09/07/2014,13:53:43,briankennedy,Our small boat transfer went more quickly than expected this morning and we are getting a nice push from the currents and wind so we are going to be on the dive site early. We will continue to plan on the dive planning call at 1300 and we are aiming to deploy the ROV between 1330 and 1400. Talk to you all soon.  09/07/2014,16:49:19,Scott France,Roger that. 09/07/2014,16:49:38,Scott France,How is the back-uop steering situation? 09/07/2014,16:56:22,Jamie Austin,Good afternoon, everyone! We are setting up to begin Dive 3 on the south flank of Norfolk Canyon We should be in the water at approximately 1330 EDT. Conditions are good. 09/07/2014,16:58:39,Scott France,Can you put up the conference line number info so I don;t have to search for it in my email? 09/07/2014,17:32:56,Jamie Austin,Still doing some drift test with the vessel before deploying. Stay tuned. 09/07/2014,17:36:14,briankennedy,It is going to be a few minutes before we are ready to launch they need to reposition the ship. Sorry for the delay 09/07/2014,18:08:28,Jamie Austin,D2 is in the water. 09/07/2014,18:11:11,Jamie Austin,Seirios in the water. 09/07/2014,18:16:46,Jamie Austin,Descending to 50 m. 09/07/2014,18:17:33,Jamie Austin,Leaving 50 m for the seafloor 09/07/2014,18:20:19,carolruppel,'] 09/07/2014,18:21:10,Tim Shank,Test 09/07/2014,18:21:16,Jamie Austin,Hi Carolyn. Thanks for joining us. 09/07/2014,18:21:20,Tim Shank,Hi Everyone 09/07/2014,18:21:47,Tim Shank,Hi Carolyn, Are you in Woods Hole tomorrow morning? Think we could chat in the morning? 09/07/2014,18:23:17,carolruppel,Live radio panel on methane emissions for WCAI/WGBH at 9 a.m. in village. Will stop by after that? 09/07/2014,18:23:28,robertcarney,Internet 1 audio repeats rwice 09/07/2014,18:23:35,robertcarney,twice 09/07/2014,18:23:50,carolruppel,Jamie--I'll come in on telecon line in few minutes 09/07/2014,18:24:01,Tim Shank,That would be great 09/07/2014,18:28:43,Jamie Austin,Passing 330 m with D2. Enroute to ~680 m. 09/07/2014,18:31:06,robertcarney,Internet 1 Audio many echo 09/07/2014,18:32:06,Jamie Austin,Passing 420 m. 09/07/2014,18:32:30,Jamie Austin,Thanks, Bob. Checking. 09/07/2014,18:32:33,carolruppel,I'm not having trouble with echo on Internet 1 09/07/2014,18:32:39,Jamie Austin,Righto. 09/07/2014,18:33:35,robertcarney,audio here just cleared up...prob local internet issue 09/07/2014,18:34:33,Jamie Austin,OK Bob! 09/07/2014,18:34:40,Jamie Austin,Passing 500 m. 09/07/2014,18:38:19,Jamie Austin,Holding at 500 m while we get into position, then we will head to the seafloor. A few minutes! 09/07/2014,18:40:33,Tim Shank,Great anticipation 09/07/2014,18:40:44,Jamie Austin,Roger that! 09/07/2014,18:43:55,Jamie Austin,Getting close. 09/07/2014,18:50:20,Jamie Austin,Descending again. Passing 630 m. 09/07/2014,18:51:04,Tim Shank,Hi Andrea. Good afternoon (almost) to you. 09/07/2014,18:52:11,Jamie Austin,Hi Andrea! 09/07/2014,18:59:40,Andrea Quattrini,HI all! 09/07/2014,18:59:59,Andrea Quattrini,Watching two live feeds now~:) 09/07/2014,19:01:05,Tim Shank,Right with you Andrea. Need four eyes. 09/07/2014,19:05:36,Jamie Austin,Vehicles are now lined up for descent. 09/07/2014,19:05:41,Scott France,Tim & Andrea: 2 heads and 4 hands… 09/07/2014,19:05:55,Jamie Austin,Descending, passing 640 m. 09/07/2014,19:06:18,Tim Shank,….and Scott who is also multi-tasking- 3 heads and 6 hands... 09/07/2014,19:07:19,Scott France,I meant each of us needs 2 heads and 4 hands to monitor both! 09/07/2014,19:07:38,Andrea Quattrini,yes-great sunday funday! 