[00:01:59] LAT : 56.924437 , LON : -149.55746 , DEPTH : 991.4956 m, TEMP : 2.93896 C, SAL : 34.37017 PSU, DO : 0.49949 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [00:07:00] LAT : 56.923875 , LON : -149.5572 , DEPTH : 833.0137 m, TEMP : 3.2188 C, SAL : 34.31226 PSU, DO : 0.47155 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [00:12:00] LAT : 56.923121 , LON : -149.557109 , DEPTH : 677.6648 m, TEMP : 3.45282 C, SAL : 34.25386 PSU, DO : 0.47771 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [00:17:00] LAT : 56.922556 , LON : -149.557253 , DEPTH : 517.792 m, TEMP : 3.81276 C, SAL : 34.16871 PSU, DO : 0.52931 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [00:22:01] LAT : 56.922212 , LON : -149.559794 , DEPTH : 363.9965 m, TEMP : 3.94621 C, SAL : 34.02637 PSU, DO : 0.64225 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [00:27:01] LAT : 56.92226 , LON : -149.56296 , DEPTH : 209.5055 m, TEMP : 4.08199 C, SAL : 33.84358 PSU, DO : 1.18107 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9341 FTU [00:29:07] robertcarney leaves the room [00:32:02] LAT : 56.921831 , LON : -149.566005 , DEPTH : 59.2734 m, TEMP : 4.58911 C, SAL : 32.68285 PSU, DO : 9.42684 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [00:37:03] LAT : 56.920955 , LON : -149.568457 , DEPTH : 46.0649 m, TEMP : 5.16568 C, SAL : 32.63902 PSU, DO : 9.72108 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [00:39:45] EX2306_DIVE02 ROV on Surface [00:54:43] EX2306_DIVE02 ROV Recovery Complete [03:31:38] merlinbest leaves the room [03:42:30] arvindshantharam leaves the room [15:23:20] chat-admin leaves the room [15:23:40] TEST [15:36:50] EX2306_DIVE03 ROV powered off [15:41:02] chat-admin leaves the room [15:41:41] okexnav leaves the room [16:17:42] EX2306_DIVE03 ROV Launch [16:22:28] good morning everyone! thanks for joining us :) [16:24:07] jamesconrad leaves the room [16:25:46] EX2306_DIVE03 ROV on Surface [16:26:31] EX2306_DIVE03 ROV Descending [16:27:40] LAT : 56.495202 , LON : -146.312181 , DEPTH : 31.6907 m, TEMP : 10.97217 C, SAL : 32.43935 PSU, DO : 8.88738 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0867 FTU [16:28:59] robertcarney leaves the room [16:32:41] LAT : 56.494499 , LON : -146.312811 , DEPTH : 115.7641 m, TEMP : 4.29558 C, SAL : 33.31611 PSU, DO : 6.2839 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0012 FTU [16:35:41] rhianwaller leaves the room [16:36:51] merlinbest leaves the room [16:37:42] LAT : 56.494326 , LON : -146.313086 , DEPTH : 266.535 m, TEMP : 4.02684 C, SAL : 33.92351 PSU, DO : 0.91642 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9219 FTU [16:41:04] Good morning all! Looks like an interesting seamount spot for the day! [16:41:57] Good morning Rhian! [16:42:13] hey rhian! yep, I think this seamount chain is one you identified in seasketch way back when :) [16:42:43] LAT : 56.493923 , LON : -146.313088 , DEPTH : 414.9971 m, TEMP : 3.88985 C, SAL : 34.06049 PSU, DO : 0.65345 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [16:46:48] Maybe...it was such a long time ago now. I remember I put a lot of SE AK targets.....hoping I don't miss those dives with travel.... [16:47:44] LAT : 56.493247 , LON : -146.312697 , DEPTH : 568.4374 m, TEMP : 3.50224 C, SAL : 34.21769 PSU, DO : 0.53618 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [16:48:33] Do we know if there is/has been any fishing activity on the top there? [16:50:19] rhianwaller leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [16:52:27] merlinbest leaves the room [16:52:44] LAT : 56.492675 , LON : -146.312253 , DEPTH : 719.7871 m, TEMP : 3.24965 C, SAL : 34.29135 PSU, DO : 0.50371 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [16:53:41] i have records of some exploratory trawling but no info on overall fishing activity [16:57:44] LAT : 56.492342 , LON : -146.312192 , DEPTH : 860.7827 m, TEMP : 3.05779 C, SAL : 34.33753 PSU, DO : 0.52818 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [17:00:04] robertcarney leaves the room [17:02:45] LAT : 56.492188 , LON : -146.311735 , DEPTH : 866.0244 m, TEMP : 3.03828 C, SAL : 34.34122 PSU, DO : 0.49881 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [17:07:40] amandamaxon leaves the room [17:07:46] LAT : 56.49215 , LON : -146.311643 , DEPTH : 866.0205 m, TEMP : 3.04349 C, SAL : 34.33961 PSU, DO : 0.52193 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [17:09:25] jamesconrad leaves the room [17:12:01] robertcarney leaves the room [17:12:11] kellymarkello leaves the room [17:12:47] LAT : 56.492117 , LON : -146.311752 , DEPTH : 887.4221 m, TEMP : 3.01922 C, SAL : 34.34576 PSU, DO : 0.5379 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [17:14:37] EX2306_DIVE03 ROV on Bottom [17:15:07] robertcarney leaves the room [17:15:09] Nice! [17:15:28] Always good to see corals right away - might well be Primnoa pacifica, just waitng to get closer [17:16:03] Oh, no those might be bamboos with the long sweeper tentacles..... [17:16:13] Beautiful! [17:16:28] Psolus - sessile holo white tent extended [17:16:53] We saw one up in the Aleutians but only one solitary one, nice to see a group! [17:17:48] LAT : 56.492267 , LON : -146.311819 , DEPTH : 897.1166 m, TEMP : 3.00433 C, SAL : 34.34868 PSU, DO : 0.54247 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [17:18:42] I remember Scott mentioning something about the sweeper tentacles being for defense - can you expand on that Merlin? [17:20:05] Are the short ones where they have broken off? Or new ones? [17:21:36] holo tentacle shape is termed dendritic they are hydrostatic [17:22:48] LAT : 56.492253 , LON : -146.311846 , DEPTH : 897.1199 m, TEMP : 2.99547 C, SAL : 34.34964 PSU, DO : 0.5433 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [17:23:34] Hello from the Gulf of Alaska :) Happy to join you today! [17:25:13] mucus feeding nets on rocks [17:25:28] Whoa - tentacles a little like Actinerus but not the same species we usually see [17:25:46] larabeckmann leaves the room [17:27:04] Sadly Stoloniferous has gone away - it's now the tongue twister Malacalcyonacea... [17:27:44] oooo! I see a feeding hump! [17:27:49] LAT : 56.492288 , LON : -146.311823 , DEPTH : 895.9599 m, TEMP : 3.01113 C, SAL : 34.34773 PSU, DO : 0.51371 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [17:27:57] would like to zoom [17:27:57] larabeckmann leaves the room [17:28:03] (I still call them stoloniferous.....I feel like it's more descriptive of how they grow.....but hey....) [17:28:51] Squatty poking out? [17:29:16] OH NICE! Those are papulae extended. [17:29:28] Ceramaster [17:29:41] Almost certainly feeding on something below it? [17:29:46] sponges or other detritus [17:30:32] In the Atlantic and tropical Pacific we almost always saw them eating sponges.. [17:30:41] thank you for the zoom [17:31:14] Hej Lara - amazed you can get the feed from the Solstice! [17:32:49] LAT : 56.492245 , LON : -146.311836 , DEPTH : 894.7787 m, TEMP : 3.00245 C, SAL : 34.35054 PSU, DO : 0.52313 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [17:35:44] rhianwaller leaves the room [17:37:00] jamesconrad leaves the room [17:37:51] LAT : 56.492295 , LON : -146.311862 , DEPTH : 896.5104 m, TEMP : 3.00292 C, SAL : 34.34839 PSU, DO : 0.53159 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [17:39:27] can we get a zoom on that little star in center field?? [17:39:38] jamesconrad leaves the room [17:39:40] I'm going to continue digging the Isadella...:) it was the first time i'd seen one of these up in the Aleutians and they are just SO neat. [17:39:48] oooo! and we got an oph!!! [17:40:09] Bonus brittle should totally be the catchphrase of this cruise so far [17:41:23] :) [17:41:38] Zoom on that little star? [17:42:01] Whats attached to the Isidella stem? [17:42:51] LAT : 56.49227 , LON : -146.311885 , DEPTH : 893.3074 m, TEMP : 2.98532 C, SAL : 34.3547 PSU, DO : 0.52657 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [17:43:06] rock pen!!! [17:46:46] whte maats? [17:46:50] mats [17:47:31] rhianwaller leaves the room [17:47:51] LAT : 56.492212 , LON : -146.311907 , DEPTH : 894.1818 m, TEMP : 2.98896 C, SAL : 34.35498 PSU, DO : 0.54595 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [17:48:17] Could be fine sand too, so it might be interesting to zoom in. [17:51:56] rhianwaller leaves the room [17:52:28] jamesconrad leaves the room [17:52:52] LAT : 56.492191 , LON : -146.311918 , DEPTH : 894.8892 m, TEMP : 2.96238 C, SAL : 34.35839 PSU, DO : 0.54271 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [17:54:12] samcandio leaves the room [17:56:53] green rock [17:57:53] LAT : 56.492255 , LON : -146.311889 , DEPTH : 895.3924 m, TEMP : 2.97535 C, SAL : 34.35462 PSU, DO : 0.53397 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [17:58:54] Looks bacteria-ish for sure....strange! [17:59:10] may be worth mentioning that the ophs were higher in number on the light seds [18:00:31] Hello all! [18:00:32] rhianwaller leaves the room [18:02:38] waiting for female to shed then mate? [18:02:53] LAT : 56.492213 , LON : -146.312012 , DEPTH : 891.7432 m, TEMP : 2.96901 C, SAL : 34.35836 PSU, DO : 0.54561 