14:06:01,taylorheyl,white SPO 07/16/2013,14:06:36,Andrea Quattrini,tim you are breaking out 07/16/2013,14:09:01,Tim Shank,Sorry. Working on it 07/16/2013,14:09:05,taylorheyl,zooming in on white SPO 07/16/2013,14:09:20,shirleypomponi,SPO not sure if glass; could be demosponge 07/16/2013,14:09:24,Tim Shank,I think it may be on your end….can you check with VID? 07/16/2013,14:09:40,shirleypomponi,Video is good. 07/16/2013,14:10:04,robertcarney,SIPUNCILID behind sponge? 07/16/2013,14:10:57,Andrea Quattrini,checking audio 07/16/2013,14:11:15,shirleypomponi,Looks like blue tunicate??? 07/16/2013,14:11:15,Walter Cho,OPH on SPO 07/16/2013,14:11:26,Scott France,Could be tunicate 07/16/2013,14:11:47,Andrea Quattrini,Oph is a Ophicanthus? 07/16/2013,14:11:53,robertcarney,ROC numerous round to oval holes 07/16/2013,14:12:31,Tim Shank,"Ophiacantha like" OPH 07/16/2013,14:12:41,Walter Cho,ophiuroid is an ophiacanthid, meaning ophiacantha-like? 07/16/2013,14:14:56,Tim Shank,Not much colonization on this rock 07/16/2013,14:14:59,Tim Shank,1777m 07/16/2013,14:15:11,robertcarney,ROC brown stain 07/16/2013,14:15:15,Tim Shank,SER worms 07/16/2013,14:15:31,A.J. Turner,Maybe its due to a lack of current and falling debris 07/16/2013,14:15:32,Andrea Quattrini,just for your info guys. the white house blog is blogging about our expedition today~1030, so there may be increased traffic on the websute listening to the live streams 07/16/2013,14:16:48,robertcarney,ROC many horizonal marks 07/16/2013,14:17:21,Tim Shank,Can we look at these OPH on the sponge? 07/16/2013,14:17:27,Walter Cho,OPH on sponge 07/16/2013,14:17:37,Walter Cho,2x OPH 07/16/2013,14:17:49,shirleypomponi,SPO is probably a dead hexactinellid. 07/16/2013,14:17:53,Tim Shank,SER on dead sponge as well. 07/16/2013,14:18:00,Andrea Quattrini,SER 07/16/2013,14:18:09,Tim Shank,SER = feather duster worm.... 07/16/2013,14:18:19,Tim Shank,Different OPH 07/16/2013,14:18:19,Andrea Quattrini,dead sponge? 07/16/2013,14:18:24,shirleypomponi,Yes. 07/16/2013,14:18:35,A.J. Turner,does appear dead 07/16/2013,14:18:35,leswatling,These horizontal tubular burrows are reminiscent of burrows of pholadiform bivalves. They could have been made when this chalky substrate was in much shallower water. 07/16/2013,14:19:46,taylorheyl,FELO cut throat eel 07/16/2013,14:20:00,A.J. Turner,SPO 07/16/2013,14:20:02,Tim Shank,SPO live white 07/16/2013,14:20:03,taylorheyl,SPO 07/16/2013,14:20:18,Tim Shank,"rust" staining on rock 07/16/2013,14:20:25,robertcarney,ROC brown stain 07/16/2013,14:20:29,shirleypomponi,SPO probably Heterotella (a hexactinellid sponge) 07/16/2013,14:21:00,Scott France,HYD to upper right of SPO 07/16/2013,14:21:05,shirleypomponi,Often these sponges have a pair of shrimp inside. 07/16/2013,14:21:06,taylorheyl,ACN above SPO 07/16/2013,14:21:12,Scott France,CORO solitary polyp? 07/16/2013,14:21:19,A.J. Turner,COR cup corals at SPO base? 07/16/2013,14:21:20,Scott France,to upper right of SPO 07/16/2013,14:21:41,Tim Shank,APH on HYD? 07/16/2013,14:21:52,A.J. Turner,Dead, very small CORO 07/16/2013,14:22:27,taylorheyl,Nice view of wall from serios 07/16/2013,14:22:51,Tim Shank,OPH on SWIFTIA - not seen before 07/16/2013,14:22:58,taylorheyl,zooming in on COR Swiftia, 1 OPH wrapped around and 2 OPH on sediment 07/16/2013,14:23:04,A.J. Turner,OPH on CORP 07/16/2013,14:23:05,taylorheyl,now zooming in on CORP 07/16/2013,14:23:13,taylorheyl,PYC at base 07/16/2013,14:23:16,Tim Shank,can we zoom on OPH on the SWIFTIA? 07/16/2013,14:23:26,A.J. Turner,are these two CORP that the OPH is holding onto/ 07/16/2013,14:23:26,Walter Cho,OPH on sed 07/16/2013,14:23:27,Andrea Quattrini,yes 07/16/2013,14:23:29,taylorheyl,large white OPH x3 in sediment underneath Paramuricea 07/16/2013,14:23:31,Scott France,This OPH is claiming 2 Paramuricea 07/16/2013,14:23:43,shirleypomponi,SPO at base probably hexactinellids. 07/16/2013,14:23:44,Tim Shank,2 Paramuricea 07/16/2013,14:23:55,Tim Shank,actually 3 if count the really small one to right 07/16/2013,14:24:05,A.J. Turner,ah, missed that one 07/16/2013,14:24:19,Tim Shank,different PYC than seen 07/16/2013,14:24:22,taylorheyl,POL above Swifita on sediment? 07/16/2013,14:24:37,Andrea Quattrini,two different sp of the larger ophs on the sediment? 07/16/2013,14:24:53,Walter Cho,yes, they looked different 07/16/2013,14:27:01,taylorheyl,Yes, blue and white POL on sediment next to Swiftia 07/16/2013,14:27:03,A.J. Turner,looked like another purple POL 07/16/2013,14:27:42,Walter Cho,we've found ophiacanthids on corals before actually, but usually multiple individuals per coral colony, although that was with larger coral colonies 07/16/2013,14:28:28,Andrea Quattrini,the ones that were on the seafloor you saw on corals? 07/16/2013,14:28:46,Scott France,And usually on primnoid colonies, right Walter, e.g. Candidella? 07/16/2013,14:28:55,Walter Cho,no, but other ophaicanthids - ophiacantha-like ophs 07/16/2013,14:29:05,Walter Cho,right Scott 07/16/2013,14:29:06,taylorheyl,SHI 07/16/2013,14:29:39,leswatling,the brittle star on the sediment is a typical Ophiura, perhaps O. sarsi 07/16/2013,14:29:47,taylorheyl,Imaging small field of paramuricea and swiftia on rock 07/16/2013,14:29:57,taylorheyl,Depth 1774m 07/16/2013,14:30:53,Brendan Roark,temp 3.9 C 07/16/2013,14:31:18,taylorheyl,COR Anthomastus 07/16/2013,14:31:28,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1901 N lon 70d13.1770 W 07/16/2013,14:31:32,taylorheyl,x2 07/16/2013,14:32:12,Brendan Roark,Depth 1775 07/16/2013,14:32:42,leswatling,the polyps were coming from a large tissue mass so could be Anthomastus or very young Paragorgia 07/16/2013,14:33:20,leswatling,the polyps are very tall so I would opt for Anthomastus 07/16/2013,14:33:27,Scott France,Agree with Les 07/16/2013,14:33:50,A.J. Turner,Does anyone have a handle on how resilient some of the corals are to temperature changes(i.e., temperature ranges)? 