08/20/2015,18:35:05,okexnav,LAT :23.18527, LON : -162.45840, DEPTH : 526.7460m, TEMP :  6.68372C, SAL : 34.07364 PSU, DO :  3.19453 mg/L
08/20/2015,18:45:07,okexnav,LAT :23.18473, LON : -162.45780, DEPTH : 845.9216m, TEMP :  4.53551C, SAL : 34.36839 PSU, DO :  1.29813 mg/L
08/20/2015,18:55:07,okexnav,LAT :23.18445, LON : -162.45728, DEPTH :1167.7854m, TEMP :  3.48616C, SAL : 34.51600 PSU, DO :  1.80380 mg/L
08/20/2015,20:08:41,asakomatsumoto,Hello, the connectione of pidjin was not so good here. I was cut the connection several time.
08/20/2015,20:09:28,okeanosexplorer,SPO - Poliopogon
08/20/2015,20:10:15,okeanosexplorer,TUN
08/20/2015,20:10:24,randysinger,nice!
08/20/2015,20:10:30,randysinger,I was on conference call today haha
08/20/2015,20:10:30,okeanosexplorer,CORPR - Calypthrophora
08/20/2015,20:10:36,randysinger,my lab mates were confused
08/20/2015,20:11:02,okeanosexplorer,SPO - Caulophacus
08/20/2015,20:11:19,okeanosexplorer,CORCH - Chrysogorgia eniculata
08/20/2015,20:11:48,okeanosexplorer,SPO - Bolosoma
08/20/2015,20:12:29,Scott, I think it would be hard to dislodge the tunicate… or harder than the Anthomastus
08/20/2015,20:12:48,Scott, But one way to find out...
08/20/2015,20:15:08,okexnav,LAT :23.18396, LON : -162.45611, DEPTH :1552.5371m, TEMP :  2.56947C, SAL : 34.58469 PSU, DO :  2.39208 mg/L
08/20/2015,20:17:50,okeanosexplorer,ASR  - Henricia pauperrima?
08/20/2015,20:19:58,Scott, ZOA on left w/ stolons...
08/20/2015,20:19:59,randysinger,budding?
08/20/2015,20:20:13,Scott, Looks like SPO to me - these yellow things
08/20/2015,20:21:18,Nicole, For the brown ones with two openings Amy and I saw tunicates like these on Necker Ridge, it was IDd as Styela genus. No idea on the yellow ones!
08/20/2015,20:23:26,Nicole, :D
08/20/2015,20:23:34,okeanosexplorer,was it collected?
08/20/2015,20:23:39,J.R., Intact and truncated PIL
08/20/2015,20:23:45,Nicole, We collected one, it was on a loose rock.
08/20/2015,20:24:21,okeanosexplorer,thanks nicole
08/20/2015,20:24:43,Nicole, glad I could help!
08/20/2015,20:25:08,okexnav,LAT :23.18385, LON : -162.45600, DEPTH :1545.1885m, TEMP :  2.61827C, SAL : 34.58201 PSU, DO :  2.37486 mg/L
08/20/2015,20:25:12,okeanosexplorer,much appreciated
08/20/2015,20:27:36,Scott, I think this may be the farthest into any dive - except perhaps the 4800 m one - that we have not yet come across a bamboo coral! And no fish…
08/20/2015,20:28:20,randysinger,fish....
08/20/2015,20:28:25,randysinger,how I pine for them
08/20/2015,20:28:51,brucemundy,Yes! Hoping for fish.
08/20/2015,20:29:01,randysinger,hard to beat that Venefica though
08/20/2015,20:29:06,mackenziegarringer,The invertebrates are cool, too. 
08/20/2015,20:29:15,randysinger,when they are in fish bellys for sure!
08/20/2015,20:29:17,randysinger,:P
08/20/2015,20:29:32,mackenziegarringer,:)
08/20/2015,20:29:40,Scott, NYD
08/20/2015,20:30:43,Scott, ACN or HYD?
08/20/2015,20:30:44,asakomatsumoto,In Japanese waters, Bamboo corals are not dominant species like in Hawaii. That is why, I was really impressed with previous dives.
08/20/2015,20:30:51,brucemundy,I'm thinking of doing a Mission Log entry on the Venefica, as a hook to discuss the problems of identifying poorly known deep-sea fish from videos -  "The scientists and the sorceress".
08/20/2015,20:30:56,kaseycantwell,Testing 
08/20/2015,20:30:59,Nick, test
08/20/2015,20:31:10,mackenziegarringer,Sounds like a great idea, Bruce. 
08/20/2015,20:31:17,Scott, Good idea Bruce! The cauionary tales are important.
08/20/2015,20:31:24,okeanosexplorer,that would be great, bruce
08/20/2015,20:32:16,randysinger,Ive been asking around and looking....that might be the first video of that beast too
08/20/2015,20:32:23,randysinger,unconfirmed 
08/20/2015,20:32:39,randysinger,but Dave Johnson and Dave Smith seemed to think so
08/20/2015,20:35:09,okexnav,LAT :23.18359, LON : -162.45593, DEPTH :1536.8307m, TEMP :  2.58623C, SAL : 34.58377 PSU, DO :  2.38267 mg/L
08/20/2015,20:35:25,randysinger,very science fiction
08/20/2015,20:36:40,asakomatsumoto,CORCH?