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [18:03:19] 2nd vote for getting it on... [18:03:23] mating preliminaries [18:04:31] laetmogonid holo [18:05:31] rhianwaller leaves the room [18:07:26] Some smaller Rhabdocalyptus sponges too (fuzzy cones) [18:07:54] LAT : 56.492162 , LON : -146.312074 , DEPTH : 888.1718 m, TEMP : 2.9578 C, SAL : 34.35797 PSU, DO : 0.52338 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [18:08:34] are those tiny primnoids or soft corals on the rocks? [18:08:38] Around the fish [18:09:02] Deep-sea sole [18:09:15] :) Left side [18:09:40] Just came in view now here, delayed [18:09:43] Ascidians there too [18:10:03] brachiopod? [18:11:44] Thanks! [18:12:35] ha ha.. the stoloniferous octocoral was at 888 meters! [18:12:55] LAT : 56.492205 , LON : -146.312188 , DEPTH : 887.1682 m, TEMP : 2.95557 C, SAL : 34.35845 PSU, DO : 0.54319 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [18:13:03] Sorry the name escaped me - Clavularia is a common encrusting octocoral in these areas. Probably more than one species. [18:13:18] At least it wasn't 666 @Chris.... [18:13:36] hexacorals? :-) [18:15:29] Bamboo? [18:15:43] No! Swiftia! [18:15:46] not bamboo... [18:15:54] Yes..:) Delays suck.... [18:16:36] Yeah, like a single stalked swiftia? Not sure i've seen an unbranched one before, but others will know better.... [18:17:07] Aplacophoran or worm associate? [18:17:15] I'm not sure what it is... [18:17:22] robertcarney leaves the room [18:17:55] LAT : 56.492245 , LON : -146.312173 , DEPTH : 887.211 m, TEMP : 2.93103 C, SAL : 34.36396 PSU, DO : 0.52944 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8913 FTU [18:18:18] @merlin or @Lara - any idea what the small sponges are on the rocks - look a little like those succulent stone plants, short and round. We saw/collected a ton incidentally in the Aleutians. [18:19:54] rhianwaller leaves the room [18:22:56] LAT : 56.492107 , LON : -146.31225 , DEPTH : 883.4577 m, TEMP : 2.93749 C, SAL : 34.36173 PSU, DO : 0.54854 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [18:23:47] oooo Big Ceramaster feeding moment over to the left [18:24:37] @Asako - corallium?? [18:25:58] Hemicorallium is a target species for collection [18:26:06] There might be a bigger one to the left [18:26:24] I would vote for a DNA sample if it's like hte ones in BC [18:26:38] yes, I think it's a hemicorallium... [18:27:16] DNA collection! [18:27:20] Big sponge feeding by starfish on the left [18:27:41] Okay - if you see it again though please do take a collection for DNA, it's on the hit list [18:27:56] LAT : 56.492148 , LON : -146.312205 , DEPTH : 881.1409 m, TEMP : 2.94911 C, SAL : 34.35959 PSU, DO : 0.50969 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [18:28:52] Lillipathes maybe [18:29:30] Another annotation to say collect Hemicorallium if you can.....it's not been seen up here and folks have been looking for species confirmation and DNA [18:29:54] we got one on our ROPOS survey! [18:29:59] not really a crab but a squat lobster I believe [18:30:10] i believe that is a new paragorgiid we've sampled as well [18:30:23] would love another sample but i'm trying to restrain myself [18:30:59] Zoom on the star up to the right?? [18:31:06] this time it is Swiftia [18:31:26] @nice - from this far north? [18:31:29] the big one higher up is Pteraster [18:31:37] OH WOW! [18:32:09] It was a target for the Aleutian's but we didn't get that info until we had already passed the only one we ever saw on that cruise.... [18:32:20] chonky one is Pteraster a slime star [18:32:32] @Rhian sorry I missed it. Hemicorallium! [18:32:48] if it was Hemicorallium, we should collect!! [18:32:57] LAT : 56.49208 , LON : -146.31236 , DEPTH : 879.7419 m, TEMP : 2.93309 C, SAL : 34.36286 PSU, DO : 0.52315 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [18:33:09] the small nondescreipt one was a pedicellasterid.. [18:33:20] oooo! [18:33:27] @Merlin mentioned they collected one with ROPOS, but i'm not sure how far north that was. [18:33:38] LOTS on that one to the left plus a multi-armed stara!! [18:34:22] @Asako we only saw one on the Aleutian leg but I didn't have it tagged for collection until it had already passed. :( [18:36:13] @Rhian yes, we should collect Hemicorralium. no record from this region. we had only observed once at the Aleutian. [18:36:17] There are several research groups interested in hemicoralliums so i'm hoping maybe they see more. [18:36:45] too bad that I was just stepped away to grab coffee.. [18:37:28] @Rhian do you have a screen shot? [18:37:30] Another