09/07/2014,19:07:49,Tim Shank,True 09/07/2014,19:08:34,Jamie Austin,sedimented seafloor. 09/07/2014,19:08:42,Tim Shank,On bottom 09/07/2014,19:08:47,Tim Shank,CRA RED 09/07/2014,19:08:48,Scott France,I'm also baking muffins! 09/07/2014,19:08:51,Tim Shank,SIP 09/07/2014,19:11:01,Tim Shank,FSH 09/07/2014,19:11:01,Andrea Quattrini,FSH macrourid 09/07/2014,19:11:02,Tim Shank,FSH - at least 3 types 09/07/2014,19:11:13,Tim Shank,some very small, dark, and darting 09/07/2014,19:11:27,Andrea Quattrini,FELO 09/07/2014,19:13:00,Tim Shank,Euphausids et al. again today? 09/07/2014,19:13:10,Tim Shank,Numbers increasing 09/07/2014,19:13:36,Andrea Quattrini,FELO cut throats 09/07/2014,19:13:36,Tim Shank,FSH Rose Belly Black Fish? 09/07/2014,19:14:08,Andrea Quattrini,FSH rattail 09/07/2014,19:14:41,robertcarney,>SED w/ rare exposures of small sed "chunks" or cobble 09/07/2014,19:14:56,Tim Shank,SIP 09/07/2014,19:15:25,Tim Shank,Not observing evidence for extensive burrowing... 09/07/2014,19:16:05,Jamie Austin,small sonar targets ahead. 09/07/2014,19:17:02,Tim Shank,reached hard bottom 09/07/2014,19:17:10,Tim Shank,first corals of the dive 09/07/2014,19:17:39,Jamie Austin,type of coral? 09/07/2014,19:17:58,Tim Shank,Looks like Acanthagorgia 09/07/2014,19:18:22,Jamie Austin,Acanthogorgia - two colonies. 09/07/2014,19:18:39,Tim Shank,red polychaete associate on COR- Acanthagorgia 09/07/2014,19:19:02,Andrea Quattrini,rattails and hakes 09/07/2014,19:20:19,Andrea Quattrini,tiny mysid? 09/07/2014,19:20:34,Andrea Quattrini,APH 09/07/2014,19:20:37,Tim Shank,amphipod or mysid associate on COR- Acanthagorgia - I think amphipod 09/07/2014,19:21:18,Scott France,Sorry - was away for a moment. I agree: CORO Acanthogorgia 09/07/2014,19:21:37,Tim Shank,More CORO Acanthogorgia on other rocks 09/07/2014,19:21:42,Tim Shank,ASR red 09/07/2014,19:22:21,Scott France,Will do Jamie. 09/07/2014,19:23:53,Andrea Quattrini,heavily encrusted, burrowed ROC 09/07/2014,19:23:55,Tim Shank,Cobbles highly encrusted 09/07/2014,19:24:26,Scott France,White blobs are small carnivorous sponges. 09/07/2014,19:24:57,Tim Shank,Depth Jamie? 09/07/2014,19:24:58,Scott France,Sorry - I meant the white stick sponges. 09/07/2014,19:25:40,Andrea Quattrini,is this a hyperiid amphipod swarm or euphausiid swarm? 09/07/2014,19:26:29,Scott France,Yesterday in close-ups I saw many amphipods making up the swarm... 09/07/2014,19:26:37,Scott France,not sure if they were hyperiids. 09/07/2014,19:27:20,Tim Shank,FSH ID? 09/07/2014,19:27:20,Jamie Austin,D2 at 670 m. 09/07/2014,19:27:29,Tim Shank,Thank you 09/07/2014,19:28:16,Andrea Quattrini,FSH beardfish i think…passed quickly- Steve did you see it? 09/07/2014,19:29:10,Andrea Quattrini,FSH longfin hake 09/07/2014,19:29:14,Jamie Austin,hake. 09/07/2014,19:29:17,steveross,yea, bad view, looked more like beardfish than roughy 09/07/2014,19:29:18,Tim Shank,CRA RED 09/07/2014,19:29:42,Tim Shank,OPH arms below encrustation... 09/07/2014,19:29:44,Andrea Quattrini,ASR 09/07/2014,19:30:19,Andrea Quattrini,FSH mesopelagics 09/07/2014,19:30:33,robertcarney,>OPH 2 types many small white legs and single red banded legs with lat spines 09/07/2014,19:30:50,Tim Shank,Yes, saw that too Bob. 09/07/2014,19:31:09,Tim Shank,The latter may be ophiocantha (like) 09/07/2014,19:31:45,Jamie Austin,rattail 09/07/2014,19:31:56,Andrea Quattrini,FSH roughy 09/07/2014,19:32:03,Andrea Quattrini,Same genus- 09/07/2014,19:32:11,Andrea Quattrini,Hoplostethus 09/07/2014,19:32:18,Andrea Quattrini,not Beryx 09/07/2014,19:32:22,steveross,Hoplostethus mediterraneus (not Beryx) 09/07/2014,19:33:17,Jamie Austin,more debris - some outcrop as well. 09/07/2014,19:34:10,Andrea Quattrini,FSH eelpout 09/07/2014,19:35:14,Andrea Quattrini,FSH hake 09/07/2014,19:35:51,Jamie Austin,sponges encrusting a cobble 09/07/2014,19:36:22,Tim Shank,Maybe a small SQA galatheid in there 09/07/2014,19:36:50,Scott France,ACN on outcrop (recording since I didn't see it in log) 09/07/2014,19:37:02,Scott France,SQA 09/07/2014,19:37:03,robertcarney,>SED lighter ejecta 09/07/2014,19:38:09,Tim Shank,ASR 09/07/2014,19:38:33,Jamie Austin,scattered outcrops - thinly layered, likely fine-grained. 09/07/2014,19:40:35,Tim Shank,more CRA RED under sheltered ledges 09/07/2014,19:41:26,Tim Shank,evidence of debris flows here 09/07/2014,19:41:46,Jamie Austin,scattered debris of various sizes. 09/07/2014,19:42:36,Tim Shank,transiting upslope 09/07/2014,19:42:39,Tim Shank,SHI 09/07/2014,19:42:51,Tim Shank,CORO - Acanthagorgia 09/07/2014,19:43:03,Tim Shank,SHI- large- zoom 09/07/2014,19:43:16,Tim Shank,long white and red rostrum on SHI 09/07/2014,19:44:01,Tim Shank,taking snap zooms in transit upslope... 09/07/2014,19:44:13,Scott France,Small port in the storm for this Acanthogorgia 09/07/2014,19:44:46,Scott France,Agree with Sandra - brittle stars also on Paramuricea (yellow fans) 09/07/2014,19:45:02,Scott France,Did I see caprellid amphipods? 09/07/2014,19:45:08,Jamie Austin,Another Acanthagorgia. 09/07/2014,19:45:20,Tim Shank,Yes, caprellid APH on CORO Acanthagorgia 09/07/2014,19:45:28,Scott France,Note: AcanthOgorgia 09/07/2014,19:45:43,Tim Shank,Thanks. Can't type and look at monitor at the same time 09/07/2014,19:45:53,Tim Shank,Seen these on AcnthOgorgia before 09/07/2014,19:46:02,Tim Shank,on bare skeleton 09/07/2014,19:46:35,Scott France,Repeat the question... 09/07/2014,19:46:49,Tim Shank,Seen these on AcAnthOgorgia before - 09/07/2014,19:46:55,Tim Shank,still can't spell 09/07/2014,19:48:01,Tim Shank,ASR on "rock" 09/07/2014,19:48:32,Tim Shank,We have observed shrimp on Acanthogorgia before - northern canyons.... 09/07/2014,19:48:47,Scott France,No, not eggs. 09/07/2014,19:48:52,robertcarney,dorsal tubefeet 09/07/2014,19:49:10,Tim Shank,Zoom on ASR - 09/07/2014,19:49:18,Scott France,Those are thin parts of tissue extending through "skeleton" that allow some gas excahnge. 09/07/2014,19:49:35,Tim Shank,636m 09/07/2014,19:51:36,Tim Shank,Larger outcrop in the distance 09/07/2014,19:51:36,carolruppel,which (compass) direction is the ROV facing right now with camera? 09/07/2014,19:51:45,Tim Shank,SQD 09/07/2014,19:52:02,Tim Shank,several…feeding behavior 09/07/2014,19:53:12,Jamie Austin,more extensive outcrop. Thinly layered. 09/07/2014,19:57:14,Tim Shank,CORO Acanthogorgia with HYD 09/07/2014,20:00:33,Scott France,ACN flytrap 09/07/2014,20:01:20,Tim Shank,SQD school 09/07/2014,20:01:53,kaseycantwell,these squid seem larger than the ones yesterday 09/07/2014,20:03:03,Andrea Quattrini,how long is the dive today? i have to run, but hopefully I can catch more of it later! enjoy~ 09/07/2014,20:03:20,Tim Shank,til 9pm East Coast time 09/07/2014,20:03:27,Tim Shank,FSH monk 09/07/2014,20:03:31,Tim Shank,close up 09/07/2014,20:03:37,Scott France,CORO Acanthogoria several 09/07/2014,20:03:55,Tim Shank,SQA close up 09/07/2014,20:03:56,Scott France,SQA 09/07/2014,20:04:45,Tim Shank,OPH arms through encrusted rock 09/07/2014,20:05:48,Scott France,Fantastic imaging! 09/07/2014,20:06:28,Tim Shank,great lighting 09/07/2014,20:06:39,Tim Shank,ACN venus 09/07/2014,20:08:38,Tim Shank,Are those Stylasterids along the wall? 09/07/2014,20:08:52,Tim Shank,SPO white 09/07/2014,20:09:19,robertcarney,> white finger-like projections? 