08/20/2015,20:37:49,randysinger,makes the catfish go crazy
08/20/2015,20:37:57,randysinger,in shallower water of course
08/20/2015,20:38:04,randysinger,(the lasers)
08/20/2015,20:38:52,Scott, "Chryso" translates as "gold" and is named for the gold sheen of the skeleton
08/20/2015,20:39:04,Scott, But the tissue is often pinkish
08/20/2015,20:40:59,randysinger,Florida State!!!
08/20/2015,20:41:03,Scott, NIce try Chris.
08/20/2015,20:41:14,randysinger,Don't associate those dirty Seminoles with us noble Gators
08/20/2015,20:41:16,Scott, You have one more day to get both Amy and I correct on the same dive!
08/20/2015,20:41:18,Scott, ;-)
08/20/2015,20:41:30,brucemundy,Just refer to Chris as being from Hawaii Pacific University, as payback
08/20/2015,20:41:36,Nicole, I'll remember that Randy :(
08/20/2015,20:41:42,randysinger,awwww 
08/20/2015,20:41:54,Scott, Can see the gold sheen
08/20/2015,20:42:17,Scott, And "angular" branches - definitely a chrysogorgiid skeleton
08/20/2015,20:42:47,okeanosexplorer,Victorgorgia nuttingi?
08/20/2015,20:43:27,okeanosexplorer,with MOL - Aplocophoran?
08/20/2015,20:44:35,Scott, I'm guessing a Victorgorgia… best guess
08/20/2015,20:45:08,asakomatsumoto,@Scott: have you ever collected this?
08/20/2015,20:45:08,okexnav,LAT :23.18356, LON : -162.45572, DEPTH :1533.6845m, TEMP :  2.63574C, SAL : 34.58191 PSU, DO :  2.34460 mg/L
08/20/2015,20:46:11,Scott, @Asako: stand by
08/20/2015,20:47:00,Amy, Neat sponge
08/20/2015,20:48:40,randysinger,are you sur eits even an animal?
08/20/2015,20:49:01,Amy, previous one
08/20/2015,20:49:12,Amy, that almost looked like a shallow water scleractinain
08/20/2015,20:49:32,Scott, @Asako: I have collected 5 specimens of Victorgorgia from this area, between 1028 and 1440 m. But can't say for certain if it was same as the last one we looked at.
08/20/2015,20:49:39,Amy, I see I missed a FSU/UF conversation!
08/20/2015,20:50:00,Scott, You were pegged as FSU by… guess who! ;-)
08/20/2015,20:50:08,Scott, I mean UF!
08/20/2015,20:50:17,Scott, D'Oh! Now I'm doing it
08/20/2015,20:50:21,Amy, now is we can't get it right, how is Chris going to?
08/20/2015,20:50:24,Amy, if
08/20/2015,20:50:47,Amy, Wow tunicates!
08/20/2015,20:50:48,Scott, 2x BAR?
08/20/2015,20:51:12,Amy, They look a little different from Necker
08/20/2015,20:51:15,asakomatsumoto,@Scott: Thank you. the live color are same?
08/20/2015,20:51:15,Scott, The tunicates are winning the domiance race so far this dive.
08/20/2015,20:51:17,randysinger,Scott you just cnat help it can you
08/20/2015,20:51:24,randysinger,typical person from Tulane
08/20/2015,20:51:39,Scott, @Randy: haha
08/20/2015,20:51:41,randysinger,:)
08/20/2015,20:51:43,Amy, WHat are little yellow things on rocks?
08/20/2015,20:52:02,Scott, We debated that earlier Amy. I think SPO, others suggest tunicate
08/20/2015,20:52:05,okeanosexplorer,BAR - Chirona amaryllis
08/20/2015,20:52:06,Amy, Also tunicates?
08/20/2015,20:52:18,Scott, Can't see if small yellow have two openings...
08/20/2015,20:52:29,Scott, which of course tunicates would have
08/20/2015,20:53:07,asakomatsumoto,small yellows looks connected 
08/20/2015,20:53:18,Amy, they could be young of the larger tunicates
08/20/2015,20:53:59,Scott, @Amy: yes, but if so the two openings should be easily visible
08/20/2015,20:54:59,randysinger,wow!
08/20/2015,20:55:09,okexnav,LAT :23.18343, LON : -162.45562, DEPTH :1528.3465m, TEMP :  2.69718C, SAL : 34.57495 PSU, DO :  2.29819 mg/L
08/20/2015,20:55:43,Amy, neat
08/20/2015,20:55:48,Scott, Great!
08/20/2015,20:55:55,okeanosexplorer,CORO - Clavularia
08/20/2015,20:56:02,Amy, HAve not seen that not on coral before, polyps look much bigger
08/20/2015,20:56:21,asakomatsumoto,beautiful color
08/20/2015,20:57:11,Amy, We need to find a rock with one of each of these creatures on it to collect!
08/20/2015,20:57:15,asakomatsumoto,like Christman tree illumination...
08/20/2015,20:57:40,randysinger,素晴らしい
08/20/2015,20:58:00,Amy, this is really a weird site
08/20/2015,20:59:04,asakomatsumoto,@Randy: :)
08/20/2015,20:59:56,Amy, Do we have ID on chryso?
08/20/2015,20:59:57,Scott, @Amy: are you referring to a rock with the brown tunicate or the purple "clavulariid?"