clavularia? [18:37:40] Or a sponge... [18:37:57] Oh beautiful clavularia! [18:37:58] LAT : 56.492041 , LON : -146.312403 , DEPTH : 877.494 m, TEMP : 2.93637 C, SAL : 34.36199 PSU, DO : 0.50059 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [18:38:19] @Asako, no, i'm only on my small laptop here and watching in the background. [18:38:30] Look like they might be ripe [18:39:20] @Rhian thanks [18:39:25] Most of them are not described at all, they're so hard to collect intact sometimes [18:39:35] Paragorgia is a high priority target for DNA studies [18:39:43] is that Gorgonocephalus? [18:39:46] Beautiful colony [18:40:01] and blackcoral to the left? [18:40:29] Likes like one of the non-branched gorgonocephalus? [18:40:42] yes. okay. Astrochele laevis [18:40:50] nice! [18:40:57] Paragorgia is about 1cm per year [18:41:13] Changes in different environments/different food sources and quantity [18:41:18] I've seen those on Paragorgia from collections [18:41:57] oh wow! [18:42:01] They create tunnels under the skin [18:42:37] Yes, average whole colony growth [18:42:41] Astrochele laevis [18:42:57] LAT : 56.492044 , LON : -146.312428 , DEPTH : 869.7527 m, TEMP : 2.95604 C, SAL : 34.35668 PSU, DO : 0.56898 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [18:43:14] From isotopes. I think they have been found to grow even faster in some places too, for a deep sea coral they grow relatively fast (still a lot slower than tropicals) [18:43:30] This is a high priority DNA sample target [18:43:59] There are a couple of groups working on a rearrangement of Paragorgia species right now as they think there are actually many species [18:44:02] sorry which one? paragorgia? [18:44:27] Yes, paragorgia! [18:44:32] i have lots of material from trawl surveys [18:44:36] etc [18:44:50] from this area though? [18:44:53] we should talk! [18:45:04] no you're right, from bc [18:45:38] Roger that - we can chat on the side, there were several groups reached out about Paragorgia samples from Seascape to try to resolve species [18:46:07] Ceramaster NOM NOM alert! [18:47:57] LAT : 56.491958 , LON : -146.312721 , DEPTH : 863.3589 m, TEMP : 2.97552 C, SAL : 34.35348 PSU, DO : 0.54932 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8913 FTU [18:47:59] rhianwaller leaves the room [18:48:39] we passed pinkish one below? [18:51:48] @rhian about the small sponges: hard to tell from videos. Would be good to check in detail, they seem very common. Cant find anything like that in the sponge guides for this region. [18:52:58] LAT : 56.491949 , LON : -146.312825 , DEPTH : 858.7475 m, TEMP : 2.97142 C, SAL : 34.35447 PSU, DO : 0.52746 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8913 FTU [18:53:21] @thanks Lara - we collected a bunch on rocks during the Aleutian leg, hopefully a sponge person will take a look at them, as they seem super common, interesting to see them here too! [18:54:01] This glass sponge looks like Heterochone calyx [18:54:34] and Farreidae? [18:54:57] rhianwaller leaves the room [18:57:56] rhianwaller leaves the room [18:57:58] LAT : 56.491911 , LON : -146.31296 , DEPTH : 856.9439 m, TEMP : 3.03716 C, SAL : 34.33801 PSU, DO : 0.51852 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [18:59:02] gabrielcastrofalcon leaves the room [18:59:42] Cute little primnoid [18:59:51] iscwatch leaves the room [19:00:08] More of those little squat sponges [19:00:44] It's a lot, I feel like we only ever saw ones and twos of the rock pens in the Atlantic. Didn't see any in the Aleutians [19:01:45] More of those amazing sweeper tentacles! [19:02:27] yes, amazing sweeper tentacles. [19:02:40] tons of little squat lobsters all around, pretty cool [19:02:59] LAT : 56.491873 , LON : -146.312964 , DEPTH : 851.6401 m, TEMP : 3.07648 C, SAL : 34.33318 PSU, DO : 0.51255 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [19:03:19] samcandio leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [19:03:22] are all white small fans Parastenella? [19:03:33] which we have zoom earlier? [19:03:35] Below the bamboo there? [19:03:51] pseudoanthomastus? [19:04:49] christophermah leaves the room [19:05:21] Might be another hemicorallium over to the right there......those are targets from this area if it is... [19:05:47] definitely amphipods on the tentacles [19:05:55] Often see associated amphipods, I don't think they get aught [19:05:57] caught [19:06:00] Unfortunately, Tina is not online now. [19:06:34] Lots of those encrusting cucumbers this dive, so neat! [19:06:36] please have azoom on that pink? [19:07:15] Thank