[00:06:09] staceywilliams leaves the room [00:50:03] fernandoaragon leaves the room [08:03:01] iscwatch2 leaves the room [08:42:10] kateoverly leaves the room [11:01:13] We are on station at our second ROV dive site, and are planning for on time deployment at 8:15 AST. The pre-dive call will be at 8:30 AST. [11:13:19] danielwagner leaves the room [11:37:22] okexnav leaves the room [11:37:22] Chatroom is stopped [11:51:16] EX1811 DIVE02 Test message [12:01:41] iscwatch2 leaves the room [12:04:34] Pre-dive call at 8:30 AST. [12:32:25] chat-admin leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [12:38:22] staceywilliams leaves the room [12:41:12] chat-admin leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [12:44:26] Depth is currently 430m. Descending to ~~710m. [12:50:10] staceywilliams leaves the room [13:01:31] mashkoormalik leaves the room [13:05:56] danielwagner leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [13:07:30] Good morning everyone [13:07:42] Good morning Tara [13:07:52] Good morning every one [13:08:06] Good morning [13:10:55] On the way to the bottom there was views of Benthodesmus tenuis and Chauloides sloani [13:11:54] Are we going to get depth, position, etc in the Navdata Tab? [13:13:24] For annotation for today's dive: https://data.oceannetworks.ca/SeaTubeV2?resourceTypeId=1000&resourceId=23621&diveId=2060 [13:13:35] Morning Christian. [13:14:29] Morning Kevin [13:16:50] danielwagner leaves the room [13:17:51] Kevin, we will pass on the issue with the NavData tab. It should be displaying nav and ctd data every minute. [13:25:27] staceywilliams leaves the room [13:25:47] My video is 15-20 second delay [13:26:06] That fish is an Ophidiform fish [13:27:04] danielwagner leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [13:34:31] Video is buffering did not get a view of the midwater fish. [13:38:54] staceywilliams leaves the room [13:47:50] I haven't seen any of my entries on seatube in some time. [13:48:23] 13:23 is the last entry of mine that I can see, but I have made more entries since then. [13:53:10] nevermind. there is an 8-10 minute delay [13:55:05] if somebody knows how to stop the video in theannotation window. I did not realized that they are going to change the annotation program and missed the webinar [13:57:15] @tina above the video window there is a button to hide video [13:58:41] Tara - try hitting "control -" at the same time if you have issues with not seeing recent annotations [13:58:51] That red stick-like sea pen looks like it could be in the family Protoptilidae [13:59:05] It seems to allow further scrolling [14:00:05] bivalve [14:00:35] michellescharer leaves the room [14:02:49] Hey good morning! Its Marcela and Ashley! [14:04:10] Good morning. [14:05:31] rattail looked like one of the Nezumia spp. [14:06:10] christianjones leaves the room [14:06:10] megancromwell leaves the room [14:06:10] kevinrademacher leaves the room [14:06:10] danielwagner leaves the room [14:06:10] staceywilliams leaves the room [14:06:10] mashkoormalik leaves the room [14:06:10] iscwatch2 leaves the room [14:06:10] tinamolodtsova leaves the room [14:06:10] santiagoherrera leaves the room [14:06:10] jasonchaytor leaves the room [14:06:10] Steve Auscavitch (WL) leaves the room [14:06:10] enriquesalgado leaves the room [14:06:10] chat-admin leaves the room [14:06:10] joshuacarlson leaves the room [14:06:10] meganmcculler leaves the room [14:06:10] taraluke leaves the room [14:06:10] michellescharer leaves the room [14:06:10] ashleyperez leaves the room [14:06:10] debiblaney leaves the room [14:06:10] amandademopoulos leaves the room [14:06:10] Chatroom is stopped [14:08:37] Test message [14:08:54] I think a bunch of people got tossed out just a minute ago [14:09:14] michellescharer leaves the room [14:09:23] yes I did. Logged back in. [14:10:48] Common name for Gephyroberyx darwinii is Darwin's Slimehead [14:12:24] michellescharer leaves the room [14:15:57] enriquesalgado leaves the room [14:16:27] michellescharer leaves the room [14:18:09] stalked crinoiid [14:18:26] toad