08/20/2015,21:00:39,Amy, CORPR
08/20/2015,21:00:55,Amy, One with both those and the little yellow things Scott
08/20/2015,21:01:04,Amy, SQA
08/20/2015,21:01:22,Scott, Is that one of the PAG w/ACN or a SQA?
08/20/2015,21:01:32,Amy, Oh, maybe PAG
08/20/2015,21:01:52,leswatling,looks like a Uroptychis, normally on a gorgo
08/20/2015,21:02:08,leswatling,see the curled dactyls on the walking legs....
08/20/2015,21:02:14,Scott, @Amy: ha! Yes, a "loose" rock with both would of course be a magical find!
08/20/2015,21:02:16,randysinger,its definitely a SQA
08/20/2015,21:02:20,randysinger,right?
08/20/2015,21:02:21,Scott, Good eye Les
08/20/2015,21:02:34,Scott, Is she holding eggs?
08/20/2015,21:02:52,leswatling,didn't notice
08/20/2015,21:02:55,leswatling,sorry
08/20/2015,21:03:16,leswatling,has it been determined what this white chryso is?
08/20/2015,21:04:38,okeanosexplorer,no, but we did get one good close-up
08/20/2015,21:05:12,okexnav,LAT :23.18324, LON : -162.45527, DEPTH :1524.8430m, TEMP :  2.79409C, SAL : 34.56597 PSU, DO :  2.22551 mg/L
08/20/2015,21:05:47,Amy, CORPR
08/20/2015,21:06:10,Scott, COR cup in background
08/20/2015,21:06:42,randysinger,Asako was saying bamboo corals were less common off Japan...I wonder if its the same here?
08/20/2015,21:06:49,randysinger,unless I misread that
08/20/2015,21:07:32,Scott, Bamboo corals have been extremely common and abundant on most previous dives, but not today…
08/20/2015,21:07:51,Scott, But previous work I've done around Hawaiian Is and Geologist Seamounts...
08/20/2015,21:07:58,Scott, there are plenty of bamboo corals
08/20/2015,21:08:03,Amy, Depends somewhat on depth and location if bamboos are dominant.  At precious corals depths, coralliids and primnoids cdominate.
08/20/2015,21:08:13,Scott, Agree with Amy
08/20/2015,21:08:18,randysinger,hmm interesting
08/20/2015,21:08:23,randysinger,hypothesis?
08/20/2015,21:08:45,randysinger,for the absence in this area
08/20/2015,21:08:53,Scott, Oh, we're going to find them today! ;-)
08/20/2015,21:09:03,Amy, That has a differnt morphology than the previous CORPR
08/20/2015,21:09:03,randysinger,I thought 1,500m was common for out dives
08/20/2015,21:09:06,Amy, worth a zom
08/20/2015,21:09:08,randysinger,*our
08/20/2015,21:09:37,Scott, @Randy: I think we've had more dives deeper than 1500, but yes we have been at this depth a few times
08/20/2015,21:09:39,okeanosexplorer,Calyptrophora?
08/20/2015,21:09:52,Amy, Could be...
08/20/2015,21:10:01,okeanosexplorer,most of our dives have been at 2000-2200
08/20/2015,21:10:48,asakomatsumoto,Yes we have bamboos for deep-water but it still not so much abondant.
08/20/2015,21:11:01,Amy, polyps seem up on this one, and seemed down or horizontal on last one
08/20/2015,21:11:19,Scott, So the hypothesis thta needs explaining is why they were SO abundant in some other locations...
08/20/2015,21:11:35,Amy, Calyptrophora or paracalyptrophora I would say
08/20/2015,21:12:09,randysinger,@Scott and Amy cool info!
08/20/2015,21:12:22,Scott, I go with Calyptrophora 
08/20/2015,21:12:33,leswatling,So Japan is more like the Aleutians, where there were bamboos but no as abundant as we saw here in deeper water
08/20/2015,21:12:35,Scott, Polyps up...
08/20/2015,21:13:02,asakomatsumoto,I agree with Calyptrophora.
08/20/2015,21:13:09,Scott, According to Cairns & Bayer, Paracalyptrophora calyces always directed downward
08/20/2015,21:13:38,leswatling,but that;s when they are contracted...
08/20/2015,21:13:41,asakomatsumoto,@Scott: agree. Paracalyptrophora polyps downward.
08/20/2015,21:14:01,Scott, Aleutions owned by acanthogorgiids, at least if you believe Calcigorgia is an acanthogorgiid (I don't)
08/20/2015,21:14:17,leswatling,haha.... yeah
08/20/2015,21:14:33,asakomatsumoto,I have seen some trancect or dives at Guam. and there are also very few Bamboos.
08/20/2015,21:14:42,Scott, @Les: agree, but these polyps were directed so far up I can't believe they would appress downward
08/20/2015,21:14:44,okeanosexplorer,any ID, les?
08/20/2015,21:14:44,leswatling,too many polyps.... can't see the branching pattern
08/20/2015,21:15:09,okexnav,LAT :23.18304, LON : -162.45535, DEPTH :1519.8884m, TEMP :  2.87094C, SAL : 34.56329 PSU, DO :  2.17229 mg/L
08/20/2015,21:15:25,leswatling,very thick axis which is unusual
08/20/2015,21:15:32,randysinger,@Asako and coral folks maybe current effects settlement?