you! [19:07:21] collect? [19:07:47] Hemicorallium sp. [19:08:00] LAT : 56.491855 , LON : -146.313059 , DEPTH : 850.3546 m, TEMP : 3.0749 C, SAL : 34.33432 PSU, DO : 0.51396 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9646 FTU [19:09:29] Thanks so much @merlin - I know we can't (and shouldn't) stop to collect everything, this is one that had come up for a few research groups from this northern extent. I think they are just looking for a small DNA sample, but @asako might know more than me [19:12:18] good call! [19:12:30] not hemicorallium IMO [19:12:46] it was not solid? [19:12:49] Springy! yes hemicorallium should have shattered! [19:12:50] likely the new paragorgiid meredith and i have been working on [19:12:51] jamesconrad leaves the room [19:12:58] wow!!! [19:13:02] LAT : 56.49185 , LON : -146.313088 , DEPTH : 849.6383 m, TEMP : 3.07971 C, SAL : 34.33188 PSU, DO : 0.53913 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [19:13:05] Nice! [19:13:23] i was surprised too when i first saw the springyness [19:13:46] Steve Auscavitch from Meredith's lab is one of the researchers looking for coralliums [19:14:12] if it's the same one we've been having trouble assigning it to paragorgia or sibogagorgia [19:14:20] @merlin, yes, super cool - something new maybe! Be interesting to see if it't the same as you get in BC! [19:14:30] I am chatting with Steve at Nautilus chat! [19:14:33] now [19:14:48] I wonder if that is what we saw in the Aleutians, I was so bummed we passed it before knowing they wanted a collection! [19:16:57] rhianwaller leaves the room [19:17:07] Steve's comment "Oh neat. I just caught a few images of it. its still a worth collection. Paragorgia sp. are so hard to ID on the west coast from video." [19:18:01] LAT : 56.491805 , LON : -146.313069 , DEPTH : 848.1864 m, TEMP : 3.09242 C, SAL : 34.33384 PSU, DO : 0.49637 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [19:18:42] christophermah leaves the room [19:20:32] zoanthid [19:21:39] Zooanthids are a little bit different from anemones, but very closely related! They're super cool when they grow on old skeletons [19:21:51] is that pinkish fan also the same Paragorgia sp? [19:22:00] to the left, passed by. [19:22:46] Another one of those anemones with the short waved tentacles! [19:23:02] LAT : 56.491797 , LON : -146.313265 , DEPTH : 842.4519 m, TEMP : 3.08252 C, SAL : 34.33403 PSU, DO : 0.53349 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [19:24:31] rhianwaller leaves the room [19:25:38] are these all same white Parastenella? [19:25:51] I mean small fans. [19:26:04] dead bamboo stalks. [19:27:36] amandamaxon leaves the room [19:27:57] again amazing sweeper tentacles at the main stem.. [19:28:02] LAT : 56.49168 , LON : -146.313383 , DEPTH : 834.0868 m, TEMP : 3.08205 C, SAL : 34.33008 PSU, DO : 0.51264 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [19:29:00] those Ceramaster are really out today!! [19:31:00] ohoh! [19:32:09] don't think it is Gersemia.. [19:32:18] but not sure... [19:32:36] I only know museum specimens. [19:33:02] LAT : 56.491676 , LON : -146.313575 , DEPTH : 827.6231 m, TEMP : 3.08047 C, SAL : 34.33207 PSU, DO : 0.5169 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [19:33:41] could you have quick zoom for the pink coral? [19:33:49] jamesconrad leaves the room [19:33:53] rhianwaller leaves the room [19:34:10] passed [19:34:57] many sea cucumber here? I didn't have a chance to see zoom (I was sleeping... [19:35:08] sponge feeding on the right! [19:35:14] maybe zoanthid in front of us [19:35:15] Cup corals love to be in the underhangs - usually with a load of other things as well. [19:35:27] (not that i've seen any, but keep looking!) [19:35:49] Farrea just passed [19:38:03] LAT : 56.491564 , LON : -146.313769 , DEPTH : 818.6778 m, TEMP : 3.06729 C, SAL : 34.33465 PSU, DO : 0.52246 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [19:38:19] oooo ! what's that big white star?? [19:38:26] to the left?? [19:38:41] rhianwaller leaves the room [19:39:53] rock pen to the upper left [19:39:59] out of the frame. [19:41:57] rhianwaller leaves the room [19:43:03] LAT : 56.491519 , LON : -146.31384 , DEPTH : 817.8173 m, TEMP : 3.01922 C, SAL : 34.34523 PSU, DO : 0.5287 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [19:44:02] christophermah leaves the room [19:44:46] this is typical sea cucumber. [19:48:04] LAT : 56.491483 , LON : -146.313836 , DEPTH : 816.3615 m, TEMP : 3.04115 C, SAL : 34.34038 PSU, DO : 0.53002 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [19:48:47] WHAT? [19:48:53] samcandio leaves