09/07/2014,20:09:20,Tim Shank,No, not stylasterids 09/07/2014,20:09:31,Tim Shank,BRY 09/07/2014,20:09:44,Scott France,I think those are branching sponges… Look how soft they are. 09/07/2014,20:10:40,Tim Shank,moving upslope 09/07/2014,20:10:51,Tim Shank,CRA RED here 09/07/2014,20:10:54,Jamie Austin,talus piles - very mobile slope. 09/07/2014,20:11:01,Tim Shank,CORO Acanthogorgia 09/07/2014,20:11:45,Tim Shank,Fantastic Feature* showing distribution of attached fauna 09/07/2014,20:12:26,Tim Shank,ACN venus 09/07/2014,20:14:02,robertcarney,>PYC 09/07/2014,20:14:05,Tim Shank,PYC on edge 09/07/2014,20:14:21,robertcarney,>OPH legs ubiquitous 09/07/2014,20:14:30,Tim Shank,Yes 09/07/2014,20:16:11,Tim Shank,FSH Synaphobranchid 09/07/2014,20:16:21,Tim Shank,SQA and CRA RED 09/07/2014,20:17:01,Tim Shank,605m 09/07/2014,20:17:40,Tim Shank,CRA RED mating pair 09/07/2014,20:18:22,Tim Shank,ASR dorsal feet 09/07/2014,20:18:25,Tim Shank,OPH on dorsal surface 09/07/2014,20:18:41,robertcarney,>CRI on >AST 09/07/2014,20:19:07,Jamie Austin,looks like turbidite outcrops exposed on land 09/07/2014,20:21:17,Scott France,Paragorgia white morph? 09/07/2014,20:21:22,Tim Shank,yes 09/07/2014,20:21:24,Scott France,No - Anthothela 09/07/2014,20:21:32,Tim Shank,Zoom 09/07/2014,20:21:34,Scott France,CORO Anthothela 09/07/2014,20:21:39,Tim Shank,Associates? 09/07/2014,20:24:53,Scott France,CORO Anthothela 09/07/2014,20:24:57,Scott France,ACN flytrap 09/07/2014,20:26:37,Tim Shank,many SQA 09/07/2014,20:26:39,robertcarney,>ROC large horz pits more common 09/07/2014,20:27:03,Tim Shank,>FSH Rose belly 09/07/2014,20:28:28,Scott France,What are the wispy arms ahead? 09/07/2014,20:28:37,Scott France,Paragorgia bubble gum coral 09/07/2014,20:28:44,Scott France,with associates 09/07/2014,20:28:44,Tim Shank,CORO Paragorgia 09/07/2014,20:29:07,Tim Shank,large pink 09/07/2014,20:29:10,Scott France,At least 3 colonies of CORO Paragorgia 09/07/2014,20:29:32,Tim Shank,Depth here? 09/07/2014,20:29:48,Tim Shank,White coral below? 09/07/2014,20:30:12,Scott France,white coral = Anthothela 09/07/2014,20:30:24,Scott France,White sponges above Paragorgia 09/07/2014,20:30:27,Tim Shank,Would like a zoom 09/07/2014,20:30:54,Scott France,Kudos on the lighting - beautiful images 09/07/2014,20:31:01,Tim Shank,Fantastic 09/07/2014,20:31:07,Tim Shank,FSH Hake 09/07/2014,20:31:14,Tim Shank,FELO 09/07/2014,20:33:13,Tim Shank,Paragorgia knocked over? 09/07/2014,20:33:36,Tim Shank,CRA RED on CORO Paragorgia 09/07/2014,20:35:44,Tim Shank,ACN pink 09/07/2014,20:40:36,Tim Shank,SIP 09/07/2014,20:42:36,Tim Shank,CORO Anthothela 09/07/2014,ACN flytrap 09/07/2014,20:42:43,Tim Shank,SQA 09/07/2014,20:46:55,Scott France,CORO Paragorgia pink morph 09/07/2014,20:47:00,Tim Shank,CORO Paragorgia pink 09/07/2014,CORO Anthothela 09/07/2014,ACN flytrap 09/07/2014,20:47:03,Scott France,CORO Anthothela 09/07/2014,20:47:04,Tim Shank,SPO white 09/07/2014,20:47:10,Tim Shank,on the wall here 09/07/2014,20:47:16,Scott France,CORO Acanthogorgia 09/07/2014,20:48:30,Scott France,Red, white and pink Paragorgia 09/07/2014,20:50:13,Tim Shank,Nice view of polyps on Paragorgia 09/07/2014,20:50:30,Scott France,Could see a scar on the branch - brown spot where tissue was absent. 09/07/2014,20:51:40,Scott France,I've seen pycnogonid sea spiders on Paragorgia. They are predators of cnidarian polyps so could have been feeding on Paragorgia. 09/07/2014,20:51:46,Tim Shank,>PAG 09/07/2014,20:53:20,Tim Shank,Off bottom 09/07/2014,20:53:21,Tim Shank,SIP 09/07/2014,20:54:01,Tim Shank,Thought I saw a disturbed area on that Paragorgia that was "greenish" with tissue absent. 