08/20/2015,21:16:04,randysinger,in that if its too high bamboos have  aharder time settling? (or is that crazy)
08/20/2015,21:16:08,Scott, Current certainly affects settlement, and post-settlement survival
08/20/2015,21:16:08,randysinger,im just spitballing here
08/20/2015,21:16:38,Scott, We've seen bamboos in some pretty high current areas so I wouldn't say that is the only explanation.
08/20/2015,21:16:45,randysinger,ok cool
08/20/2015,21:16:48,Scott, Current doesn't seem too strong here...
08/20/2015,21:17:07,leswatling,definitely there is a patchiness issue
08/20/2015,21:17:51,leswatling,nice shot, but still a nystery. Azis is very thick
08/20/2015,21:18:17,asakomatsumoto,@Randy: Yes. but I don't know much about the difference between species.
08/20/2015,21:18:22,Scott, anemones or eggs on a few branches
08/20/2015,21:18:51,brucemundy,Ouch! I have another obligation in the morning until about 10 am, so I will miss the early part of the mesophotic dive.
08/20/2015,21:19:25,asakomatsumoto,nice view of axis.
08/20/2015,21:20:00,leswatling,Victorgorgia?
08/20/2015,21:20:19,Scott, Agree Daniel. This isn't a stoloniferous form
08/20/2015,21:20:52,Scott, As always, purple down here is a beautifully striking color
08/20/2015,21:21:46,Scott, Whatever those little yellow things are, they sure are abundant and they sure like to form queues.
08/20/2015,21:22:30,leswatling,I wonder if they are sponge...
08/20/2015,21:23:19,Scott, Great little hydromedusae!
08/20/2015,21:24:12,Scott, @Les: that has been the debate, as noted earlier, bracketing the entire Kingdom Animalia - sponge or chordate?!
08/20/2015,21:24:45,okeanosexplorer,FSH
08/20/2015,21:24:46,randysinger,Ophiidid
08/20/2015,21:24:52,randysinger,actually
08/20/2015,21:24:58,leswatling,I presume there is a nice frame grab of a close up shot.
08/20/2015,21:25:00,randysinger,might be a Liparid
08/20/2015,21:25:10,okexnav,LAT :23.18289, LON : -162.45514, DEPTH :1511.0072m, TEMP :  2.93986C, SAL : 34.55943 PSU, DO :  2.13953 mg/L
08/20/2015,21:25:16,mackenziegarringer,Not a liparid
08/20/2015,21:25:16,brucemundy,Missed it
08/20/2015,21:25:36,brucemundy,We've got visitors here again
08/20/2015,21:26:03,randysinger,I agree Mackenzie
08/20/2015,21:26:49,mackenziegarringer,We'll have to go back to get a better look for genus, but it sure looked ophidiidy to me. 
08/20/2015,21:27:01,randysinger,exactly
08/20/2015,21:27:18,Scott, @Les: not close enough, at least not while I was frame grabbing!
08/20/2015,21:27:20,randysinger,it had a caudal fin and some pelvis near the head
08/20/2015,21:27:57,randysinger,rocks seem much larger here
08/20/2015,21:28:00,randysinger,anyone else agree?
08/20/2015,21:29:32,Scott, ACN
08/20/2015,21:30:04,Scott, Is this a "pom-pom" type?
08/20/2015,21:30:07,randysinger,I call it the "koosh ball" anemone
08/20/2015,21:30:20,Scott, Thats good Randy!
08/20/2015,21:30:40,leswatling,nie hydroids on the rock to the side
08/20/2015,21:31:05,Scott, Yes: Liponema brevicornis is a species of sea anemone in the Actiniidae family, commonly known as the pom-pom anemone or the tentacle shedding anemone.
08/20/2015,21:31:32,Scott, Note: I'm not implying that was "brevicornis"
08/20/2015,21:31:41,Scott, The comment was for the "pom-pom" part
08/20/2015,21:32:00,leswatling,zonathids on the rock
08/20/2015,21:32:19,Scott, ZOA stolons and CORO clavularid stolons
08/20/2015,21:32:23,Amy, ZOA I think
08/20/2015,21:32:44,leswatling,sand encrusted zoanthid
08/20/2015,21:33:20,randysinger,Scotts got all the cool factoids
08/20/2015,21:33:46,leswatling,they all do, in a way....
08/20/2015,21:34:46,Scott, Hey! You got it right! ;-)
08/20/2015,21:34:55,Scott, So it was Amy's turn today…
08/20/2015,21:35:08,okexnav,LAT :23.18274, LON : -162.45500, DEPTH :1510.2191m, TEMP :  2.96071C, SAL : 34.55776 PSU, DO :  2.10818 mg/L
08/20/2015,21:35:38,leswatling,there were stalked barnacles earlier, all scalpellids
08/20/2015,21:40:43,randysinger,great!
08/20/2015,21:41:38,leswatling,too bad, no yellow things....
08/20/2015,21:42:52,okeanosexplorer,collected rock, SPEC01GEO, 1516m, -162.45501, 23.18279
08/20/2015,21:43:34,randysinger,anyone else lost video
08/20/2015,21:43:35,Scott, Video frozen, telecon gone...