07/16/2013,14:35:03,taylorheyl,OPH inside white SPO 07/16/2013,14:35:03,Tim Shank, Agree too. I thought I saw, just to the right, two much smaller "buds" resembling a young Anthomastus/Paragorgia 07/16/2013,14:35:18,shirleypomponi,SPO probably hexactinellid (glass) 07/16/2013,14:35:26,Scott France,APH caprellid 07/16/2013,14:35:28,Andrea Quattrini,well, i know in some areas, like the GoM or the beneath the Gulf Stream, corals are seeing extreme temp changes (~5-6 deg in some cases) 07/16/2013,14:35:46,A.J. Turner,ok, thanks Andrea 07/16/2013,14:35:48,shirleypomponi,Also seeing SPO's in crevices--not sure if these are hexactinellids or demosponges 07/16/2013,14:36:09,Andrea Quattrini,single stalk Paramuricea? seems interesting 07/16/2013,14:36:34,Brendan Roark,DVL target "tran" for transition from sediment to hard substrate 07/16/2013,14:36:39,Tim Shank,yes 07/16/2013,14:36:42,robertcarney,SIPHON from under rock 07/16/2013,14:36:55,taylorheyl,COR Anothomastus 07/16/2013,14:36:57,Tim Shank,Are the DVL targets numbered? 07/16/2013,14:37:00,leswatling,probably very young one! they have to start somewhere.... 07/16/2013,14:37:19,taylorheyl,small CORP 07/16/2013,14:37:25,taylorheyl,single polyp COR Anothomastus 07/16/2013,14:37:25,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1901 N 70d13.1787 W 07/16/2013,14:37:26,leswatling,I think that is what is called the primary polyp, or first polyp. 07/16/2013,14:37:30,Andrea Quattrini,notably small corals here 07/16/2013,14:37:36,taylorheyl,white SPO 07/16/2013,14:38:04,Brendan Roark,I'll make it TRAN 1 07/16/2013,14:38:36,Tim Shank,CORP with OPH 07/16/2013,14:38:58,taylorheyl,Starting to move upslope toward WP1 over sediment covered rock 07/16/2013,14:39:03,Andrea Quattrini,CORP 07/16/2013,14:39:03,taylorheyl,FELO Halosaur 07/16/2013,14:39:05,Andrea Quattrini,with oph 07/16/2013,14:39:17,Andrea Quattrini,CORP 07/16/2013,14:39:35,taylorheyl,CPEN 07/16/2013,14:39:50,taylorheyl,OPH on sediment 07/16/2013,14:39:55,Scott France,CPEN Ptilosarcus ? 07/16/2013,14:42:32,Scott France,Fabtastic video - well done. 07/16/2013,14:42:41,Scott France,Or fantastic... 07/16/2013,14:43:01,Scott France,But fabtastic is even better than fantastic 07/16/2013,14:43:02,ingevandenbeld,Looks like the seapen is turning instead of the ROV 07/16/2013,14:45:20,Tim Shank,Yes 07/16/2013,14:45:33,Tim Shank,CORP multiple with OPHs each 07/16/2013,14:46:29,Walter Cho,interesting new oph associates too 07/16/2013,14:47:08,Scott France,Chrysogorgia? 07/16/2013,14:48:11,Tim Shank,Yes, looking for shrimp in this coral. 07/16/2013,14:48:20,taylorheyl,No visible assocciates on this Chrysogorgia 07/16/2013,14:48:32,Scott France,CORO Chrysogorgia 07/16/2013,14:48:43,shirleypomponi,When you're done with the pink cnidarian, can you please take a look at the whitish branch up and to the right? 07/16/2013,14:48:54,Tim Shank,more coral up on the hill crest up right 07/16/2013,14:48:59,Andrea Quattrini,yes will do 07/16/2013,14:49:09,taylorheyl,Assciate in the center 07/16/2013,14:49:13,taylorheyl,SHI? 07/16/2013,14:49:23,Tim Shank,Crab? 07/16/2013,14:49:36,shirleypomponi,Not sure if it's a SPO or not, but looked different from what we've seen so far. 07/16/2013,14:49:59,taylorheyl,SHI x2 07/16/2013,14:50:03,Tim Shank,shrimp... 07/16/2013,14:50:15,Scott France,More common to see SHI than CRA in Chryso 07/16/2013,14:50:37,Tim Shank,yes 07/16/2013,14:51:16,leswatling,I think those are too small to be shrimp.... we have also seen mysids hanging around chrysogorgiids 07/16/2013,14:51:59,Scott France,There is no code for mysids! ;-) 07/16/2013,14:52:06,Tim Shank,Yeah, not sure.. would love to get closer 07/16/2013,14:52:49,taylorheyl,SHI hovering over sediment near Chrysogorgid 07/16/2013,14:52:52,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1875 N lon 70d13.1719 W Depth 1769 m 07/16/2013,14:53:00,taylorheyl,several large white OPHs on sediment 07/16/2013,14:54:15,Tim Shank,looks like an amphipod, no? 07/16/2013,14:54:20,leswatling,amphipod 07/16/2013,14:54:47,leswatling,characteristic long gut lines and curled back end 07/16/2013,14:55:56,leswatling,mysid 07/16/2013,14:56:07,Scott France,mysid swimming - no visible pleopods 07/16/2013,14:56:12,taylorheyl,x2 APH in Chrysogorgid and 1 SHI hovering next to it 07/16/2013,14:57:05,taylorheyl,zooming in on SHI red 07/16/2013,14:57:16,Andrea Quattrini,white house blog is up... 07/16/2013,14:57:27,Tim Shank,SHI resembling nematocarcinid 07/16/2013,14:57:41,robertcarney,siphon from hole in rock rt of shrimp 07/16/2013,14:57:42,leswatling,shrimp is a long legged Benthicyamus I think. It is typically found deeper 07/16/2013,14:58:00,Tim Shank,great. thank you. 07/16/2013,14:58:24,Tim Shank,CRARED 07/16/2013,14:58:41,Tim Shank,CORP with OPHs 07/16/2013,14:58:44,Walter Cho,CORP with OPH 07/16/2013,14:58:51,Walter Cho,3x 07/16/2013,14:58:58,Walter Cho,OPH on sediment 07/16/2013,14:58:58,Andrea Quattrini,have to move... 07/16/2013,15:01:35,Andrea Quattrini,pilot briefing 07/16/2013,15:03:49,Andrea Quattrini,zoom oph? 07/16/2013,15:04:32,taylorheyl,CORP x2, each with OPH associate 07/16/2013,15:04:44,taylorheyl,SHI red nearby 07/16/2013,15:05:40,shirleypomponi,I'm seeing several VERY small dull green thumb-like organisms, possibly demosponges. 07/16/2013,15:05:41,Walter Cho,or do the ophs compete with each other on the corals? 07/16/2013,15:05:59,Andrea Quattrini,get a zoom on the green sponges? 07/16/2013,15:07:19,shirleypomponi,Yes, if you can. 07/16/2013,15:07:27,Andrea Quattrini,got it. 07/16/2013,15:07:49,shirleypomponi,They are very small; you have them in some of your other video that you just took. 07/16/2013,15:10:46,briankinlan,Seems like a bit more current here from the way the sediment we stirred up is moving....what do pilots think? 