09/07/2014,20:57:40,Tim Shank,ASR red 09/07/2014,20:57:45,Tim Shank,back on bottom 09/07/2014,20:59:01,Tim Shank,FSH Monk 09/07/2014,21:02:16,Tim Shank,SQD many 09/07/2014,21:08:42,robertcarney,>OPH numerous extended white legs 09/07/2014,21:09:29,Tim Shank,been noting how there has been very little colonization of the red crab carapaces. 09/07/2014,21:11:45,robertcarney,Jesse...might mention INDEEP...1st network of deep scientist inspired by COML 09/07/2014,21:12:35,robertcarney,Thanks from Maria at all ! 09/07/2014,21:14:00,robertcarney,>FSH bat 09/07/2014,21:14:05,briankennedy,Batfish 09/07/2014,21:19:00,Tim Shank,ASR red pink 09/07/2014,21:20:13,Scott France,CORO Anthothela and Acanthogorgia 09/07/2014,21:23:47,Tim Shank,CORO Anthothela and Paragorgia - pink and white 09/07/2014,21:23:52,Tim Shank,ACN venus 09/07/2014,21:24:15,Scott France,Is that an egg case? 09/07/2014,21:24:23,Tim Shank,Shark egg case on CORO Paragorgia 09/07/2014,21:25:29,Scott France,A scan of the colony to see if there are brittle stars in there 09/07/2014,21:25:41,Scott France,In answer to question from pilot... 09/07/2014,21:31:03,robertcarney,>OPH many exposed wht legs 09/07/2014,21:32:03,kaseycantwell,Depth? 09/07/2014,21:32:20,Tim Shank,561m 09/07/2014,21:32:23,kaseycantwell,Thanks! 09/07/2014,21:32:23,Jamie Austin,D2 is at 561 m. 09/07/2014,21:32:33,steveross,Fish at upper right is Phycis chesteri 09/07/2014,21:35:01,Scott France,SQA 09/07/2014,21:38:30,robertcarney,Squid Driven Turbidity Currents!!! 09/07/2014,21:40:07,robertcarney,So much for the slope-stability people....squid desabliztion is it :-D 09/07/2014,21:40:29,Tim Shank,That really was an amazing exhibition. 09/07/2014,21:40:51,Tim Shank,more outcrops with SPO, CRA RED 09/07/2014,21:41:26,Tim Shank,Conditions not favorable for holothurians it seems.... 09/07/2014,21:41:54,Tim Shank,ACN "pink" anemone 09/07/2014,21:42:22,Scott France,Is there a worm on the oral disc? 09/07/2014,21:42:33,Tim Shank,SOmething in there 09/07/2014,21:43:29,Tim Shank,OPH arms coming up through SED 09/07/2014,21:43:54,Scott France,Shrimp! 09/07/2014,21:43:59,Scott France,?? 09/07/2014,21:44:05,Scott France,No - POL 09/07/2014,21:44:11,Scott France,Scale worm 09/07/2014,21:44:25,Scott France,Polychaete - can see the parapodia and dorsal scales 09/07/2014,21:44:38,Scott France,Polynoid polycheate 09/07/2014,21:44:54,Scott France,Definitely a polynoid polychaete 09/07/2014,21:45:02,Tim Shank,Great image 09/07/2014,21:48:00,robertcarney,>FSH eelpout? banded 09/07/2014,21:48:16,Scott France,Echo Tim - thta was real nice work on the close-up of the worm amid the anemone tentacles. 09/07/2014,21:49:49,robertcarney,? for Tim do you get Sargassum on surface this distance from coast...no plant material on bottom 09/07/2014,21:51:19,robertcarney,>SED mud shelves show no to minimal bio texture...erased? 09/07/2014,21:51:21,Scott France,I think Tim had to leave for an hour or so. Perhaps Martha can answer if she is on. 09/07/2014,21:51:24,marthanizinski,Hi Bob - Tim stepped out but I can answer. We saw Sargassum on the surface 70-80 mi offshore. 09/07/2014,21:51:38,Scott France,Wow! That was fast Martha! ;-) 09/07/2014,21:51:50,robertcarney,Thanks...apparently not on bottom? 09/07/2014,21:52:11,marthanizinski,Have not seen any on the bottom. 