fish! [14:18:34] Chaunax sp. [14:18:51] Yes! [14:18:57] mashkoormalik leaves the room [14:19:56] just at the edge, only arms are visible, behind the fish [14:20:04] with the spots it may be C. suttkusi [14:21:19] michellescharer leaves the room [14:21:36] looks like Holopus, indeed [14:22:51] gracielagarciamoliner leaves the room [14:25:41] little sponge just in front of it? [14:25:59] Bryozoan [14:26:29] ashleyperez leaves the room [14:29:42] staceywilliams leaves the room [14:30:08] Of course we get to an eel & my video buffers! Ugh [14:30:54] @kevin, it is extremelly cute eel [14:31:30] lol [14:31:44] with black and white tail. try to reload [14:32:17] I was hoping to see the close up near the pectoral fin [14:32:26] Looking for placement of the opercle [14:32:55] Might have been a Shortbelly Eel, Dysomma anguillare or a relative [14:34:36] @kevin, looking at theses picture in google, I have to tell our eel was much more cute, may be younger [14:35:00] LOL, ok! [14:37:43] seems like some parasitic light at wide view of videofeed one [14:38:04] gracielagarciamoliner leaves the room [14:38:42] Rattail loos like possibly Hymenocephalus spp. [14:39:14] Shore-side, remember if you are hearing both the pilots and science channels, try to set your audio to display only the left or right channels and you can choose between science or pilot audio [14:39:56] Synagrops bellus [14:40:10] video is bufferiung again [14:40:23] the fish [14:40:33] the fish [14:41:19] commonly known as blackmouth bass [14:41:49] michellescharer leaves the room [14:42:09] What little snippetts of the video I was able to view of the fish on bottom did look like Synagrops [14:42:14] anyone else having trouble with the feed freezing? [14:42:33] It has been doing it a lot bothtoday & yesterday! [14:42:46] Yes, sometimes works for a wee bit before cutting out again [14:42:50] @tara, I have, but quite short [14:42:58] There is only one feed going to shore right now. The other two are being troubleshot and they will try to bring them online soon [14:43:07] Yep we're currently working on the problem, looks like streams are looping and buffering a lot [14:43:10] iscwatch2 leaves the room [14:43:19] blackmouth bass [14:46:28] there is a Holopus at Great meteor seamount [14:46:29] michellescharer leaves the room [14:50:42] staceywilliams leaves the room [14:51:19] we do not have NAv. data anymore? [14:51:43] It has not worked since yesterday. It is being worked on. [14:52:26] How is stream one working right now? (Tina, Kevin, anyone else having issues)? [14:52:50] Steve, thanks [14:53:00] stream much improved here! [14:53:14] @megan, it looks OK [14:53:24] Thanks [14:53:40] burrows? [14:53:50] much better here, too [14:54:22] And then I lost it again... [14:54:34] and here [14:54:51] Just rebooted something. Give it a minute please [14:55:10] Got it back! Thanks Megan! [14:55:24] back here [14:55:35] No problem. Let us know if there are further issues. [14:57:56] megancromwell leaves the room [14:58:57] Hello all [14:59:12] hi Asako [14:59:17] Hi! [14:59:28] Hi Asako! [14:59:39] Hello Asako [14:59:42] Hi Tina, Kevin! [14:59:48] Hi Asako and all! [14:59:52] Hi Tara! [15:00:02] @Steve, I was not write the genus at Meteor smt called Cyathidium [15:00:06] Hello Steve, Hi Cheril! [15:02:47] Bathypterois [15:02:55] Steve on the Halosaurs if we can see the top of the head for presence/ absence of scales we can ID to genus [15:03:06] Lighter color tripodfish compared to what we saw off SEUS [15:03:12] Looks like Bathypterois bigelowi [15:03:18] the tripod fish [15:03:29] Thanks kevin, will do. [15:03:49] tinamolodtsova leaves the room [15:04:16] Is anyone else having a video problem on SeaTube? I get a "This video file cannot be played.