07/16/2013,15:11:22,Andrea Quattrini,we will ask 07/16/2013,15:11:35,Scott France,CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,15:12:23,Scott France,May be Bathypathes alternata 07/16/2013,15:13:34,robertcarney,SED several soft mud tubes < 1cm extending from bottom 07/16/2013,15:14:15,taylorheyl,Bob, we had a question about these mud tubes earlier....do you know what they are? 07/16/2013,15:14:30,taylorheyl,CRARED 07/16/2013,15:14:56,robertcarney,tubes most likely polycheats 07/16/2013,15:14:57,briankinlan,roger that, still not much current. thanks 07/16/2013,15:16:34,robertcarney,white rocks and sediment ponds 07/16/2013,15:17:32,taylorheyl,Depth 1763meters, Hdg. 93 07/16/2013,15:17:59,taylorheyl,CORA 07/16/2013,15:18:09,taylorheyl,COR Anothomastus on left 07/16/2013,15:18:10,Scott France,Yes CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,15:18:17,robertcarney,ROC another with horizontal boring very evident 07/16/2013,15:18:22,Andrea Quattrini,DIfferent species of Bathypathes 07/16/2013,15:18:23,Scott France,This is the type that may have polychaete at base 07/16/2013,15:18:35,Scott France,hidden among polyps 07/16/2013,15:18:58,Andrea Quattrini,vehicle and pilot settling in 07/16/2013,15:20:04,robertcarney,BUR 07/16/2013,15:20:46,taylorheyl,OPH on rock beneath CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,15:20:49,taylorheyl,SPO 07/16/2013,15:21:58,taylorheyl,No visible associates 07/16/2013,15:23:03,taylorheyl,zooming in on 3 OPH on rock 07/16/2013,15:23:09,Andrea Quattrini,SPO glass 07/16/2013,15:23:10,taylorheyl,SPO 07/16/2013,15:23:31,Walter Cho,OPH on rock 2x 07/16/2013,15:23:34,shirleypomponi,Stalked SPO, probably hexactinellid 07/16/2013,15:23:57,taylorheyl,CRI stalked 07/16/2013,15:24:14,robertcarney,siphosn emerging from rock 07/16/2013,15:24:56,taylorheyl,CRI Hyocrinida 07/16/2013,15:26:17,Scott France,I can't hear the other voice on the phone. 07/16/2013,15:26:31,michaelvecchione,The non-stlaked ones (feather stars) can swim. 07/16/2013,15:26:39,robertcarney,yes crinoids run and look like spiders 07/16/2013,15:27:23,jasonchaytor,fractures within the outcrop 07/16/2013,15:28:04,taylorheyl,Depth 1760 meters, Hdg. 166, moving toward WP1 over rocky terrain 07/16/2013,15:28:14,taylorheyl,COR Bamboo 07/16/2013,15:28:14,Scott France,CORG Keratoisis - bamboo 07/16/2013,15:28:15,taylorheyl,SPO 07/16/2013,15:28:33,robertcarney,CRI 07/16/2013,15:28:38,taylorheyl,Zooming in on bamboo with CRI associate 07/16/2013,15:29:34,taylorheyl,ACN purple in rock 07/16/2013,15:31:49,Tim Shank,CRI- ANT dark cromatulid on bamboo 07/16/2013,15:32:40,robertcarney,ROC boring holes intersecting face at many angles 07/16/2013,15:32:43,leswatling,a separate young colony 07/16/2013,15:32:47,Scott France,ACN 07/16/2013,15:33:12,Scott France,Gorgeous bamboo coral - nice imaging 07/16/2013,15:33:22,robertcarney,CRI stalked 07/16/2013,15:33:58,robertcarney,not CRI 07/16/2013,15:34:06,taylorheyl,COR metaligorgia with OPH associate 07/16/2013,15:34:11,Scott France,CORG Metallogorgia "juvenile" 07/16/2013,15:34:15,Walter Cho,zoom in on ph please! 07/16/2013,15:34:37,Tim Shank,DEPTH 1760 07/16/2013,15:34:42,leswatling,yeah, still has some side branches 07/16/2013,15:34:46,Tim Shank,with central OPH 07/16/2013,15:36:01,leswatling,probably the Ophiocreas has just recently left the stalk and gone to the crown. Nice... 07/16/2013,15:36:11,taylorheyl,OPH also on small stick coral to left of Metallogorgia 07/16/2013,15:36:15,Walter Cho,CORP on oph 07/16/2013,15:36:29,taylorheyl,CORP to right of Metallogorgia with OPH associate 07/16/2013,15:36:31,Walter Cho,OPH on CORP I mean 07/16/2013,15:36:45,Brendan Roark,DVL target DSC 1 LAt 39d47.1783 N lon 70d13.1586 W 07/16/2013,15:36:45,Scott France,I feel like I am on a seamount, not a slope canyon, with all these species. 07/16/2013,15:36:47,Tim Shank,Yes, Perhaps Ophiocreas oedipus, as observed on the NE Atlantic Seamounts 07/16/2013,15:37:15,Tim Shank,Ha. Yes. Bathypathes, Bamboos, and Metallogorgia 07/16/2013,15:37:52,Tim Shank,mucus trails on lower branches? 07/16/2013,15:37:55,Scott France,Chrysogorgia, Paramuricea... 07/16/2013,15:37:58,leswatling,well, you will know you are on a seamount if you see a tall whip bamboo! forked at the top... 07/16/2013,15:38:37,Walter Cho,hahaha 07/16/2013,15:38:49,Tim Shank,Crown polyps well extended. single OPH central 07/16/2013,15:38:53,Walter Cho,I think only one 07/16/2013,15:38:57,Walter Cho,oph 07/16/2013,15:39:23,Walter Cho,I agree, just one oph 07/16/2013,15:39:31,leswatling,If there is more than one ophi I have to rewrite my paper! 07/16/2013,15:40:14,leswatling,Or we have to hang around to see who wins... 07/16/2013,15:41:35,Tim Shank,Folks referred to this as a juvenile…the secondary branches along the stem were visible…in "adults", will see scars where these branches were shed… correct if I am mistaken. 07/16/2013,15:41:58,leswatling,this does tell us a lot more about larval distribution for these octocorals. 07/16/2013,15:42:11,jasonchaytor,some debris at base of wall 07/16/2013,15:42:54,taylorheyl,JFH 07/16/2013,15:43:16,taylorheyl,CORG Bamboo 07/16/2013,15:43:22,jasonchaytor,relatively "fresh" surface on the wall 07/16/2013,15:43:26,Scott France,Correct description of Metallogorgia Tim. Celeste Mosher and Les Watling have a nice paper on the growth stages of Metallogorgia along with its ophiuroid 07/16/2013,15:43:42,leswatling,could be a juvenile Keratoisis grayi 07/16/2013,15:43:59,taylorheyl,OPH x3 on sediment 07/16/2013,15:44:01,taylorheyl,CRI 07/16/2013,15:44:08,taylorheyl,COR cup 07/16/2013,15:44:26,taylorheyl,CRI associate on CORG Bamboo 07/16/2013,15:45:10,A.J. Turner,CORA 07/16/2013,15:45:23,Scott France,Agreed CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,15:45:24,ingevandenbeld,CORA Bathypathes? 07/16/2013,15:45:26,taylorheyl,CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,15:45:31,taylorheyl,on vertical wall 07/16/2013,15:45:41,Tim Shank,Ha. Yes, I know that paper well. :-) Just wanted to clarify for those reading... 07/16/2013,15:46:14,Scott France,I know YOU know - I was also sharing with others! :-) 07/16/2013,15:47:04,Scott France,CORA 07/16/2013,15:47:39,jasonchaytor,intersecting fractures in the wall 07/16/2013,15:48:23,Tim Shank,this wall is basically facing east, I think 07/16/2013,15:48:55,Scott France,Looks like a bottlebrush chryso 07/16/2013,15:48:58,Tim Shank,Oops. Very sorry. our heading is 150 07/16/2013,15:49:14,Tim Shank,wall facing E SE 07/16/2013,15:49:46,Scott France,CORO Chrysogorgia 07/16/2013,15:49:51,Tim Shank,one more time——W NW…. 07/16/2013,15:49:59,Tim Shank,shrimp? 07/16/2013,15:50:08,Tim Shank,in Chryso 07/16/2013,15:50:09,A.J. Turner,thought I saw an eye 07/16/2013,15:50:14,A.J. Turner,of SHI 07/16/2013,15:50:30,jasonchaytor,the more prominant erosion here seems to be from disolution rather than bio-erosion, interesting 07/16/2013,15:50:33,Tim Shank,look for a long arm 07/16/2013,15:51:19,Scott France,CORA Parantipathes to right? 07/16/2013,15:51:25,taylorheyl,OPH on CORP 07/16/2013,15:51:45,ingevandenbeld,COR cup 07/16/2013,15:52:17,Scott France,Sorry - not CORA Parantipathes - cup coral 07/16/2013,15:52:17,Tim Shank,Les, didn't that look like Bathypalaemonella (serratipalma) on that Chryso? 