09/07/2014,21:54:26,Jamie Austin,more sedimented slope - scattered outcrops 09/07/2014,21:54:49,robertcarney,>SED rock slide marks 09/07/2014,21:58:41,Jamie Austin,mostly sedimented slope - ample evidence for downslope movements 09/07/2014,22:00:10,Jamie Austin,acanthagorgia 09/07/2014,22:00:29,Scott France,AcanthOgorgia CORO 09/07/2014,22:01:20,Scott France,Ha! 09/07/2014,22:01:43,Scott France,Not a sea pen 09/07/2014,22:01:56,Scott France,Mysid shrimp in foreground 09/07/2014,22:02:21,marthanizinski,hydroid? 09/07/2014,22:02:29,Scott France,It is a hydroid colony 09/07/2014,22:03:08,Scott France,Hydroid. This is the benthic cousin of the colony siphonophores! 09/07/2014,22:04:06,Scott France,Later I will try to get on conference call to shorten the time gap. Sorry I'm not on now. 09/07/2014,22:04:34,Scott France,Thanks for the understanding. 09/07/2014,22:05:35,Scott France,FSH 09/07/2014,22:05:42,steveross,That appears to be a very small Chaunax (gulper) 09/07/2014,22:07:18,steveross,Its black inside 09/07/2014,22:08:07,steveross,No, not the Chaunax - I was referring to the Black Belly Rosefish (they are black internally) 09/07/2014,22:09:35,Jamie Austin,sedimented slope 09/07/2014,22:11:34,Scott France,SQD 09/07/2014,22:14:36,Scott France,Repeat the question please. 09/07/2014,22:15:02,Scott France,Sure - very appropriate. 09/07/2014,22:15:14,Scott France,Squids have a complete digestive tract 09/07/2014,22:15:39,Scott France,Todd is learning by osmosis... 09/07/2014,22:17:23,Scott France,Looking forward to it! Todd and I had a great experience in 2005. 09/07/2014,22:18:04,Scott France,Should you want more detail… One interesting point about the squid gut is that the anus opens just behind and below the head, and not as one might expect at the "posterior" end. 09/07/2014,22:18:48,Scott France,ACN flytrap 09/07/2014,22:21:30,Scott France,CORO Acanthogorgia 09/07/2014,22:21:46,Jamie Austin,Acanthogorgia! 09/07/2014,22:21:52,Scott France,Something fainter behind right 09/07/2014,22:22:17,Scott France,Great imaging. You guys are pros! 09/07/2014,22:22:21,Scott France,No worries. 09/07/2014,22:22:36,Scott France,It was likely another of the feather-like yellow hydroid colonies 09/07/2014,22:23:13,Scott France,"fainter" was a very poor choice of words. 09/07/2014,22:23:34,Scott France,should have said thin branched or finely branched 09/07/2014,22:25:54,Jamie Austin,scattered outcrops 09/07/2014,22:26:16,Jamie Austin,still a primarily sedimented slope 09/07/2014,22:27:24,Scott France,SQD 09/07/2014,22:30:03,Scott France,CRA red 09/07/2014,22:30:48,Scott France,No biofouling on crab. 09/07/2014,22:31:42,Scott France,I don't know the answer, Jamie. Need Brad. 09/07/2014,22:32:10,Scott France,Also speaks to how recently they have moulted. 09/07/2014,22:33:12,Jamie Austin,hake 09/07/2014,22:34:40,Scott France,ACN flytrap 09/07/2014,22:34:46,Scott France,CRA red 09/07/2014,22:34:52,Scott France,FSH 09/07/2014,22:36:53,Jamie Austin,soft sediment deformation of presumed turbidites - 551 m water depth 09/07/2014,22:37:32,marthanizinski,Looked up info on the red crab. may live for up to 15 yrs or more, slow growing, information on life span lacking. 09/07/2014,22:38:00,Scott France,ASR 09/07/2014,22:38:11,Scott France,aka Bat star 09/07/2014,22:39:37,robertcarney,>CRBRED legs push into sed to 1st joint..very fluffy 09/07/2014,22:40:06,Scott France,ACN 09/07/2014,22:40:07,Scott France,SPO 09/07/2014,22:40:17,Scott France,Nice outgroup with lots of life 09/07/2014,22:40:37,robertcarney,Re many ophs...late Bruce Heezen called the deep "the Kingdom of the Echinoderm" 09/07/2014,22:40:55,Jamie Austin,more outcrop 09/07/2014,22:41:51,marthanizinski,Is that who Heezen Canyon is named for? 09/07/2014,22:42:33,robertcarney,identifying ophs is very specimen