(Error Code: 232011)" message. [15:04:30] Yes. It is disabled for the moment. [15:04:38] yes, yesterday & today [15:04:50] Please use the high resolution link from the old days. [15:04:54] Scott: [15:05:01] I also have prolem now. [15:05:11] the video has been disabled in SeaTubeV2 on purpose [15:05:12] this is to avoid latency issues [15:05:37] users should use the high-latency streams for video, and SeaTubeV2 for annotations [15:05:58] @Daniel: copy. So the annotations will still work with the live video even though it is not streaming in that window... [15:06:07] michellescharer leaves the room [15:06:11] He's coming to check out D2! [15:06:20] Goose fish is Lophiodes beroe [15:06:56] Scott, yes they still work. [15:07:10] @Megan: I have both video streams running. I don't actually want the stream in SeaTube but I thought it was necessary for the annotations to work. Glad to learn that is not the case. [15:07:15] Was imaged several times during Nautilus expeditions in Caribbean [15:07:40] No. Feel free to use the "hide video" button above the video frame to get it out of the way if needed. [15:08:05] the lure is called an esca [15:08:17] Yeah these, the chaunax, were widely seen through the last expedition and Nautilus cruises [15:10:10] Shore-side please let us know if anything is worthy of collections in this area. We are interested in samples that reprepsent new records for this area, rare species, abundant but poorly identified species, as well as individuals for connectivity studies. [15:12:22] Will do Steve. Curious- white branched scleractinian seen about half hour ago- was that Enallopsammia rostrata? [15:13:16] We think so at the here in Charleston Cheryl. [15:13:39] I didn't see any enallopsammia. That was Crypthelia, a stylasterid [15:13:49] @Cheryl [15:14:49] We are debating whether it could be a Corallium, but leaning toward Enallopsammia. [15:15:14] I thought it looked like E. rostrata, but would have needed to see the calices to know [15:15:32] Yet whiter and slightly shallow for E. rostrata? [15:16:01] We did not get a good screenshot. Will wait for HD photos. [15:17:41] I'm 99% certain that the branching stony structure we saw a while back was Crypthelia. But if there is something I missed I'd be happy to look at the time stamp. [15:17:54] Different species than the P. placenta we saw in SEUS, much whiter [15:18:15] Lunch break. Stacey will be here for the moment. Back soon! [15:20:13] Cyttopsis [15:20:27] Agree looks like Cyttopsis rosea [15:20:38] aka red dory [15:20:49] Caribbean pancake urchin Phormosoma sigsbei [15:21:04] We found Dory! [15:22:38] Thanks Daniel! [15:27:43] Looks like a bivalve to me... The shiny part was the inner surface. [15:28:46] mega mcculler who is with us on the chat studies bryozoans... [15:28:57] I heard bryozoans! [15:29:16] taraluke leaves the room [15:29:28] Moss animals. I agree that it looked more like a bivalve shell [15:30:57] Sorry, I thought it might be a bryozoan [15:32:27] michellescharer leaves the room [15:33:12] No worries! They can sometimes look shiny like that - I just didn't see any patterns of zooids [15:34:38] I've lost the feed... [15:34:50] same here [15:35:05] same [15:35:19] been out for over 3 minutes [15:35:41] I still have the feed, unless I am so delayed I haven't lost it... [15:36:07] Still have it here too. Anyone know what yellow sponge is? [15:40:50] The high res feed is still out for me so I'm on the delayed feed now [15:41:19] Will someone help me with a test of my system...? Did we have a close-up of an octopus some 5 to 10 minutes ago? [15:42:23] @scott yes we did - my feed went out right after getting a screenshot of the octopus 10 minutes ago [15:42:56] Thanks Megan. [15:44:02] crab at bottom- arrow crab? [15:44:12] Super steep! [15:44:17] This might be the Geodia sponge on the ASPIRE connectivity list... Will have to check. [15:45:26] brisingid [15:45:50] pencil urchin [15:46:09] I'm back now. Stacey is at lunch. [15:47:06] I can't see any feed at all at this point [15:47:37] I have gone to the delayed feed too. [15:47:53] High res has been out for over 10 minutes or so [15:48:05] I still have high res feed [15:48:21] coral rubble? [15:48:26] I switched to the regular feed when hi res went out, but now the delayed feed isn't working either [15:49:04] I guess that means now is a good time to duck out for lunch, and hope