07/16/2013,15:52:56,cherylmorrison,COR cup could be Javania, but hard to tell without side view 07/16/2013,15:53:01,taylorheyl,multiple white SPO on this wall 07/16/2013,15:53:06,taylorheyl,CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,15:53:18,shirleypomponi,SPO hexactinellid. 07/16/2013,15:53:38,leswatling,Sorry Tim, I missed it... 07/16/2013,15:53:43,Tim Shank,wall with diverse coral- but not abundant.. a few sponges very little other colonization 07/16/2013,15:53:50,shirleypomponi,Looks like the Aphrocallistes we see off the coast of Florida and in the GOM. 07/16/2013,15:54:01,shirleypomponi,May be Aphrocallistes beatrix. 07/16/2013,15:54:06,Tim Shank,Shucks. Sorry Les. :-( 07/16/2013,15:54:07,A.J. Turner,OHP on SPO 07/16/2013,15:54:14,A.J. Turner,OPH* 07/16/2013,15:54:22,shirleypomponi,Can you see the base? 07/16/2013,15:54:40,A.J. Turner,FSH 07/16/2013,15:55:23,Tim Shank,lots of sediment in that SPO 07/16/2013,15:55:58,taylorheyl,OPH associates in that Aphrocallistes Beatrix 07/16/2013,15:56:05,Tim Shank,Thank you. Looks like Aphrocallistes beatrix 07/16/2013,15:56:09,shirleypomponi,Great. Thanks. 07/16/2013,15:56:12,Brendan Roark,DVL DSC 2 Large wall with several species of DSC 07/16/2013,15:56:31,taylorheyl,Depth 1751 meters, Hdg. 116 07/16/2013,15:56:51,Brendan Roark,Lat 39d47.1765 N lon 70d13.1382 W 07/16/2013,15:58:39,Brendan Roark,depth 1753 m 07/16/2013,15:59:34,taylorheyl,Zooming in on another CORG Bamboo 07/16/2013,15:59:47,taylorheyl,SQA associate on bamboo 07/16/2013,16:00:03,Scott France,Probably Keratoisis grayi again 07/16/2013,16:00:30,taylorheyl,Correction: no SQA, ACN and BAR on bamboo 07/16/2013,16:00:37,taylorheyl,cup corals x3 also 07/16/2013,16:00:38,ingevandenbeld,Cup coral? 07/16/2013,16:01:11,taylorheyl,CRI also 07/16/2013,16:01:19,leswatling,If the bamboo gets injured and the carbonate is exposed then "calciphiles" will settle on the exposed skeleton. 07/16/2013,16:01:39,leswatling,sometimes the bamboo will then overgrow what settled on it. 07/16/2013,16:02:06,Scott France,With that close view, I'm not convinced this is Keratoisis, but it could be the re-calcification that is throwing me off. The tissue seems thicker, more like Jasonisis 07/16/2013,16:02:13,taylorheyl,SHI associate also 07/16/2013,16:03:22,ingevandenbeld,Did the crinoid damaged the coral? 07/16/2013,16:03:31,leswatling,yeah, but all instances of Jasonisis we have seen so far have very thick bases and colored tissue, either red or brown on the bottom section. 07/16/2013,16:04:19,Scott France,I doubt crinoid damaged the bamboo - just took advantage of the bare skeleton. 07/16/2013,16:04:26,A.J. Turner,SHI water column near COR 07/16/2013,16:05:43,Andrea Quattrini,Keratoisis 07/16/2013,16:05:57,Scott France,Keratoisis, not Jasonisis, based on internodal branching 07/16/2013,16:06:07,Scott France,Good close-ups 07/16/2013,16:06:39,leswatling,agree with Scott. the curvy branches can be characteristic of Jasonisis as well. 07/16/2013,16:08:40,taylorheyl,ACN z2 07/16/2013,16:08:52,taylorheyl,ASR white 07/16/2013,16:09:04,Scott France,CPEN 07/16/2013,16:09:05,Andrea Quattrini,CORP 07/16/2013,16:09:06,taylorheyl,CPEN? 07/16/2013,16:09:38,Andrea Quattrini,CORP=CPEN I meant... 07/16/2013,16:10:49,taylorheyl,zooming in on CPEN 07/16/2013,16:10:54,Shank Lab,WHOI video recording EX1304L1_ROV08_2 started 07/16/2013,16:10:56,Scott France,Didn't want to say on call, but it is Kophobelemnon francei! 07/16/2013,16:11:15,Andrea Quattrini,why! oh named after you!? 07/16/2013,16:11:21,Scott France,Yes! 07/16/2013,16:11:41,Tim Shank,Congratulations Scott. 07/16/2013,16:11:42,Scott France,Not saying this is this species, but it looks like a Kophobelemnon 07/16/2013,16:11:52,Scott France,Hey - I didn't name it! 07/16/2013,16:12:24,Scott France,Oops! Calibelemnon. Sorry. Don't know my own species! Ha! 07/16/2013,16:12:25,Andrea Quattrini,:) 07/16/2013,16:13:06,Andrea Quattrini,CORS Javainia 07/16/2013,16:13:47,taylorheyl,zoanthids? 07/16/2013,16:14:44,Tim Shank,Seen these tendrils before….anyone know a function? 07/16/2013,16:15:45,Shank Lab,look like "sick" polyps 07/16/2013,16:16:09,taylorheyl,ASR 07/16/2013,16:17:20,taylorheyl,COR metallogorgia with OPH associate on COR and 1 OPH on seafloor at base 07/16/2013,16:17:21,Scott France,CORO Metallogorgia 07/16/2013,16:17:45,taylorheyl,white SPO 07/16/2013,16:17:58,Tim Shank,Great zoom on OPH 07/16/2013,16:18:51,taylorheyl,large white SPO 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,16:18:55,Andrea Quattrini,large white sponge? 07/16/2013,16:19:38,taylorheyl,many OPHs and white SPO on sediment 07/16/2013,16:19:39,Tim Shank,Ok. Thank you. Just had some great close ups of cf Ophiocreas oedipus on METALO 07/16/2013,16:19:41,Scott France,Metallogorgia "juvenile" 07/16/2013,16:19:55,Tim Shank,side view of Metallogorgia 07/16/2013,16:21:24,ingevandenbeld,On the bottom left, is that a whip coral (just left the view) 07/16/2013,16:22:33,taylorheyl,SHI red 07/16/2013,16:22:39,taylorheyl,Zooming in on large white SPO 07/16/2013,16:22:45,Tim Shank,Yes Inge,…looked like a Lepidisis… 07/16/2013,16:22:47,taylorheyl,CORP on right 07/16/2013,16:22:56,ingevandenbeld,I thought Lepidisis too 07/16/2013,16:23:08,Scott France,Or young Keratoisis not yet branched! Can't tell without a sample! 07/16/2013,16:23:18,shirleypomponi,Definitely a glass SPO. 07/16/2013,16:23:26,taylorheyl,OPH associate in this SPO 07/16/2013,16:23:38,shirleypomponi,Looks like it might be related to the Aprhocallistes we saw earlier, but definitely a different species. 07/16/2013,16:24:03,shirleypomponi,Tim says he sees this a lot up here; I've never seen it before (and I don't have my sponge bible with me...) 07/16/2013,16:24:39,taylorheyl,SQA in SPO also 07/16/2013,16:25:33,taylorheyl,zooming on white SQA 07/16/2013,16:28:18,Tim Shank,1744m 07/16/2013,16:28:51,Scott France,Bamboo CORO 07/16/2013,16:31:14,Scott France,More details on that earlier sea pen for those interested: Rock-inhabiting sea pens are a newly-described (by Gary Williams and Phil Alderslade, 2011) group of sea pens that have their peduncle (base) modified from the typical burrowing function to a sucker-like base for attaching to hard bottoms. This is not a taxonomic clade, but rather a functional grade (that is, there are 3 new species but in different families and genera). 