dependent 09/07/2014,22:42:41,robertcarney,musty sample 09/07/2014,22:43:14,Scott France,Martha: that has always been my assumption, re: Heezen 09/07/2014,22:43:45,robertcarney,Face of the Deep... Heezen and Hollister compillation of Lamont deep photos 09/07/2014,22:43:50,Scott France,SQA 09/07/2014,22:47:12,Scott France,I spent many hours marveling over the complexity of the sea floor in the Heezen and Tharp topo amps. Loved them. 09/07/2014,22:48:13,Scott France,CORO Paragorgia arborea - many colonies arising from wall 09/07/2014,22:48:31,Scott France,You can see the wide holdfast attaching to the wall 09/07/2014,22:48:46,Scott France,The holdfasts will bind up the underlying mudstone. 09/07/2014,22:48:55,Scott France,Egg case on colony to right? 09/07/2014,22:49:18,Scott France,ACN flytraps - might be a couple on Paragorgia on left. 09/07/2014,22:49:37,Scott France,I've seen plenty of corals today - good stuff! 09/07/2014,22:49:45,Scott France,Sandra just wants to see Lophelia! ;-) 09/07/2014,22:50:04,Scott France,Would be good to get close-ups to see if there are associates among branches 09/07/2014,22:52:03,Scott France,Great view of holdfast! 09/07/2014,22:52:30,Scott France,You can see the holdfast is living - new colony stems are arising from it. 09/07/2014,22:52:41,Scott France,below the main stem 09/07/2014,22:52:52,Scott France,Yes - holdfast definitiely continues to grow. 09/07/2014,22:52:59,Scott France,If the colony is growing 09/07/2014,22:53:34,Scott France,I agree with Martha and Sandra - I haven't seen holdfasts like this in more rocky bottom, but is common in Baltimore Canyon for example 09/07/2014,22:56:40,Scott France,I think the brown thing was an egg acse (shark?) 09/07/2014,22:56:55,Scott France,Some brown hydroids at the tip 09/07/2014,22:56:59,marthanizinski,agreed 09/07/2014,22:57:00,Scott France,Another egg case 09/07/2014,22:59:30,Scott France,ACN on Paragorgia 09/07/2014,22:59:50,Scott France,As noted earlier, there are ACN flytraps on Paragorgia 09/07/2014,23:00:06,Scott France,These colonies are surely more than 100 years old 09/07/2014,23:00:14,Scott France,Probably couple hundred 09/07/2014,23:00:28,Scott France,Just based on size and expected growth rate 09/07/2014,23:08:06,Scott France,CORO Paragorgia 09/07/2014,23:10:33,Scott France,CORO Anthothela 09/07/2014,23:10:48,Scott France,SPO many on wall face 09/07/2014,23:11:45,Tim Shank,Hey were there shrimp or amphipods on that large Paragorgia? 09/07/2014,23:11:45,Scott France,Tentacles are retracted on most polyps 09/07/2014,23:12:23,marthanizinski,Didn't see any Tim. 09/07/2014,23:12:44,Scott France,No octocorals have 8 exactly - no more 09/07/2014,23:13:30,Scott France,You can see colony above the polyps have tentacles extended 09/07/2014,23:14:11,Scott France,The upper colony looked "fuzzier" because of the extended tentacles while the lower one looked smooth because tentacles were retracted. 09/07/2014,23:14:37,Tim Shank,that was well documented 09/07/2014,23:15:35,Tim Shank,I had to step out- now back- 09/07/2014,23:16:07,Tim Shank,I was watching best I could but want to make sure- Did you see any bivalves along the wall? 09/07/2014,23:16:45,Tim Shank,ACN venus 09/07/2014,23:16:48,marthanizinski,Didn't see any bivalves. 