all is better later [15:50:09] pleases zoom [15:50:58] closely resembles Enallopsammia [15:51:24] Yes, a tiny white version. Possible to collect? [15:51:46] Agree with Cheryl [15:51:57] E. rostrata has all calices facing same direction, and this one seems to be mixed [15:52:05] Noted. Let's get a good view and I'll ask the pilots if they can collect [15:53:57] Possibly two larger colonies + 1 small one [15:54:01] Yes, can kind of see that not really polyps of scleract [15:54:18] Agree- good representative [15:55:11] Sand ripples mean decent current flow, no? [15:57:33] staceywilliams leaves the room [16:01:12] We are on schedule to make the end of the dive WP so I think we can take the time to grab this sample and still make our final WP [16:06:05] What is the sample number? (so I can add to annotation) [16:06:18] EX1811_D01_01B [16:06:35] Longitude, Latitude -64.991101, 18.165605 Depth (CTD) 603.068 Salinity 35.35068 Temperature 10.78107 Oxygen 3.87842 [16:07:24] Good collection. We will have to see how much is there to ID it. I saw a large chunk of axis but not sure how many of the "polyps" made it in [16:07:38] @Steve: last entry came through as "[object Object]" That is typically a copy/paste function error. [16:08:23] So long as there is even a single calyx we should be able to get an ID. [16:08:46] EX1811_D01_01B [16:08:59] Longitude, Latitude -64.991101, 18.165605 Depth (CTD) 603.068 Salinity 35.35068 Temperature 10.78107 Oxygen 3.87842 [16:09:21] @Scott I tried to copy/paste a table so thats why it probably gave an error [16:09:46] @Steve: got the enviro data on your last paste [16:09:55] Thanks [16:12:00] staceywilliams leaves the room [16:15:22] jasonchaytor leaves the room [16:16:13] We have seen this sponge before. Joana Xavier told me the name. I'm looking it up. [16:16:58] Thanks Nolan that would be of great help! [16:20:09] Asteroschema serpent star [16:21:30] Zoom on coral please [16:22:33] @Stacey Stalked sponge was most Sympagella nux in the family Rossellidae [16:22:44] *Most likely [16:22:55] I've seen this before. I've been ID'ing it as Thesea sp. [16:23:17] Not on this expedition [16:23:29] Great! Nolan do you know the species of the yellow glass sponge? [16:24:08] Holaxonian? [16:24:20] @Stacey Are you refering to the flat plate-like ones? I only just joined in about an hour ago. [16:24:41] Yes, the ones aligning the walls. [16:25:10] @Enrique I agree [16:26:02] Ok to move on? [16:26:53] Cone snail near bottom [16:27:50] jasonchaytor leaves the room [16:28:21] Off to lunch! [16:28:31] kevinrademacher leaves the room [16:30:04] @Stacey Okay, let me go back and look. I am fairly confident they are hexactinellid glass sponges. The yellow color is quite common for them and for demosponges as well. It is mainly attributed to a compound called uranidine which when exposed to alkaline conditions or oxidized, it turns into the black insoluble gunk. [16:30:42] @Tina Hello! [16:30:53] hi nolan [16:31:18] @Stacey Those flat plate-like sponges remind me of Chonelasma in the family Euritidae. [16:31:32] for some reason cannot get to video [16:31:52] video down here too [16:31:54] tinamolodtsova leaves the room [16:32:02] Hello again Tina! [16:32:16] Nolan and while I have you on the line what are the demosponges that look kind of like Geodia? They are white and massive? [16:33:04] @Tina, we just saw Black coral [16:35:27] staceywilliams leaves the room [16:35:30] @Stacey I saw them. I want to take a closer look. They do look like some Geodia sp. that are indeed alive. They have a tendancy to get covered in that flocculate material because they have many spicules that stick out. There are many species in the faily Geodia, but I am not sure if they are the same species that Scott was referring to in the ASPIRE list. We would need either Shirley Pomponi or Joana Xavier to take a look. [16:36:28] @nolanbarrett that would be great, thanks! [16:37:10] @Stacey I will try to send them some screenshots when I have a chance. [16:37:46] Tina says that the black coral is Stylopathes. [16:37:58] Thanks