the room [19:49:02] ooo! what is that multi-armed one! [19:49:13] rhianwaller leaves the room [19:53:04] LAT : 56.49145 , LON : -146.313964 , DEPTH : 816.6441 m, TEMP : 3.07221 C, SAL : 34.32978 PSU, DO : 0.52065 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [19:54:59] i am watching!!! [19:56:08] that goniasterid doesn't look like Hippasteria.. so, perhaps that Ceramaster is munching on surficial organisms on the bamboo coral [19:57:56] just checking my records...this is the First record of this taxon from the Aleutians [19:58:05] LAT : 56.491443 , LON : -146.313865 , DEPTH : 816.6432 m, TEMP : 3.05305 C, SAL : 34.33996 PSU, DO : 0.50889 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [19:58:43] our hippasteria predating on parastenella (2nd photo) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107437341 [19:58:50] THANK YOU! [19:58:59] thanks Merlin! [19:59:31] dont' forget that upper right star on the bamboo.. [20:00:55] sorry chris, tentative ID on the 9-armed sea star is?? [20:01:10] Asthenactis [20:01:15] family Myxasteridae [20:01:55] jamesconrad leaves the room [20:03:05] LAT : 56.491384 , LON : -146.313813 , DEPTH : 816.0099 m, TEMP : 3.0524 C, SAL : 34.34127 PSU, DO : 0.51575 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [20:04:18] hydrozoan bonus [20:05:31] Thank you Roland! [20:07:27] merlinbest leaves the room [20:08:06] LAT : 56.491494 , LON : -146.31388 , DEPTH : 815.1684 m, TEMP : 3.06143 C, SAL : 34.33564 PSU, DO : 0.51108 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [20:09:46] munch muncha [20:11:23] mitchellhebner leaves the room [20:11:54] christophermah leaves the room [20:13:07] LAT : 56.491419 , LON : -146.313936 , DEPTH : 814.9539 m, TEMP : 3.05797 C, SAL : 34.337 PSU, DO : 0.53008 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8913 FTU [20:14:03] amandamaxon leaves the room [20:14:55] another mushroom coral [20:15:25] must be Black corals to be right [20:15:39] and Clavularia stoloniferous octocoral at center [20:16:03] ha ha what is the Japanese say before eating? Itadakemas! [20:16:46] haha Chris, you know Japanese! [20:17:12] I've been to Japan 3 times since 2014.. Tsukuba! [20:17:55] I can understand who you met! [20:18:07] LAT : 56.491299 , LON : -146.31426 , DEPTH : 806.8295 m, TEMP : 3.094 C, SAL : 34.32948 PSU, DO : 0.4994 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [20:22:51] samcandio leaves the room [20:23:08] LAT : 56.491298 , LON : -146.314353 , DEPTH : 805.2543 m, TEMP : 3.10524 C, SAL : 34.32676 PSU, DO : 0.50769 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [20:24:06] @merlinbest thanks for that iNat shot.. !! is there a separate photo for the asteroid? [20:25:17] oh wow! gorgeous sponges coming up! [20:25:56] Nice big Farrea sponges [20:26:10] did we had close up the dark branching fan to the left? [20:26:27] dark gray possibly black coral. [20:28:08] LAT : 56.491151 , LON : -146.314536 , DEPTH : 798.9504 m, TEMP : 3.11127 C, SAL : 34.32402 PSU, DO : 0.49167 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [20:33:08] LAT : 56.491198 , LON : -146.314862 , DEPTH : 795.0103 m, TEMP : 3.13703 C, SAL : 34.31929 PSU, DO : 0.50461 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [20:36:32] amazing view [20:37:30] ah! there's some Hippasteria feeding [20:38:09] LAT : 56.491009 , LON : -146.314648 , DEPTH : 790.5888 m, TEMP : 3.16283 C, SAL : 34.31657 PSU, DO : 0.50491 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [20:38:25] indeed the bare stalks start on the bottom as the animals work their way up... [20:38:38] samcandio leaves the room [20:39:19] I think this is the same Astrochele laeve.. same family as Gorgonocephalus but unbranched arm [20:39:45] sorry laevis [20:43:10] LAT : 56.491042 , LON : -146.314603 , DEPTH : 790.2565 m, TEMP : 3.1619 C, SAL : 34.3131 PSU, DO : 0.51107 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [20:43:14] Hippasteria heathi I think [20:44:01] there's another big one ready to pounce on a healthy coral upper right from this one [20:48:10] LAT : 56.490972 , LON : -146.314983 , DEPTH : 787.9725 m, TEMP : 3.17921 C, SAL : 34.31005 PSU, DO : 0.51411 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [20:49:59] jamesconrad leaves the room [20:50:29] mitchellhebner leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [20:52:41] Yay! sedimentary collection..plus ophs! [20:53:10] LAT : 56.490914 , LON : -146.315203 , DEPTH : 787.049 m, TEMP : 3.1757 C, SAL : 34.31071 PSU, DO : 0.5187 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [20:55:29] ha ha. probably a