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,16:33:36,Andrea Quattrini,SPO 07/16/2013,16:35:04,taylorheyl,CRI 07/16/2013,16:35:12,taylorheyl,COR cup 07/16/2013,16:35:31,taylorheyl,OPH multiple on rock 07/16/2013,16:35:44,taylorheyl,COR cup multiple under ledge 07/16/2013,16:35:46,taylorheyl,SPO 07/16/2013,16:35:54,taylorheyl,CRI on SPO 07/16/2013,16:36:42,Andrea Quattrini,green tunicate? 07/16/2013,16:37:04,Tim Shank,cup coral all dead... 07/16/2013,16:37:36,robertcarney,SER tubes on ROC 07/16/2013,16:38:05,shirleypomponi,Looking more like a SPO than a tunicate. 07/16/2013,16:38:08,Scott France,Reminds me a bit of a very samll version of the yellowish-green sponge we saw on NE Seamounts 07/16/2013,16:38:34,taylorheyl,yellow SPO 07/16/2013, 07/16/2013,16:38:50,taylorheyl,CORP x2 07/16/2013,16:38:58,taylorheyl,zooming in on yellow SPO 07/16/2013,16:39:06,taylorheyl,Depth 1738 meters, Hdg 117 07/16/2013,16:39:12,shirleypomponi,Could be a Farrea??? Not sure. Definitely a SPO hexactinellid. 07/16/2013,16:39:22,robertcarney,OPH 07/16/2013,16:39:36,Andrea Quattrini,shirley on the party line? 07/16/2013,16:39:52,shirleypomponi,Yes. 07/16/2013,16:40:13,Tim Shank,CORP multiple 07/16/2013,16:40:16,Tim Shank,with OPS 07/16/2013,16:40:25,Tim Shank,OPHs 07/16/2013,16:40:25,taylorheyl,OPH multiple 07/16/2013,16:40:58,taylorheyl,CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,16:41:05,taylorheyl,CORP x2 07/16/2013,16:41:09,Tim Shank,passing by Bathypathes 07/16/2013,16:41:16,taylorheyl,FELO cut throat eel 07/16/2013,16:42:19,taylorheyl,Larvacean house? 07/16/2013,16:42:51,taylorheyl,CORP small 07/16/2013,16:43:24,Andrea Quattrini,URC white 07/16/2013,16:43:27,taylorheyl,URC white 07/16/2013,16:43:45,taylorheyl,CORP multiple small 07/16/2013,16:44:07,taylorheyl,10 colonies 07/16/2013,16:44:57,jasonchaytor,lat/long when you get a chance please? 07/16/2013,16:45:54,Scott France,Interesting that most of these Paramuricea colonies are about the same size... 07/16/2013,16:45:54,Andrea Quattrini,39d47.1759 70d13.1137W 07/16/2013,16:46:17,Scott France,Agreed - but no large ones. 07/16/2013,16:46:20,jasonchaytor,Thank you 07/16/2013,16:47:01,taylorheyl,FELO cut throat eel 07/16/2013,16:47:07,robertcarney,OPH Ophiomusium-type common on bottom 07/16/2013,16:47:09,taylorheyl,CORP multiple small colonies 07/16/2013,16:47:14,robertcarney,URC 07/16/2013,16:47:21,taylorheyl,Depth 1724 meters, Hdg 148 07/16/2013,16:47:26,taylorheyl,URC white 07/16/2013,16:47:40,taylorheyl,OPH on sediment 07/16/2013,16:47:47,taylorheyl,many OPH on sediment 07/16/2013,16:49:55,jasonchaytor,The Large blocks of wall debris 07/16/2013,16:50:14,jasonchaytor,smaller debris and rubble scattered at base of wall 07/16/2013,16:51:50,jasonchaytor,Some of the debris is draped or almost draped by sediment, while others sit on the sediment and older debris, suggesting multiple phases of failure along this part of the canyon wall 07/16/2013,16:52:23,Tim Shank,1723m 07/16/2013,16:52:31,Scott France,CORO bamboo 07/16/2013,16:52:40,Scott France,CORO Anthomastus 07/16/2013,16:53:04,Scott France,CORO Metallogorgia 07/16/2013,16:53:10,Scott France,juvenile 07/16/2013,16:53:11,Tim Shank,SHI mysid swimming. 07/16/2013,16:53:27,A.J. Turner,no associates on bamboo? 07/16/2013,16:55:07,Andrea Quattrini,How do you know that age? Have you tracked the same ones over time? Just curious... 07/16/2013,16:55:56,Scott France,I used "teenage" loosely, to imply older than youngest colony with no crown, but not "adult" with single crown of branches. No one has done aging. 07/16/2013,16:56:22,Scott France,But Mosher & Watling examined many photos and correlated height with branching pattern, hence the age structure. 07/16/2013,16:56:40,Andrea Quattrini,thanks. 07/16/2013,16:56:46,Scott France,Pleasure! 07/16/2013,16:57:17,A.J. Turner,FCHN skate 07/16/2013,16:59:04,robertcarney,URC 07/16/2013,17:00:03,taylorheyl,ACN venus fly trap on rock side 07/16/2013,17:00:26,Scott France,CORO Bamboo 07/16/2013,17:00:54,Tim Shank,CORP with OPH 07/16/2013,17:00:59,A.J. Turner,CORA? 07/16/2013,17:01:05,ingevandenbeld,FSH grenadier 07/16/2013,17:01:10,Scott France,Yes CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,17:01:20,A.J. Turner,thanks 07/16/2013,17:01:37,Andrea Quattrini,Bamboo look different? 07/16/2013,17:01:47,Andrea Quattrini,CER 07/16/2013,17:01:52,Scott France,Haven't got good view yet 07/16/2013,17:02:11,Tim Shank,what is the associate? 07/16/2013,17:02:37,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1795 N lon 70d13.0937 W Depth 1723 07/16/2013,17:02:42,Tim Shank,on the Bathypathes…appears to be an OPH 07/16/2013,17:02:43,Scott France,CORA Parantipathes? 07/16/2013,17:02:46,Tim Shank,rare to see this 07/16/2013,17:02:49,Brendan Roark,temp 3.7 C 07/16/2013,17:03:13,A.J. Turner,OPH on CORA 07/16/2013,17:04:13,Scott France,CORA 2x Bathypathes 07/16/2013,17:04:20,Scott France,one very small 07/16/2013,17:04:40,jasonchaytor,much heavier bio-erosion here than just below 07/16/2013,17:05:13,A.J. Turner,SPO 07/16/2013,17:05:14,taylorheyl,Large white sponge under ledge 07/16/2013,17:05:35,A.J. Turner,SHI around SPO 07/16/2013,17:05:36,Scott France,APH swimming 07/16/2013,17:05:51,taylorheyl,OPH in SPO 07/16/2013,17:06:54,A.J. Turner,large SPO x 2 07/16/2013,17:06:54,taylorheyl,CRI next to large white SPO 07/16/2013,17:07:14,shirleypomponi,SPOHEX 07/16/2013,17:07:36,A.J. Turner,lots of SED on SPO on wall 07/16/2013,17:07:42,shirleypomponi,Live on left; dead on right; same species 07/16/2013,17:07:56,shirleypomponi,SPOHEX 07/16/2013,17:08:17,A.J. Turner,FELO 07/16/2013,17:09:02,Tim Shank,Keratoisis with slightly different branching patter 07/16/2013,17:09:05,taylorheyl,multiple paramuricea colonies on rock 07/16/2013,17:09:19,taylorheyl,many OPHs on sediment 07/16/2013,17:09:21,Tim Shank,OPHs OPHI multiple on sed 07/16/2013,17:09:30,taylorheyl,moving into debris field 07/16/2013,17:09:36,taylorheyl,ACN orange 07/16/2013,17:09:51,A.J. Turner,wow, cup coral debris 07/16/2013,17:09:52,taylorheyl,high abundance of OPHS in COR cup debris field 07/16/2013,17:10:17,cherylmorrison,Desmophyllum debris COR 07/16/2013,17:10:23,A.J. Turner,Massive CORO cup debris at base of wall 07/16/2013,17:10:42,taylorheyl,COR cup along vertical wall 07/16/2013,17:10:53,A.J. Turner,SPO on wall 07/16/2013,17:11:14,Andrea Quattrini,39d47.1779 70d13.0880W dropped a target 07/16/2013,17:11:29,A.J. Turner,Live and dead Desmophyllum on wall 07/16/2013,17:11:34,shirleypomponi,Some of these sponges are demosponges, I think. 