08/20/2015,21:43:38,randysinger,kk
08/20/2015,21:43:40,leswatling,freeze both video and audio.... there were several small ones before but this one long
08/20/2015,21:43:52,Scott, telecon back
08/20/2015,21:44:01,Scott, video back
08/20/2015,21:44:23,asakomatsumoto,video stopped
08/20/2015,21:44:31,asakomatsumoto,back
08/20/2015,21:44:34,okeanosexplorer,you are cutting out scott
08/20/2015,21:45:08,okexnav,LAT :23.18278, LON : -162.45505, DEPTH :1512.5932m, TEMP :  3.01245C, SAL : 34.55587 PSU, DO :  2.08770 mg/L
08/20/2015,21:45:18,Scott, HYD corymorphid like
08/20/2015,21:45:32,leswatling,branchiocerianthus
08/20/2015,21:45:48,leswatling,attached solitary hydroid
08/20/2015,21:46:17,asakomatsumoto,Branchiocerianthus imperator?
08/20/2015,21:46:36,leswatling,something close to that
08/20/2015,21:46:45,asakomatsumoto,not sure for the species sorry.
08/20/2015,21:47:08,Amy, CRI
08/20/2015,21:47:17,leswatling,Asako agrees
08/20/2015,21:47:26,Scott, Branchiocerianthus imperator is a corymorphid
08/20/2015,21:51:18,randysinger,I bet its Left to Right
08/20/2015,21:51:23,randysinger,from where we are facing
08/20/2015,21:51:27,randysinger,look at the marine snow
08/20/2015,21:51:37,randysinger,(the current)
08/20/2015,21:53:46,Roland, How has the conference call been today.  Send directly to me in chat rather than the group chat
08/20/2015,21:54:30,okeanosexplorer,FSH
08/20/2015,21:54:33,brucemundy,FSH
08/20/2015,21:54:43,Amy, CORPR
08/20/2015,21:54:48,brucemundy,Synaphobranchidae
08/20/2015,21:54:50,randysinger,I go to the restroom and a FSH comes
08/20/2015,21:55:09,okexnav,LAT :23.18307, LON : -162.45515, DEPTH :1521.0131m, TEMP :  2.68197C, SAL : 34.57694 PSU, DO :  2.34319 mg/L
08/20/2015,21:55:46,mackenziegarringer,Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis?
08/20/2015,21:55:59,brucemundy,Dorsal-fin origin is far back. It looks most like S. brevidorsalis to me.
08/20/2015,21:56:05,mackenziegarringer,I agree.
08/20/2015,21:57:53,randysinger,Ctenophore I think jsut drifted by
08/20/2015,21:58:42,okeanosexplorer,depth = 1529m
08/20/2015,22:01:09,randysinger,:) I love the pilots
08/20/2015,22:01:22,randysinger,FSH
08/20/2015,22:01:23,randysinger,center
08/20/2015,22:01:27,okeanosexplorer,FSH
08/20/2015,22:01:30,randysinger,might be another cutthroat
08/20/2015,22:02:44,mackenziegarringer,Any speculation on that behavior?
08/20/2015,22:03:04,randysinger,2 ideas:
08/20/2015,22:03:13,randysinger,defense posture agains the lights/ROV
08/20/2015,22:03:18,Scott, :-(
08/20/2015,22:03:22,mackenziegarringer,Yeah, likely.
08/20/2015,22:03:25,randysinger,or 
08/20/2015,22:03:33,randysinger,repiration while fighting current
08/20/2015,22:03:51,randysinger,lost video
08/20/2015,22:03:55,randysinger,and conference call maybe
08/20/2015,22:03:56,brucemundy,The darker ventral body, gill area, and lower head is supposed to be more characteristic of Synaphobranchus than Histiobranchus, according to information in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic eel volume.
08/20/2015,22:04:42,randysinger,I agree Bruce dont think it was Histiobrachnus
08/20/2015,22:04:47,Amy, CORI
08/20/2015,22:04:51,Amy, with OPH
08/20/2015,22:04:52,randysinger,*branchus
08/20/2015,22:05:09,okexnav,LAT :23.18297, LON : -162.45506, DEPTH :1524.8675m, TEMP :  2.59224C, SAL : 34.58730 PSU, DO :  2.37510 mg/L
08/20/2015,22:07:00,Scott, Video stutter freezing...
08/20/2015,22:07:58,asakomatsumoto,video frozen several times...
08/20/2015,22:08:02,randysinger,yup
08/20/2015,22:08:11,mackenziegarringer,Also frozen at UH ECC
08/20/2015,22:08:13,iscwatch,same at ISC
08/20/2015,22:09:55,Scott, Complete video freeze and telecon freeze
08/20/2015,22:10:00,Amy, same here
08/20/2015,22:10:13,asakomatsumoto,same hre
08/20/2015,22:10:16,asakomatsumoto,*here
08/20/2015,22:10:21,randysinger,yup
08/20/2015,22:10:31,brucemundy,Video frozen here
08/20/2015,22:11:59,asakomatsumoto,video back
08/20/2015,22:12:34,randysinger,here too
08/20/2015,22:12:54,Scott, Video & telecon back
08/20/2015,22:13:05,brucemundy,Missed the fish, though
08/20/2015,22:13:25,randysinger,it was the same cutthroat
08/20/2015,22:13:31,randysinger,it just circled back
08/20/2015,22:13:38,randysinger,im 90% sure
08/20/2015,22:13:46,randysinger,video dowwwwn
08/20/2015,22:15:27,asakomatsumoto,back and frozen and back now
08/20/2015,22:18:41,brucemundy,I think that all of my Synaphobranchus identification guesses need review. The more that I look at the differences described in the literature, and the more individuals that we see, the less certain I become abouit my guesses.