Tina! [16:38:04] @nolanbarrett, cool! [16:38:25] @Stacey You're welcome! [16:40:02] Another small urchin walking off left [16:40:22] It was small and white with long spines [16:40:32] kateoverly leaves the room [16:41:14] Thank you! [16:43:01] Sponge reminds me of Farrea [16:43:44] Farrea nr. occa? [16:46:18] Terebellid polycahete [16:50:52] Definitely demosponge [16:51:33] ashleyperez leaves the room [16:51:34] Big white one may not be Geodia, but the small ones to the right might be [16:52:21] I still cannot see full-res on my laptop. don't know why [16:52:53] @nolanbarrett Is it a Ircinia? [16:53:32] Full res is down at the moment. [16:53:45] Please use the low resolution for the moment. [16:53:59] Thank you @Megan [16:54:12] @Stacey I am not as familiar with Iricinia, but could be. I'm still looking at literature [16:54:24] perhaps small Swiftia? or Muriceides? [16:54:42] christianjones leaves the room [16:55:24] Yes could be a small plexaurid. There are also extremely small primnoids, Acanthoprimnoa goesi, that are that size. [16:57:07] Polymixia beardfish [16:57:40] @steve ok cool. i am not familiar with that species of octocoral [16:59:12] Demosponge might have been heteroscleromorpha [17:00:26] Hey everyone, if the fullres lower latency is not working correctly then refresh browser, should fix the issue [17:01:20] Yes, Hyalonema [17:02:29] Stream server is going through a reboot, refresh again in a little bit [17:02:39] Hi All, this is Roland, Please send me Private chats if you are experiencing Stream issues. Please also let me know if you are using I-1 or I-2, whether you are watching on Youtube or Low Latency links [17:05:52] @nolanbarrett these are the sponges that I'm talking about [17:07:09] @Stacey Thanks, I'll see what I can figure out. [17:07:59] Full res stream should be working now [17:07:59] taraluke leaves the room [17:08:03] rolandbrian leaves the room [17:08:41] Some Geodia [17:09:46] These flat sponges look a bit different then the ones hanging on the walls that I saw when I was skimming through the footage. These look like the demosponge Poecillastra [17:10:01] enriquesalgado leaves the room [17:10:27] squat lobster [17:10:52] The small relatively amorphous creamy colored sponges could be heteroscleromorpha but now that I am seeing images of a range of the Iricinia genus, could be that also. [17:11:18] heart urchin trails? [17:12:45] What was the yellow thing& [17:12:59] Flat sponge was NOT Poecillastra. As D2 turned I saw that it was wavy and not a flat plate. It looks like Heteroscleromorpha. [17:13:02] ? [17:13:14] Terebellid polychaete [17:13:25] @tina [17:13:30] @Tina Steve was calling it a Terebellid polycheate [17:13:34] Scientist (low latency) should be back up. [17:13:34] scottfrance leaves the room [17:14:01] Chat has a significant delay on the ship [17:14:11] @steve, increadible [17:14:21] about 10 seconds [17:14:31] yes, it is back [17:14:43] sea pen? [17:14:47] back from lunch [17:14:53] @steve, do not forget, we have delay with video as well [17:15:04] @Steve From shore too. [17:15:14] closeup please [17:15:44] cannot see sclerites [17:15:59] siphonozooids are visible [17:16:22] can we look at part without ophiuroid& [17:16:40] staceywilliams leaves the room [17:16:41] Could you see pinnules @Tina? [17:16:53] meganmcculler leaves the room [17:17:14] If anyone is having any issues with the Chat or Video Streams, Please private chat me now. I see several people leaving the chat. [17:18:32] Gorgeous! [17:19:26] great view! [17:21:36] @nolan , yes) [17:21:53] What are the yellowish green spots in the bottom? [17:22:19] @Kevin These are terebellid polycahetes. I can't recall the species name but I will look it up [17:22:30] urchins? [17:22:42] cool! [17:22:54] @Tina I saw them too once the zoomed really far in on that last shot. I initially couldn't see them and thought it was strange. [17:23:31] Tiny shrimp on it? [17:23:49] Probably geodia [17:24:06] those spines really make it look like an urchin [17:24:17] Youre right. urchin [17:24:34] I see tube feet now [17:27:27] I