07/16/2013,17:11:41,taylorheyl,dead and live COR cup Desmophyllum 07/16/2013,17:11:46,taylorheyl,white SPO 07/16/2013,17:11:53,shirleypomponi,Can we look at those brown spherical sponges? 07/16/2013,17:12:07,taylorheyl,large over hang on vertical wall 07/16/2013,17:12:33,taylorheyl,Depth 1710meters, Hdg 169 07/16/2013,17:12:57,Brendan Roark,DVL DSC 2 lat 39d47.1816 N 70d13.0867 W Depth 17010 m 07/16/2013,17:13:43,jasonchaytor,corals colonized a small failure scar from the look of it 07/16/2013,17:14:26,shirleypomponi,There were some of those brownish spherical sponges not so close to the overhang. If you can get to them, would like a closer view. 07/16/2013,17:15:20,Andrea Quattrini,yep. got it. we just had a ops issue with ROV being under the ledge and the ship still underway 07/16/2013,17:16:34,shirleypomponi,Would like to see the one over to the left of the screen. 07/16/2013,17:17:56,robertcarney,many tubes emerging from SPO 07/16/2013,17:17:58,Scott France,APH tubes on SPO? 07/16/2013,17:18:08,Scott France,or polychaetes? 07/16/2013,17:18:18,shirleypomponi,SPO Demospongia, Astrophorida, probably a Geodiidae. 07/16/2013,17:19:04,taylorheyl,SPO HEX 07/16/2013,17:19:14,shirleypomponi,This is the first large demosponge I've seen on this dive. 07/16/2013,17:19:16,taylorheyl,yellow SPO behind SPO HEX 07/16/2013,17:19:50,shirleypomponi,SPOHEX, looks like it's dying. 07/16/2013,17:20:02,shirleypomponi,What's the yellow sponge just to the right of it? 07/16/2013,17:20:36,Scott France,Hi Shirley. How do you distinguish demosponge from hexactinellid at a distance? Are all HEX white and only demo have color? 07/16/2013,17:20:47,shirleypomponi,Another demosponge. Very cool! Could be a Sponsosorites. 07/16/2013,17:21:51,shirleypomponi,Note about the spherical Astrophorids--very abundant at this site! 07/16/2013,17:22:05,Tim Shank,FSH under ledge 07/16/2013,17:22:12,taylorheyl,JFH 07/16/2013,17:22:22,taylorheyl,we have seen relatively few fish on this dive... 07/16/2013,17:23:28,Andrea Quattrini,yes, few fish. But, we are pretty deep, and i think in most regions, fish abundance decreases with depth. 07/16/2013,17:24:19,robertcarney,ASR 07/16/2013,17:25:36,Scott France,CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,17:26:22,A.J. Turner,OPH covering wall 07/16/2013,17:26:27,Tim Shank,OPHS many covering rock face and slope 07/16/2013,17:28:24,ingevandenbeld,ASR 07/16/2013,17:30:40,A.J. Turner,any OCT today? 07/16/2013,17:30:45,Andrea Quattrini,39d47.1796N 70d13.0967W 07/16/2013,17:31:02,Andrea Quattrini,10 m off bottom 07/16/2013,17:32:18,A.J. Turner,FELO 07/16/2013,17:32:30,Scott France,CER 07/16/2013,17:32:36,michaelvecchione,no 07/16/2013,17:32:49,ingevandenbeld,Many OPH 07/16/2013,17:33:00,Scott France,CER tube anemone 07/16/2013,17:33:36,A.J. Turner,SQA in BUR 07/16/2013,17:33:51,Scott France,Tube is soft, like mushy leather, and mucous lined 07/16/2013,17:34:19,Scott France,Tube built from specialized cnidae plus mucous and surrounding sediment grains 07/16/2013,17:34:27,Andrea Quattrini,COR Swifita 07/16/2013,17:34:38,Scott France,Can go down a meter or so into bottom 07/16/2013,17:34:51,shirleypomponi,SPOHEX 07/16/2013,17:34:56,Brendan Roark,temp 3.9 C 07/16/2013,17:35:02,Brendan Roark,depth 1707 07/16/2013,17:35:12,cherylmorrison,SQA Munida sp 07/16/2013,17:36:14,shirleypomponi,We saw a lot of Cerianthid tubes (empty???) deeper on this dive. 07/16/2013,17:37:59,Scott France,That was excellent close up. 07/16/2013,17:39:38,robertcarney,ROC very dark 07/16/2013,17:39:45,A.J. Turner,SHI 07/16/2013,17:40:52,robertcarney,CER nxt ROC 07/16/2013,17:46:33,kerrymcculloch,OCT 07/16/2013,17:46:44,shirleypomponi,Octopus? Great piloting! 07/16/2013,17:46:53,A.J. Turner,OCT with EGGs 07/16/2013,17:47:01,michaelvecchione,Muusoctopus johnsonianus 07/16/2013,17:50:14,Andrea Quattrini,FSH 07/16/2013,17:50:22,robertcarney,URC 07/16/2013,17:50:50,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1736 N 70d13.0568 W depth 1683 m 07/16/2013,17:51:28,robertcarney,URC 07/16/2013,17:51:58,jasonchaytor,debris chute, left of view 07/16/2013,17:52:09,Andrea Quattrini,CRI? Brisingid? 07/16/2013,17:52:24,ingevandenbeld,Brisingid I guess 07/16/2013,17:52:31,taylorheyl,SHI red 07/16/2013,17:52:44,taylorheyl,OPH multiple on this wall 07/16/2013,17:52:50,taylorheyl,URC white zoom 07/16/2013,17:53:51,taylorheyl,CRI 07/16/2013,17:54:27,robertcarney,ASR thick legs 07/16/2013,17:55:11,robertcarney,URC 07/16/2013,17:55:36,taylorheyl,CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,17:55:55,taylorheyl,Sorry, ASR Brisingid. Thanks Andrea. 07/16/2013,17:57:15,robertcarney,URC 07/16/2013,17:59:33,robertcarney,ROC 2 linera stains 07/16/2013,18:00:03,shirleypomponi,Is that debris? Can we get a closer look at those plates? 07/16/2013,18:01:13,jasonchaytor,looks a little like a crust that as spalled off 07/16/2013,18:01:16,robertcarney,OPS numerous 07/16/2013,18:01:19,Tim Shank,OPHS OPHI on seafloor many many 07/16/2013,18:01:26,robertcarney,SPO 07/16/2013,18:01:42,shirleypomponi,OK, thanks. 07/16/2013,18:02:16,shirleypomponi,When you get shallower, be on the lookout for white platey or ear-shaped sponges. 