09/07/2014,23:17:08,Tim Shank,Thank you. I thought I saw one about 10 min ago…so wanted to ask 09/07/2014,23:17:40,Scott France,Really good question - I have no idea. 09/07/2014,23:17:57,Scott France,Agree with Sandra - hard to know unless you monitor one throughout its life 09/07/2014,23:18:24,Scott France,Perhaps with future deployment of deep-sea observatories in various locations… 09/07/2014,23:19:49,Scott France,CRI 09/07/2014,23:24:07,Scott France,ASR gorgeous 09/07/2014,23:24:37,Scott France,Just a pattern 09/07/2014,23:25:06,Tim Shank,Do we believe that the white projections coming out of the sed on the wall are oph arms? 09/07/2014,23:25:21,Tim Shank,Appears so to me. 09/07/2014,23:25:24,Scott France,I'm not sure these puff up when eating… 09/07/2014,23:25:50,Scott France,But they do have the mouth pointed downward and a complete gut (anus on the surface you are looking at) 09/07/2014,23:26:03,Tim Shank,Can see the OPH arms there- means tremendous number of individuals below the SED surface 09/07/2014,23:26:04,Scott France,ZOA overgrowing Anthothela 09/07/2014,23:32:15,Tim Shank,ASR zoom in 09/07/2014,23:32:24,Tim Shank,ASR "yellow" 09/07/2014,23:32:57,Tim Shank,OPH arms obvious next to ASR 09/07/2014,23:33:08,Scott France,Wow! We almost stumped Chris Mah! 09/07/2014,23:38:37,Tim Shank,At/near WP4 with wall with more COR 09/07/2014,23:39:12,Tim Shank,CORO Paragorgia 09/07/2014,CORO Anthothela 09/07/2014,23:39:15,Tim Shank,ACN venus 09/07/2014,23:39:55,Tim Shank,FELO 09/07/2014,23:40:29,Tim Shank,SIP 09/07/2014,23:40:46,Scott France,ZOA under sponge 09/07/2014,23:41:01,Tim Shank,CORO Paragorgia white small 09/07/2014,23:41:14,Tim Shank,CRI 09/07/2014,23:41:23,Scott France,Are the bluish "paint splotches" sponges? 09/07/2014,23:41:31,Tim Shank,Ovoid objects on wall 09/07/2014,23:41:36,Scott France,CRI 09/07/2014,23:41:36,Tim Shank,don't know 09/07/2014,23:41:49,Tim Shank,HYD 09/07/2014,23:41:59,Scott France,You can count the 8 tentacles on the pink Paragorgia 09/07/2014,23:42:10,marthanizinski,I think those paint splotches are sponges. 09/07/2014,23:42:43,Tim Shank,I agree. Encrusting sponges 09/07/2014,23:42:45,Scott France,Cup corals! 09/07/2014,23:42:55,Scott France,Desmophyllum 09/07/2014,23:43:03,Tim Shank,Desmo 09/07/2014,23:43:21,Scott France,Looks like some brachipods perhaps... 09/07/2014,23:43:26,Scott France,Or Ascesta? 09/07/2014,23:43:33,Scott France,Nice solitary hydroids 09/07/2014,23:43:38,Tim Shank,HYD solitary together? 09/07/2014,23:43:50,Tim Shank,GAS small 09/07/2014,23:43:53,Scott France,These are "giant" hydroid polyps 09/07/2014,23:44:21,Scott France,The pink mass inside the rings of tentacles are gonadal tissue. 09/07/2014,23:45:03,Tim Shank,those were nice hydroids 09/07/2014,23:47:27,Scott France,Hydroid: Branchiocerianthus or Corymorpha like 09/07/2014,23:48:13,Tim Shank,Would need to see more down and in the center of those guys to determine which, right? 09/07/2014,23:49:11,Scott France,Not sure how they are distinguished - just giving ballpark possibilities in case anyone wanted to search 09/07/2014,23:49:24,Tim Shank,Roger that 09/07/2014,23:50:17,Tim Shank,Lots of SQD moving by here 09/07/2014,23:50:56,Scott France,Sounds good Jamie - try to hit the hard bottom with time left 09/07/2014,23:52:07,Tim Shank,I agree 09/07/2014,23:52:24,Tim Shank,Looking for shrimp around this large ACN "pink" anemone 09/07/2014,23:53:21,Tim Shank,10-12cm diameter perhaps on that ACN 09/07/2014,23:53:47,Scott France,Good eye Dave. 09/07/2014,23:54:06,Tim Shank,onward and upward 09/07/2014,23:55:07,Scott France,Looks like another polynoid scale worm 09/07/2014,23:55:47,Scott France,Looks like a job for Tim's associates analysis team! 09/07/2014,23:56:01,Scott France,FSH 09/07/2014,23:56:51,Tim Shank,Yep. Saw this association before, including last summer in a northern canyon -need to check morph. 09/07/2014,23:57:08,Tim Shank,517m