love exclaiming Spatangoid. Its such a fun word to say. Along with Brisingid, of course. [17:28:36] megancromwell leaves the room [17:31:40] neoscopelus [17:32:07] thanks andrea [17:32:18] That is what I thought too! Neoscopelus! [17:33:14] Callogorgia? Any thoughts on sp? [17:34:25] heads up [17:35:12] Ive never seen such a spiny asteroschema [17:35:28] Sample or no? [17:36:51] How many samples we allowed& [17:37:07] 4 bio [17:37:23] How many we have? [17:37:28] we have taken one [17:38:10] seapen [17:38:24] @Steve: do you know of previous collections of Callogorgia from this region? [17:38:34] looks like Pennatula for me [17:38:42] Anyone else feel strongly about sample for Callogorgia? [17:38:45] I know of only one. [17:39:01] One species, Callogorgia arawak (this is not arawak) was sampled from the Anegada [17:39:07] @scott, the shame we cannot get it together with ophiuroid - it is too big for box [17:40:09] Personally, I'd prefer a collection of the unknown sea pen! At least, if this is a known primnoid. But if it is unknown, then seems like a good position and opportunity to collect. [17:40:26] Seems like a good coral sample to me [17:41:17] I have imaged this exact primnoid from the Anegada Passage but I do not have a good idea on the species-level ID. It seems widespread in this area we may see it again. [17:41:46] Looks to be 50 or more cm tall. [17:42:02] Nice fleshy arms [17:42:03] johnogden leaves the room [17:42:38] Collection one way or another? I don't know much about seapens in this area. [17:43:13] I think we too often bypass the seapens, so absolutely a collection would be great. It would be the onlny way to identify to species. [17:43:51] it is big [17:44:19] I second the collection [17:44:41] I like full seapens( [17:44:51] I guess Gary as well [17:45:09] Ok. make image of basal part [17:45:38] Hmmm... Not so sure about the comment of a snip not affecting this coral. The main "axis" is a giant single polyp, so we'll be disrupting that. The question is whether it can repair. Perhaps - I'd be interested to know. [17:46:05] bulb may be important... I think Gary will be upset [17:46:40] Would it start to contract if we were to grab it? Maybe then it might fit in the box? [17:46:53] can you zoom in on the middle section where it appears to have been preyed upon? [17:47:08] @Nolan: no, it has a solid axis running from top to bottom [17:47:23] @steve i missed callogorgia! [17:47:34] a single unbranched internal rod [17:47:37] Have in mind that there is an axis inside [17:47:58] staceywilliams leaves the room [17:48:17] better to have two poieces than only one [17:48:33] @Tina: I now have a PhD student interested in working on sea pens. [17:48:44] hi Andrea [17:48:53] @Andrea yes we got some good images but I don't recognize the sp of Callogorgia [17:48:57] @Scott and @Tina Ah that's right, I was thinking of the sea pens without sclerites [17:49:32] @scott, pff..if yu admit me in your lab, I can agree for seapens)) [17:49:42] @Andrea I will try to send you some images tonight [17:50:47] try to take below the bulb... I never have seen seapen collection)))) [17:51:08] @Tina: I think they are going to lift it out of sediment [17:51:33] We will try to get the whole thing. If it won't fit or bend easily they may have to cut it to get the whole individual. [17:52:10] @steve, brilliant idea [17:52:56] jaymesawbrey leaves the room [17:53:30] Sample ID EX1811_D01_02B Field ID Pennatula sp. Longitude, Latitude -64.993157, 18.166459 Depth (CTD) 559.1024 Salinity 35.55608 Temperature 12.24628 Oxygen 4.05906 [17:54:40] colleenpeters leaves the room [17:55:01] danielwagner leaves the room [17:57:42] can we zoom? for fauna? [17:58:00] @tina On the cable? [17:58:24] I stepped out... Is this fishing related cables, or something else? [17:58:47] @scottfrance I believe they are old cables for communication [18:00:17] @scottfrance or old cables from FADs [18:00:23] @Andrea here is the Callogorgia we looked at earlier (different colony) [18:00:54] Ooohh chirostylid! [18:01:09] @Stacey: thanks for the