07/16/2013,18:02:23,Andrea Quattrini,got it! 07/16/2013,18:03:17,robertcarney,ASR 07/16/2013,18:03:20,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1683 N 70d13.0448 W Depth 1655 m temp 3.8 C 07/16/2013,18:05:00,Shank Lab,WHOI video recording EX1304L1_ROV08_3 started 07/16/2013,18:06:07,robertcarney,ASR 07/16/2013,18:07:53,robertcarney,ASR 07/16/2013,18:07:58,taylorheyl,ASR white 07/16/2013,18:08:14,robertcarney,ASR 2nd 07/16/2013,18:09:22,taylorheyl,purple disc OPH 07/16/2013,18:09:24,robertcarney,ASR and OPH adj 07/16/2013,18:09:27,taylorheyl,Can we zoom on this OPH 07/16/2013,18:11:21,taylorheyl,thank you 07/16/2013,18:12:58,robertcarney,OPH note large plates in disk = Ophiomusium I think 07/16/2013,18:13:59,taylorheyl,different OPH with purple disc 07/16/2013,18:14:05,robertcarney,OPH purple no large plates 07/16/2013,18:14:30,robertcarney,various tubes 07/16/2013,18:15:44,taylorheyl,Moving to WP 3 along vertical wall at depth of 1663 meters, Hdg. 94 07/16/2013,18:20:38,jasonchaytor,extensive fracturing along parts of the wall 07/16/2013,18:21:10,robertcarney,ROC column 07/16/2013,18:22:09,robertcarney,SED ROC junction w/"moat" 07/16/2013,18:26:18,A.J. Turner,FELO 07/16/2013,18:26:42,robertcarney,ASR 07/16/2013,18:27:32,robertcarney,CRI? 07/16/2013,18:27:55,taylorheyl,CRI PNT 07/16/2013,18:28:30,taylorheyl,Feather stars with only 5 arms, short cirri, probably Pentametrocrinus atlanticus 07/16/2013,18:30:03,robertcarney,OPH as typical numerous 07/16/2013,18:31:42,robertcarney,CER 07/16/2013,18:32:19,robertcarney,OPH purple disk 07/16/2013,18:32:36,taylorheyl,ACN purple 07/16/2013,18:33:44,taylorheyl,Nudibranch 07/16/2013,18:34:02,taylorheyl,Many OPHs 07/16/2013,18:34:07,taylorheyl,SQA 07/16/2013,18:34:08,taylorheyl,NUD 07/16/2013,18:34:48,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1860 N lon 70d13.0284 W depth 1675 m temp 3.8 m 07/16/2013,18:35:11,Andrea Quattrini,NOAA imaging 07/16/2013,18:35:13,cherylmorrison,SQA Munida sp 07/16/2013,18:35:20,taylorheyl,SQA with OPH in claw 07/16/2013,18:36:04,A.J. Turner,very cool 07/16/2013,18:36:23,Scott France,Yum yum! 07/16/2013,18:37:13,taylorheyl,CTE benthic!! 07/16/2013,18:37:29,taylorheyl,Yes, these are the same ctenophores we have seen in the Gulf of Mexico. 07/16/2013,18:37:33,taylorheyl,Thank you Scott 07/16/2013,18:38:07,Scott France,Playctenida 07/16/2013,18:38:30,Scott France,Just hanging out fishing with those tentacles, which are retractable. 07/16/2013,18:39:02,taylorheyl,Amazing to see the tentacles retracting! 07/16/2013,18:39:13,taylorheyl,APH there too 07/16/2013,18:39:24,Scott France,Beee-yooo-tiful video! 07/16/2013,18:39:44,taylorheyl,HYD? 07/16/2013,18:43:09,Andrea Quattrini,still fire drill... 07/16/2013,18:43:24,taylorheyl,OPH on CORP 07/16/2013,18:43:35,taylorheyl,many OPH partially buried in sediment 07/16/2013,18:43:40,Scott France,Meatllogorgia? 07/16/2013,18:43:52,taylorheyl,APH on CORP 07/16/2013,18:44:00,taylorheyl,SHI 07/16/2013,18:44:00,Scott France,No sorry - was seeing pixelated shadows. 07/16/2013,18:44:04,Tim Shank,Where Meatllogorgia? 07/16/2013,18:44:20,Tim Shank,Oh okay. I see CORP 07/16/2013,18:44:43,taylorheyl,Depth 1675 meters, HDg. 81 07/16/2013,18:45:36,taylorheyl,SHI 07/16/2013,18:46:23,Scott France,Is this Aristaeopsis edwardsiana? Les? 07/16/2013,18:47:01,leswatling,Yes definitely... not the sideways and forward movement of the pleopods. 07/16/2013,18:47:13,leswatling,Pretty unique way of swimming for a shrimp 07/16/2013,18:47:49,Scott France,Like rowing a boat - sculling 07/16/2013,18:47:55,leswatling,this one is not a red as what we usually see.... diet difference/ 07/16/2013,18:48:17,Brendan Roark,depth 1667 m 07/16/2013,18:48:25,Andrea Quattrini,diet? Or different species? Or sex dimorphism? 07/16/2013,18:48:53,leswatling,yes, sometimes the forward pleopods nearly touch dorsally! you need special articulation for that. 07/16/2013,18:50:12,leswatling,BTW, thanks for the excellent video. I have been doing an analysis of the pleopod beat in this beast from various snippets of video. 07/16/2013,18:52:06,leswatling,Andrea, you could be onto something. There are several species in this genus.... 07/16/2013,18:52:51,Scott France,CPEN 07/16/2013,18:53:09,Scott France,CPEN Ptilosarcus-like, or Pteroides 07/16/2013,18:53:51,leswatling,hmmmm... P. francei? 07/16/2013,18:54:38,taylorheyl,FSH 07/16/2013,18:55:16,Scott France,Ha-ha. 07/16/2013,18:55:19,robertcarney,brotulid? 07/16/2013,18:55:28,Tim Shank,OPH on SPO 07/16/2013,18:55:28,taylorheyl,OPH in SPO HEX 07/16/2013,18:55:38,Tim Shank,OPH -OPHI 07/16/2013,18:56:34,shirleypomponi,SPOHEX, heavily sedimented and probably dying. 07/16/2013,18:56:38,Andrea Quattrini,Was there a fish that I missed??? 07/16/2013,18:56:58,Tim Shank,Depth 1657m 07/16/2013,18:57:03,taylorheyl,ACN Venus fly trap 07/16/2013,18:57:04,Tim Shank,Small one 07/16/2013,18:57:09,Tim Shank,Smaller.... 07/16/2013,18:57:16,Andrea Quattrini,another drill 07/16/2013,18:57:17,Tim Shank,than others we have seen 07/16/2013,18:57:45,taylorheyl,ASR 07/16/2013,18:57:51,taylorheyl,vertical groves in wall 07/16/2013,18:57:57,Andrea Quattrini,I missed the fish! at least there is video. 07/16/2013,18:58:19,shirleypomponi,It was very cool, too! 07/16/2013,18:58:48,taylorheyl,CPEN 07/16/2013,18:58:52,taylorheyl,ACN at top? 07/16/2013,18:59:04,Scott France,CPEN Halipteris-like 07/16/2013,18:59:05,taylorheyl,OPHs differnet morphs on sediment below CPEN 07/16/2013,18:59:11,Andrea Quattrini,abandon ship drill 07/16/2013,18:59:14,taylorheyl,COR cup debris 07/16/2013,18:59:15,taylorheyl,XEN 07/16/2013,18:59:27,Andrea Quattrini,CPEN 07/16/2013,18:59:28,taylorheyl,OPH purple disc 07/16/2013,18:59:36,taylorheyl,APH 07/16/2013,18:59:48,taylorheyl,SHI next to CPEN 07/16/2013,19:00:38,A.J. Turner,Heading out for the day. Great job again, everyone! See you tomorrow. 07/16/2013,19:00:38,leswatling,complete with hovering mysid 07/16/2013,19:01:47,Andrea Quattrini,thanks aj~ 07/16/2013,19:02:02,Tim Shank,Well done Scott on the twisted CPEN 07/16/2013,19:02:18,Scott France,Shucks… thanks. 07/16/2013,19:02:30,Scott France,:-) 07/16/2013,19:03:29,Brendan Roark,Depth 1650 M 07/16/2013,19:04:24,Andrea Quattrini,up slope easier move 07/16/2013,19:04:35,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1911 N lon70d13.0173 W 07/16/2013,19:04:48,taylorheyl,OPH in CORP 07/16/2013,19:05:37,robertcarney,ASR 07/16/2013,19:07:14,Tim Shank,I agree Andrea. I am in favor of going upslope to cover some depth. 07/16/2013,19:07:40,robertcarney,CRI 07/16/2013,19:07:45,Brendan Roark,temp 3.8 C 07/16/2013,19:08:04,Brendan Roark, Moving up moving on up 07/16/2013,19:08:13,taylorheyl,ANT 07/16/2013,19:08:18,robertcarney,ANT pole? 07/16/2013,19:09:28,Scott France,Street lamp from the lost city of Atlantis, of course. We are after all in Atlantis Canyon. 