couple of new brittle star species in there! [20:58:11] LAT : 56.490896 , LON : -146.315194 , DEPTH : 786.3524 m, TEMP : 3.19436 C, SAL : 34.30706 PSU, DO : 0.5124 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9585 FTU [20:59:20] jamesconrad leaves the room [21:03:12] LAT : 56.49091 , LON : -146.315188 , DEPTH : 787.4678 m, TEMP : 3.21044 C, SAL : 34.31138 PSU, DO : 0.51991 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [21:08:12] LAT : 56.490833 , LON : -146.315207 , DEPTH : 786.5166 m, TEMP : 3.20728 C, SAL : 34.30436 PSU, DO : 0.50914 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [21:08:36] rock pen [21:08:41] ? [21:09:11] we have seen this rock pen several time during this dive [21:13:12] LAT : 56.490946 , LON : -146.315391 , DEPTH : 784.0629 m, TEMP : 3.20775 C, SAL : 34.30337 PSU, DO : 0.50824 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [21:13:57] looks like a pipe embedded in cement plus bucket [21:14:43] ah.. i see [21:16:36] samcandio leaves the room [21:18:13] LAT : 56.490848 , LON : -146.31554 , DEPTH : 782.6248 m, TEMP : 3.21137 C, SAL : 34.3027 PSU, DO : 0.51321 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [21:21:22] According to the MBARI guide.. those crabs are lithodids.. poss. Lithodes [21:21:32] http://dsg.mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Lithodes [21:21:34] jamesconrad leaves the room [21:23:14] LAT : 56.490755 , LON : -146.315622 , DEPTH : 782.3709 m, TEMP : 3.21325 C, SAL : 34.30363 PSU, DO : 0.50554 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [21:28:15] LAT : 56.490658 , LON : -146.315619 , DEPTH : 780.6049 m, TEMP : 3.21126 C, SAL : 34.30186 PSU, DO : 0.51406 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9158 FTU [21:29:41] christophermah leaves the room [21:33:16] LAT : 56.490503 , LON : -146.315975 , DEPTH : 776.5354 m, TEMP : 3.21167 C, SAL : 34.30208 PSU, DO : 0.4918 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [21:33:56] larabeckmann leaves the room [21:34:12] Paragorgia? stange branching pattern (for me) [21:38:17] LAT : 56.490507 , LON : -146.316163 , DEPTH : 774.592 m, TEMP : 3.21237 C, SAL : 34.30243 PSU, DO : 0.47998 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [21:38:22] Interesting sponge! Definitely hydroids growing inside/on top [21:38:38] Looks like pandeid hydrods [21:39:00] kellymarkello leaves the room [21:39:30] They grow close to the oscula to feed on the incoming water :) [21:40:24] wow amazing. [21:41:24] Hi Lara! just got your message [21:41:37] thank you. [21:41:37] hughmacintosh leaves the room [21:42:34] hughmacintosh leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [21:43:17] LAT : 56.490452 , LON : -146.316238 , DEPTH : 773.8904 m, TEMP : 3.21523 C, SAL : 34.30113 PSU, DO : 0.49382 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [21:44:10] jamesconrad leaves the room [21:48:18] LAT : 56.490312 , LON : -146.316473 , DEPTH : 771.8803 m, TEMP : 3.21237 C, SAL : 34.30147 PSU, DO : 0.50421 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [21:48:46] christophermah leaves the room [21:53:19] LAT : 56.490146 , LON : -146.316664 , DEPTH : 764.5874 m, TEMP : 3.22494 C, SAL : 34.2994 PSU, DO : 0.50391 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [21:55:18] arvindshantharam leaves the room [21:57:18] whose that? [21:57:34] ah well.. [21:58:19] LAT : 56.490072 , LON : -146.316881 , DEPTH : 762.8239 m, TEMP : 3.2133 C, SAL : 34.3012 PSU, DO : 0.50192 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [22:00:54] 4 legs instead of 3 so.. a proper brachyuran [22:00:58] let me check [22:01:48] looks like a snow crab [22:02:17] larabeckmann leaves the room [22:02:29] oooo! [22:02:33] or tanner crab [22:02:38] genus Chionoecetes [22:03:04] Henricia I think [22:03:20] LAT : 56.490051 , LON : -146.316975 , DEPTH : 759.9843 m, TEMP : 3.21377 C, SAL : 34.30131 PSU, DO : 0.50468 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [22:03:41] ha ha.. that's fine. if we collected it then I'd need to ID it!! those are messy! [22:04:02] not as hard as Leptasterias! [22:04:26] lolll i know the feeling [22:04:29] orders of MAGNITUDE harder than Leptasterias. [22:04:39] wow [22:04:46] Leptasterias is decent.. but Henricia..is terrifying [22:05:38] or having just ate... [22:06:32] ah.. okay. that looks more like some other damage with subsequent starfish damage [22:08:21] LAT : 56.489972 , LON : -146.317221 , DEPTH : 756.5586 m, TEMP : 3.21377 C, SAL : 34.30064 PSU, DO : 0.50831 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [22:12:33] Nudi! [22:12:37] Tritonia