08/20/2015,22:19:08,randysinger,Bruce dont feel bad (as you know) they are a terribly hard group to ID
08/20/2015,22:19:23,randysinger,some species even use vomer patches, vertebrae and raker counts
08/20/2015,22:19:29,randysinger,something we cant see
08/20/2015,22:19:52,Scott, telecon back
08/20/2015,22:21:11,brucemundy,At least with specimens of the leptocephali, the vertebral (e.g., myomere counts) are relatively easy. I've collected a few ilyophine leptos here in Hawaii, but I've never collected a synaphobranchine.
08/20/2015,22:21:32,Scott, Well said Randy.
08/20/2015,22:23:27,Scott, telecon and video and audio breaking up
08/20/2015,22:23:31,randysinger,yup
08/20/2015,22:25:07,okexnav,LAT :23.18338, LON : -162.45471, DEPTH :1509.7261m, TEMP :  2.61164C, SAL : 34.58247 PSU, DO :  2.34892 mg/L
08/20/2015,22:32:30,randysinger,anyone else lose feed?
08/20/2015,22:34:27,asakomatsumoto,video totally interrpted
08/20/2015,22:34:32,Scott, Yes Randy.
08/20/2015,22:34:43,Scott, Couldn't tell at first because it was midwater!
08/20/2015,22:35:03,brucemundy,No video at the IRC. We have the telecon and chat room, though
08/20/2015,22:35:12,Scott, Video stuttering back slowly
08/20/2015,22:35:24,brucemundy,Video coming back but very intermittent.
08/20/2015,22:35:25,randysinger,wow my chat jsut stuttered
08/20/2015,22:36:00,asakomatsumoto,video choppy but back
08/20/2015,22:36:22,randysinger,once we get up to ~300-500m one time we should turn off the lights and record
08/20/2015,22:37:05,okeanosexplorer,we can do that on tomorrow's dive randy
08/20/2015,22:37:23,randysinger,:)
08/20/2015,22:37:50,Scott, Well, at least there is the occasional demersal fish… I have yet to see a midwater octocoral!
08/20/2015,22:37:56,randysinger,LOL
08/20/2015,22:37:57,brucemundy,Tomorrow's mesophotic zone dive should be "The revenge of the Fish People" :)
08/20/2015,22:38:08,randysinger,I love it Bruce
08/20/2015,22:38:28,randysinger,right now its the revenge of the conectivity
08/20/2015,22:38:28,Scott, Daniel - remind us what time the dive begins tomorrow?
08/20/2015,22:41:30,okeanosexplorer,in water ~630HST, on bottom ~645HST, off bottom ~12HST
08/20/2015,22:41:43,Scott, Roger that.
08/20/2015,22:41:52,randysinger,I'll bring my popcorn
08/20/2015,22:42:56,randysinger,I still think the most beutiful okeanos fish was teh Stomias boa we saw in the north Atlantic
08/20/2015,22:43:17,randysinger,gold scales....red shining chin barbel.....black margins
08/20/2015,22:43:20,randysinger,remember Scott?
08/20/2015,22:43:20,asakomatsumoto,Thank you for the dive information tomorrow! I may lost most of earlier part because of time differences.
08/20/2015,22:43:58,Scott, @Randy: I do! One of the few fish screen grabs I cherish. ;-)
08/20/2015,22:44:11,kelleyelliott,A reminder for folks to mute their phones or turn off the audio on the live feeds when talking into the teleconference line.
08/20/2015,22:44:14,randysinger,nice!
08/20/2015,22:44:25,kelleyelliott,*mute their phones if they are not talking that is
08/20/2015,22:44:31,Scott, haha
08/20/2015,22:44:38,Scott, Tired of hearing us?
08/20/2015,22:45:03,randysinger,a reminder to the NOAA relay satellites: please keep us connected!
08/20/2015,22:45:09,Scott, :-)
08/20/2015,22:45:22,okexnav,LAT :23.18358, LON : -162.45516, DEPTH :1495.4749m, TEMP :  2.78115C, SAL : 34.57002 PSU, DO :  2.24123 mg/L
08/20/2015,22:45:37,randysinger,im going to mis a dragonfish or seomthing
08/20/2015,22:48:04,Scott, I didn't hear option 1
08/20/2015,22:48:13,randysinger,option 1 is wait it out
08/20/2015,22:48:29,randysinger,option 2 is midwater dive (but they are having trouble maneuvering)
08/20/2015,22:48:36,randysinger,option 3 is recover
08/20/2015,22:48:42,Scott, Thanks Randy
08/20/2015,22:48:50,Roland, anyone from shoreside can you see my chat?
08/20/2015,22:48:55,randysinger,yes Roland
08/20/2015,22:49:00,Scott, Ye sRoland
08/20/2015,22:49:06,brucemundy,@Roland, Yes
08/20/2015,22:49:10,asakomatsumoto,yes
08/20/2015,22:49:53,Amy, yes
08/20/2015,22:49:59,Roland, Turning my Laptop over to Michael and Chris
08/20/2015,22:50:30,Amy, Any options of moving perpendicular to or with the current on the bottom?
08/20/2015,22:50:43,Scott, This is a great illustration for public about the complexities of diving and how fortunate we have been that all has gone so well on this leg.