07/16/2013,19:09:41,taylorheyl,OPH purple disc 07/16/2013,19:09:54,briankinlan,I agree, also in favor of heading upslope from here 07/16/2013,19:09:56,Walter Cho,OPH on rock 3x 07/16/2013,19:10:14,Walter Cho,OPH on pole 07/16/2013,19:10:25,robertcarney,CRI 07/16/2013,19:10:27,taylorheyl,URC on wall 07/16/2013,19:10:42,taylorheyl,and CRI PNT 07/16/2013,19:10:56,taylorheyl,SPO 07/16/2013,19:11:18,Walter Cho,COR cup corals 07/16/2013,19:12:03,Walter Cho,CORP with OPH 07/16/2013,19:12:10,Walter Cho,CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,19:13:07,shirleypomponi,SPOHEX 07/16/2013,19:13:33,Tim Shank,lots of bio-erosion on this face 07/16/2013,19:13:51,Tim Shank,circular holes and pits 07/16/2013,19:14:36,robertcarney,ASR 07/16/2013,19:14:52,robertcarney,OPH many 07/16/2013,19:15:19,taylorheyl,CORA Bathypathes 07/16/2013,19:15:24,taylorheyl,OPH many on sediment below 07/16/2013,19:15:36,taylorheyl,No viisible associates 07/16/2013,19:15:41,taylorheyl,ACN venus fly trap on wall behind 07/16/2013,19:15:53,Andrea Quattrini,CPEN behind? 07/16/2013,19:16:00,Scott France,Swiftia behind? 07/16/2013,19:16:01,taylorheyl,no long tentacles at base of Bathypathes 07/16/2013,19:16:05,Brendan Roark,depth 1637 m 07/16/2013,19:16:07,robertcarney,XEN 07/16/2013,19:16:24,taylorheyl,dead COR cup 07/16/2013,19:16:40,taylorheyl,CPEN x2 07/16/2013,19:16:45,Tim Shank,thinking CPEN 07/16/2013,19:16:54,robertcarney,tubes various from sed 07/16/2013,19:17:19,Scott France,CPEN - yes 07/16/2013,19:17:21,taylorheyl,OPH with purple disk at base 07/16/2013,19:17:39,Tim Shank,Venus pointing down (again) 07/16/2013,19:18:01,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1851 N lon 70d13.0108 W 07/16/2013,19:18:12,Brendan Roark,temp 3.9 C 07/16/2013,19:18:55,taylorheyl,yellow SPO on wall x2 07/16/2013,19:19:09,Andrea Quattrini,Chrysogorgiidae? 07/16/2013,19:19:11,taylorheyl,ACN venus fly trap 07/16/2013,19:19:13,Scott France,Is that a Lophelia/Solenosmilia? 07/16/2013,19:19:20,Scott France,below sponge? 07/16/2013,19:19:30,Scott France,below brown sponge 07/16/2013,19:19:43,Tim Shank,Yes, saw that too- Lophelia/Solenosmilia to the right 07/16/2013,19:20:00,shirleypomponi,The yellow SPOs are HEX; the brown sponges (with white center) are Astrophorid Demosponges, probably Geodiids. 07/16/2013,19:20:05,cherylmorrison,Guessing Solenosmilia at this depth and from a glance 07/16/2013,19:20:06,Brendan Roark,DVP DSC 3 wall with sponge and several desmo clump 07/16/2013,19:20:21,Andrea Quattrini,solenosmilia? missed it...where? 07/16/2013,19:20:24,Scott France,Another SPO 07/16/2013,19:20:28,shirleypomponi,It sure does look like a SPO. 07/16/2013,19:20:48,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1893 N 70d13.0105 W 07/16/2013,19:20:53,Walter Cho,COR cup corals 07/16/2013,19:21:23,Tim Shank,depth is 1637m 07/16/2013,19:23:10,taylorheyl,COR Acanthogorgia? 07/16/2013,19:23:12,Tim Shank,The call is Solenosmilia, correct? 07/16/2013,19:23:45,taylorheyl,yellow ASR 07/16/2013,19:24:11,Andrea Quattrini,correct, Solenosmillia, for now. 07/16/2013,19:24:16,Tim Shank,Thank you. 07/16/2013,19:24:37,cherylmorrison,That's my best guess too, but branches looked thinner than other colonies we've seen today 07/16/2013,19:25:09,Andrea Quattrini,CORG Acanthogorgia 07/16/2013,19:25:12,Scott France,CORO Acanthogorgia 07/16/2013,19:25:23,Scott France,CORG! 07/16/2013,19:26:14,Tim Shank,yes. no apparent associates on the CORO Acanthogorgia 07/16/2013,19:27:19,Scott France,I think that was the first Acanthogorgia of the dive… Agree? 07/16/2013,19:27:31,Andrea Quattrini,yes agree here 07/16/2013,19:27:40,Tim Shank,Yes it is/was Scott 07/16/2013,19:27:43,shirleypomponi,SPO Astrophorid 07/16/2013,19:27:51,shirleypomponi,Common at this location 07/16/2013,19:28:08,Andrea Quattrini,target DSC3 07/16/2013,19:28:20,shirleypomponi,Was also common where we saw the abundant cup corals previously 07/16/2013,19:28:23,Andrea Quattrini,1629 m 07/16/2013,19:29:29,Andrea Quattrini,geodiid sponges common under ledges where cup corals were 07/16/2013,19:29:36,Brendan Roark,lat 07/16/2013,19:30:51,Scott France,CORO Chrysogorgia or Acanella? 07/16/2013,19:30:53,Brendan Roark,lat 39d47.1819 N lon 70d13.0061 W 07/16/2013,19:31:01,Walter Cho,CORP with OPH 07/16/2013,19:31:06,Brendan Roark,temp 3.9 C 07/16/2013,19:31:14,Walter Cho,OPH on SED 07/16/2013,19:32:49,Scott France,CORO Acanella - first of day 07/16/2013,19:32:53,Andrea Quattrini,Isopod? in Acanella 07/16/2013,19:33:08,leswatling,Acanella has a scale worm in it 07/16/2013,19:33:56,leswatling,the large scale worms the scales themselves reflect the light. we should have seen more actually. 07/16/2013,19:34:25,Brendan Roark,ROV leaving the bottom 07/16/2013,19:34:28,Tim Shank,How many Acanella did we see today? 07/16/2013,19:34:36,Brendan Roark,depth 1622 m 07/16/2013,19:34:42,Scott France,Just the one Acanella I'm pretty sure 07/16/2013,19:34:49,ingevandenbeld,Yes, I agree 07/16/2013,19:35:03,Scott France,Lucky to have seen it just before leaving! 07/16/2013,19:35:04,Tim Shank,That's what I thought 07/16/2013,19:35:15,Scott France,Imagine what we are not going to see now! ;-) 07/16/2013,19:35:57,leswatling,we saw Acanella yesterday and the day before? 07/16/2013,19:36:04,Scott France,Yes - lots 07/16/2013,19:36:20,Andrea Quattrini,thanks guys! 07/16/2013,19:37:09,amandademopoulos,thanks all! nice job 07/16/2013,19:37:19,cherylmorrison,Thanks! Great job once again. Still laughing about the lost city of Atlantis Scott! 07/16/2013,19:37:21,taylorheyl,Thank you all! Beautiful imagery today. 07/16/2013,19:37:23,briankinlan,thanks all, great dive 07/16/2013,19:37:33,Walter Cho,Thanks all! 07/16/2013,19:37:36,Jay Lunden ,great job Andrea and brendan! 07/16/2013,19:37:37,Scott France,Glad someone is enjoying my corny humor! 07/16/2013,19:37:37,ingevandenbeld,Thanks, good dive 07/16/2013,19:37:56,Brendan Roark,Thanks all 07/16/2013,19:38:01,Andrea Quattrini,There will be a post-dive call today at 16:15. Call in 1-877-960-1977, passcode 1844757 Thanks everyone! Good afternoon~ 07/16/2013,19:39:41,Shank Lab,WHOI video recording stopped 07/16/2013,19:43:01,Andrea Quattrini,sorry wrong number everyone!! PLEASE CALL 1-866-617-5860 Participant code: 1233796 07/16/2013,19:44:10,Andrea Quattrini,PLEASE CALL 1-866-617-5860 Participant code: 1233796 07/16/2013,20:07:16,michaelvecchione,salp chain 07/16/2013,20:09:22,michaelvecchione,multiple salp chains