ish [22:13:02] agree [22:13:21] LAT : 56.489955 , LON : -146.317373 , DEPTH : 753.2329 m, TEMP : 3.21541 C, SAL : 34.30127 PSU, DO : 0.48505 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9219 FTU [22:18:22] LAT : 56.489801 , LON : -146.317656 , DEPTH : 749.1419 m, TEMP : 3.21903 C, SAL : 34.30043 PSU, DO : 0.49967 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [22:21:09] oooo! [22:21:52] HIppasteria... [22:22:23] Hippasteria californica I think.. its actually swollen with water [22:23:22] LAT : 56.489691 , LON : -146.317839 , DEPTH : 745.9144 m, TEMP : 3.21529 C, SAL : 34.3012 PSU, DO : 0.47825 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [22:23:26] These always get pulled up dredged flat.. After the first time I saw an in situ... there was a dramtic difference!! [22:24:22] This might actually be a range extension! [22:27:27] okay. double-checked..iits not from this seamount but from Gulf of Alaska [22:28:23] LAT : 56.489735 , LON : -146.318249 , DEPTH : 741.5125 m, TEMP : 3.21833 C, SAL : 34.30047 PSU, DO : 0.52358 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [22:33:24] LAT : 56.48953 , LON : -146.318227 , DEPTH : 741.7227 m, TEMP : 3.21816 C, SAL : 34.30002 PSU, DO : 0.50529 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [22:34:48] great video tracking! [22:38:25] LAT : 56.489423 , LON : -146.318512 , DEPTH : 739.0193 m, TEMP : 3.22143 C, SAL : 34.29994 PSU, DO : 0.50853 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [22:38:57] jamesconrad leaves the room [22:41:00] christophermah leaves the room [22:43:25] LAT : 56.489393 , LON : -146.318506 , DEPTH : 738.6452 m, TEMP : 3.22242 C, SAL : 34.29924 PSU, DO : 0.49454 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.928 FTU [22:45:26] saw a jelly posted on Discord - looked like Botrynema [22:46:14] can we get a zoom on that flattish sea star over to the right?? [22:47:49] beautiful close up [22:48:26] LAT : 56.489363 , LON : -146.318606 , DEPTH : 738.3253 m, TEMP : 3.22464 C, SAL : 34.30126 PSU, DO : 0.50456 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9035 FTU [22:48:31] looks like a brachiopod [22:48:45] Bivalve, but not a file clam [22:48:55] scallop, maybe a propeamussiid [22:49:07] thanks for the zoom in! [22:50:37] hughmacintosh leaves the room [22:50:57] mitchellhebner leaves the room [22:52:30] hughmacintosh leaves the room [22:53:27] LAT : 56.489384 , LON : -146.318882 , DEPTH : 736.7963 m, TEMP : 3.22529 C, SAL : 34.29862 PSU, DO : 0.49512 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [22:55:07] georgematsumoto leaves the room [22:55:39] jamesconrad leaves the room [22:56:40] christophermah leaves the room [22:58:27] LAT : 56.489343 , LON : -146.318867 , DEPTH : 736.7987 m, TEMP : 3.23499 C, SAL : 34.2982 PSU, DO : 0.47861 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [23:03:27] LAT : 56.489317 , LON : -146.318884 , DEPTH : 736.7988 m, TEMP : 3.23791 C, SAL : 34.29707 PSU, DO : 0.50557 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.989 FTU [23:07:08] yes. Quiescent Psolus [23:08:04] mitchellhebner leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [23:08:28] LAT : 56.489292 , LON : -146.319092 , DEPTH : 735.5452 m, TEMP : 3.23382 C, SAL : 34.29621 PSU, DO : 0.48908 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0012 FTU [23:12:13] that's a brachiopod [23:12:18] lovely lophophore [23:12:43] the ciliated feeding organ [23:12:54] bivalved, but not a real bivalve ;) [23:13:16] interestingly, the valves are dorsal and ventral in brachiopods. [23:13:28] In bivalves they are lateral [23:13:30] LAT : 56.489276 , LON : -146.319107 , DEPTH : 734.0953 m, TEMP : 3.23657 C, SAL : 34.2955 PSU, DO : 0.50606 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9158 FTU [23:14:48] Ceramaster [23:15:22] one imagines some kind of encrusting prey.... sponges et al. [23:16:31] hughmacintosh leaves the room [23:17:35] Thanks to everyone! [23:17:52] amandamaxon leaves the room [23:18:09] christophermah leaves the room [23:18:29] LAT : 56.489286 , LON : -146.319048 , DEPTH : 729.6141 m, TEMP : 3.26624 C, SAL : 34.28725 PSU, DO : 0.49647 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9096 FTU [23:18:59] mitchellhebner leaves the room [23:20:44] EX2306_DIVE03 ROV Ascending [23:21:28] jamesconrad leaves the room [23:23:30] LAT : 56.489595 , LON : -146.318465 , DEPTH : 636.7318 m, TEMP : 3.46167 C, SAL : 34.23082 PSU, DO : 0.52567 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.8974 FTU [23:25:28] merlinbest leaves the room [23:25:34] hughmacintosh leaves the room [23:28:31]