08/20/2015,22:50:58,randysinger,I was just typing  that Scott!
08/20/2015,22:51:02,randysinger,greta minds eh
08/20/2015,22:51:05,randysinger,*great
08/20/2015,22:51:15,Scott, I felt somone else was controlling my fingers...
08/20/2015,22:51:22,randysinger,!
08/20/2015,22:52:11,Roland, just checking our options
08/20/2015,22:53:20,Roland, we just had to come off the bottom ~30min ago due to strong currents
08/20/2015,22:53:45,Roland, we might go back down, but are discussing our options
08/20/2015,22:54:21,Amy, Pisces usually took the option of moving with the current rather than trying to fight it
08/20/2015,22:54:32,Amy, Don't know if can do the same with ROV with different set up
08/20/2015,22:56:15,okexnav,LAT :23.18362, LON : -162.45533, DEPTH :1493.4284m, TEMP :  2.84636C, SAL : 34.56602 PSU, DO :  2.17279 mg/L
08/20/2015,22:57:20,asakomatsumoto,Is that strong currents due to the weather?
08/20/2015,22:57:55,randysinger,strong midwater currents are typical
08/20/2015,22:58:10,randysinger,especially if the temperatures are different above and below
08/20/2015,22:58:16,randysinger,or if there are upwellings
08/20/2015,22:58:54,asakomatsumoto,Thank you for the explanation!
08/20/2015,22:59:17,randysinger,anytime! 
08/20/2015,23:00:14,asakomatsumoto,It just remainds me the Hawaiian big wave were affected by Japanese typhoon. it will arrive Hawaii within a week and 
08/20/2015,23:00:35,randysinger,wow really?
08/20/2015,23:00:36,asakomatsumoto,we had Typhoon. that's it.
08/20/2015,23:01:56,asakomatsumoto,@Randy: I just heared that surfing people watching Japanese weather and typhoon because they can get big waves in Hawaii.
08/20/2015,23:02:16,randysinger,@Asako that's really interesting! Thanks for sharing I didn't know
08/20/2015,23:03:27,Scott, Chris: it is interesting that when you talk faintly, it has more of an impact on the conference line than on the video audio stream…
08/20/2015,23:03:28,asakomatsumoto,@Randy: but I don't know anything that it may also come to deep water or not.
08/20/2015,23:05:18,randysinger,@Asako I think for the most part at this depth the surface currents/weather do not effect the deep so much (at least from my understanding)
08/20/2015,23:05:41,randysinger,WOW
08/20/2015,23:05:49,randysinger,CEPH
08/20/2015,23:05:50,Scott, video frozen here - no squid
08/20/2015,23:05:51,brucemundy,SQD
08/20/2015,23:06:06,randysinger,we just saw teh kraken
08/20/2015,23:06:07,Scott, My bad - not frozen!
08/20/2015,23:06:16,Scott, Just very little in water!
08/20/2015,23:06:32,brucemundy,JFH
08/20/2015,23:06:35,randysinger,@Scott its a desert out here
08/20/2015,23:07:10,brucemundy,@Randy - No Gobiidae. What kind of desert does that make it?
08/20/2015,23:07:19,Scott, @Randy: not like descending in a canyon!
08/20/2015,23:07:25,randysinger,haha!
08/20/2015,23:07:47,Scott, Ah, so that is how they named the Goby desert. Thanks. ;-)
08/20/2015,23:08:08,randysinger,man talk about identification nightmares
08/20/2015,23:08:12,randysinger,Gobies haunt me in my sleep
08/20/2015,23:08:30,Scott, You meant "goblins" right/
08/20/2015,23:08:33,asakomatsumoto,@Randy: Thank you. I supposed so.
08/20/2015,23:08:42,randysinger,@Scott might as well be
08/20/2015,23:08:53,brucemundy,Will we see gobliln sharks?
08/20/2015,23:09:01,randysinger,highly unlikely
08/20/2015,23:09:05,randysinger,but man that'd be cool
08/20/2015,23:09:38,brucemundy,They are reported from seamounts north of Midway Atoll, but not this far south :-(
08/20/2015,23:09:57,Scott, I am open to new distribution records...
08/20/2015,23:10:01,randysinger,ya I was going to say Fishbase shows very low propability here (not like thats the end all be all)
08/20/2015,23:10:29,brucemundy,We can talk about the FishBase probable distributions off-line
08/20/2015,23:10:35,randysinger,looks like deepest they have been recorded is 1300 m
08/20/2015,23:10:47,randysinger,LOL Bruce im sure we are in agreement
08/20/2015,23:11:34,brucemundy,It's better now, but I still rarely see their maps with records of things like myctophids from the Sahara or the Himalayas
08/20/2015,23:11:45,randysinger,indeed
08/20/2015,23:12:26,Scott, All these online databases are a great start but have lots of errors that need to be corrected.
08/20/2015,23:12:58,Scott, WoRMS has given me some fits…
08/20/2015,23:13:01,brucemundy,To be fair, the errors that I referred to were due to typographic errors with north or south latitudes and east or west longitudes
08/20/2015,23:13:09,Scott, Ah!
08/20/2015,23:13:31,Scott, The errors I refer to are systematics (taxa in wrong families) or of ommission
08/20/2015,23:13:34,randysinger,ya we experience geolocation problems many times at iDigBio with natural history colleciton ingestion too
08/20/2015,23:13:43,Scott, Still, very heplful and I'm glad it is there...