explanation [18:01:37] Maybe collect the upper middle branch to also get the asteroschema [18:01:50] Yeah!!! [18:01:57] ? [18:02:07] it seems to be another species, because previous had polyps up? and this one perpendicular [18:02:11] @scottfrance you're welcome! [18:02:21] Interest in double collection? if we can get brittle star? [18:02:35] What was the black dot behind the eye on the chirostylid? [18:02:41] We are on schedule. Won't lose much time [18:02:46] can we check if brittlestar is same& [18:02:52] Almost look like a mutated second et of eyes, or a parasite [18:03:20] Collection fine with me. [18:03:35] and basketstar is different as well [18:03:38] Didn't see that @scott. Maybe another zoom and check out polyp orientation. I thought that looked different too @tina [18:03:50] Yes different star. Much less spiny [18:04:28] @nolan, I remember only because you pouinted out that spiny one [18:05:39] Looks like snailfish? Liparidae i think? [18:06:08] Can somebody check the description of Calyptrophora collected off here? about polyp orientation [18:08:50] Both C. antilla and C. microdentata have polyps up. [18:10:04] @Steve: just realized the collection number you gave me last had D01, but should be D02. [18:10:38] D refers to the dive. the last 2 numbers are the sample ID. [18:10:52] Right. This is dive 2 [18:11:11] Right scott! Thanks my mistake. I'll fix it [18:13:59] The sample IDs for these collections will be fixed to read: EX1811_D02_01B (Stylasterid), EX1811_D02_02B (Pennatula), and EX1811_D02_03B for this collection (Callogorgia). [18:14:47] cupcoral? [18:16:29] Beautiful cup coral! [18:18:46] @tina, Cairns and Bayer 2009 says that two groups within Calyptrophora- most spp. with calyces pointing up, a few with calyces pointing down. So if the specimen collected had them pointing straight out, haven't found that primnoid yet [18:21:12] check polyps and brittlestar [18:22:18] it seems as fluffy as one that was collected [18:22:37] Lets look for the spiny stars [18:23:21] these are knobby-to spiny stars [18:23:28] yes that one! [18:23:44] I have not seen them spiny before this dive. [18:24:09] rolandbrian leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [18:25:38] Gorgeous! [18:26:23] I think in Calyptrophora some scales would have a flared lip, but not the Callogorgia scales, so that will be one way to distinguish them. Both genera have species with polyps oriented upward. [18:29:26] Calyptrophora, especially C. antilla, has prominent spines that stick out of the polyp that should be visible using the zooms on the ROV camera. I've looked at many of that species so I can rule that one out. Nevertheless I will still take a look at this under the scope and include those images in the sample record. [18:29:42] jessicarobinson leaves the room [18:30:19] Very exciting! Thanks @steve! [18:32:18] Oh nice! [18:32:26] Another view [18:32:40] I was away - did we get a good close-up from that side? [18:32:57] We have not got a good seafloor image of the front side. But we [18:33:12] are running a little behind and we are making way to reach the mound top [18:34:50] it like the bottle.. [18:35:00] glass house! [18:35:35] Acting like Candiru... [18:36:05] Candiru? [18:36:21] @Cheryl, glass castle [18:36:35] scottfrance leaves the room [18:36:41] // Crystal Castle.. [18:36:58] @Cheryl and @Tina good thing this little guy can't throw rocks! [18:37:07] Crystal Palace [18:37:22] Yes @nolan and @tina! Perfect fit for him/her [18:37:36] @Nolan that was as bad as a @Scott joke! [18:38:21] @Tina: Candiru is a freshwater fish that backs in to, um, tight spaces. There are marine relatives that will back into urchins or holothurians. [18:38:52] @scott- oh yes, I get it now! hehehe [18:39:05] @Tara XD [18:40:04] Fish in bottle was an ophidiform fish. Not able to ID to species [18:40:34] jaymesawbrey leaves the room [18:42:50] Got to run to a meeting. Hope you see some queen snapper before the end of the dive! [18:43:08] @kevin me too! [18:43:42] kevinrademacher leaves the room [18:44:42] Tamaria sp? [18:45:24]