08/20/2015,23:13:47,randysinger,exactly
08/20/2015,23:13:58,Scott, we can work through fixes as we go or just be cautious/eyes open
08/20/2015,23:14:22,brucemundy,And it's difficult for us all to be absolutely up-to-date with taxonomic changes for all but a few taxa
08/20/2015,23:14:49,Scott, Sure! But the family issue I was referring to (the recent one) was not due to a change.
08/20/2015,23:14:50,randysinger,as much as this is a conversation I would absolutely LOVE to have I have to go make dinner for the family :(
08/20/2015,23:14:54,Scott, Just a mistake.
08/20/2015,23:15:10,okexnav,LAT :23.18263, LON : -162.45450, DEPTH :1466.9257m, TEMP :  2.80200C, SAL : 34.56931 PSU, DO :  2.17505 mg/L
08/20/2015,23:15:15,randysinger,see you guys tomorrow for fishy goodness
08/20/2015,23:15:24,Scott, Cheerio.
08/20/2015,23:15:43,asakomatsumoto,see you Randy
08/20/2015,23:15:57,randysinger,おやすみ Asako!
08/20/2015,23:19:18,asakomatsumoto,I agree with you about some taxonomical problem in WoRMS Scott. I found same species in different two genera at a same time. and to correct the problem, I had to back to Gray and had to check type materials and so......
08/20/2015,23:20:24,Scott, @Asako: a good thing is that Leen is welcome to learn of the mistakes and correct them. Just last week I pointed out that the isidid Australisis was classified in the Primnoidae! He fixed it right away.
08/20/2015,23:21:10,Scott, Think we may have just lost conference line
08/20/2015,23:22:04,tinamolodtsova,sometimes it is not Leen's fault to get species in a bad place..  it is normal when non-experts are entering data 
08/20/2015,23:23:25,leswatling,Scott and Asako, I think the Worms problem is that there are not enough editors for the Octocorallia. Many other groups have sub-editors that handle particular families that they are familiar with. Leen needs to get sub-editors for the octocorals so these kinds of problems will get cleaned up faster.
08/20/2015,23:23:31,asakomatsumoto,@Scott:You are right. mostly they are not Leen's fault at all but all pages include his name as a references.
08/20/2015,23:24:05,asakomatsumoto,sorry it was @Tina.
08/20/2015,23:25:08,okexnav,LAT :23.18191, LON : -162.45346, DEPTH :1473.1108m, TEMP :  2.95043C, SAL : 34.56030 PSU, DO :  2.11848 mg/L
08/20/2015,23:25:23,asakomatsumoto,@Scott: we should find mistakes and help Leen as possible.
08/20/2015,23:25:23,Scott, @All of you: I didn't mean to suggest it was Leen's fault. But as the contact he is very responsive when you point out problems. I think Les is correct.
08/20/2015,23:25:40,Scott, So, credit to Leen.
08/20/2015,23:27:05,asakomatsumoto,@Les: it is also not Leen's desicion. WoRMS decided it.
08/20/2015,23:29:38,asakomatsumoto,@Scott: I know what you mean :)
08/20/2015,23:36:25,okexnav,LAT :23.18084, LON : -162.45214, DEPTH :1479.0475m, TEMP :  2.49732C, SAL : 34.59329 PSU, DO :  2.35581 mg/L
08/20/2015,23:43:30,leswatling,Looked like we were back on the bottom but it seems the feed is frozen
08/20/2015,23:43:46,Scott, Yup.
08/20/2015,23:43:57,Scott, The old if-it's not-one-thing...
08/20/2015,23:43:59,leswatling,thanks for the confirmation
08/20/2015,23:46:33,Scott, telecon went out but is now back… but in-and-out
08/20/2015,23:46:41,Scott, We have no video so can't hear pilots
08/20/2015,23:47:18,okeanosexplorer,Current is too strong, so they will recover the vehicle now.
08/20/2015,23:47:18,Scott, Recovering vehicle. Copy that.
08/20/2015,23:47:43,okeanosexplorer,We will map for the rest of the day
08/20/2015,23:47:54,leswatling,maybe Chris can type some of that since the audio is breaking up
08/20/2015,23:48:02,Scott, 10 min to post-dive briefing. Copy that.
08/20/2015,23:48:06,okeanosexplorer,post-dive call 1400HST
08/20/2015,23:48:38,Scott, There will have to be improvement in the telecon to hold post-dive call.
08/20/2015,23:48:46,Scott, It is breaking up a lot
08/20/2015,23:48:48,brucemundy,@Chris - I will wait for the 1400 post-dive briefing, but the telecon is very spotty now. If I can't hear it, I will leave for the day.
08/20/2015,23:49:26,brucemundy,I'll be in late for the dive tomorrow, but I will try to catch as much of it as I can.
08/20/2015,23:50:44,leswatling,Ok, see everyone tomorrow.... today was interesting, if brief! 
08/20/2015,23:52:07,asakomatsumoto,OK, see you tomorrow. I also hope to try to log-in as earlier as possible. Thank you for trying to back down!
08/20/2015,23:57:00,okexnav,LAT :23.18033, LON : -162.45174, DEPTH :1175.7033m, TEMP :  3.43520C, SAL : 34.52264 PSU, DO :  1.82269 mg/L