[10:26:31] kaseycantwell leaves the room [11:28:59] kaseycantwell leaves the room [11:58:00] Test message DIVE07from Okeanos Explorer [11:58:30] jeremyhorowitz leaves the room [12:14:34] EX2206_DIVE07 ROV Launch [12:14:47] Vámonos! [12:19:17] michellescharer leaves the room [12:21:16] EX2206_DIVE07 ROV on Surface [12:21:39] EX2206_DIVE07 ROV Descending [12:23:26] LAT : 17.846376 , LON : -64.443337 , DEPTH : 30.9981 m, TEMP : 29.0286 C, SAL : 34.29618 PSU, DO : 4.28267 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.6899 FTU [12:23:36] michellescharer leaves the room [12:24:45] taraluke leaves the room [12:28:26] LAT : 17.846038 , LON : -64.442748 , DEPTH : 53.9196 m, TEMP : 26.91475 C, SAL : 35.15076 PSU, DO : 4.33123 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.7998 FTU [12:30:04] Good moring Michelle! [12:30:49] michellescharer leaves the room [12:33:27] LAT : 17.84603 , LON : -64.44256 , DEPTH : 206.6869 m, TEMP : 22.7517 C, SAL : 37.19095 PSU, DO : 4.65479 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9158 FTU [12:38:28] LAT : 17.846105 , LON : -64.442248 , DEPTH : 360.6147 m, TEMP : 17.44432 C, SAL : 36.42181 PSU, DO : 4.40227 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [12:43:29] LAT : 17.846106 , LON : -64.44189 , DEPTH : 514.9657 m, TEMP : 13.0747 C, SAL : 35.73327 PSU, DO : 3.71512 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [12:48:30] LAT : 17.84609 , LON : -64.441551 , DEPTH : 665.1738 m, TEMP : 8.63097 C, SAL : 35.83114 PSU, DO : 3.48647 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [12:50:03] michellescharer leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [12:50:52] Hola Michelle! [12:52:21] michellescharer leaves the room [12:53:30] LAT : 17.846122 , LON : -64.441238 , DEPTH : 672.5928 m, TEMP : 8.37978 C, SAL : 35.3073 PSU, DO : 3.48379 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [12:53:48] deborahglickson leaves the room [12:54:13] Hi Michelle! Great that you are joining us. Feel free to call in using our teleconference line if you would like to share more information on anything we may be observing (particular species, behaviour, habitat, etc) [12:57:31] I am connected now, but waiting at Doctor’s appointment, so I can only see small video and very delayed! [12:57:54] EX2206_DIVE07 ROV on Bottom [12:58:31] LAT : 17.84591 , LON : -64.440838 , DEPTH : 688.749 m, TEMP : 7.94836 C, SAL : 35.07289 PSU, DO : 3.18206 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [12:59:32] Thanks Michelle, we will tell the fish to wait for you [13:00:02] michellescharer leaves the room [13:01:10] Hello all! [13:01:39] I'm glad we are back to the bottom again! [13:03:04] No worries, I can see the Replays later tonight! Hopefully Joana will ID all fish! [13:03:31] LAT : 17.845922 , LON : -64.440832 , DEPTH : 689.6489 m, TEMP : 7.90424 C, SAL : 35.03004 PSU, DO : 2.95699 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9341 FTU [13:04:22] michellescharer leaves the room [13:04:56] ahahah Michelle, I'm a sponge specialist mostly working on NE Atlantic fauna, so this is really far from my expertise [13:07:56] I am sure you will guide video Zooms for properly ID fauna! [13:08:32] LAT : 17.845909 , LON : -64.44091 , DEPTH : 688.466 m, TEMP : 7.93632 C, SAL : 34.98368 PSU, DO : 3.45319 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9585 FTU [13:08:59] michellescharer leaves the room [13:13:32] LAT : 17.845787 , LON : -64.440851 , DEPTH : 683.2071 m, TEMP : 8.00788 C, SAL : 34.94046 PSU, DO : 3.24958 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9646 FTU [13:14:04] (Tina) may be Stichopathes [13:15:13] Hi Asako [13:16:00] Hi Joana! [13:18:33] LAT : 17.845754 , LON : -64.440785 , DEPTH : 683.9667 m, TEMP : 8.14748 C, SAL : 34.96322 PSU, DO : 3.25152 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [13:23:33] LAT : 17.845617 , LON : -64.440868 , DEPTH : 676.4016 m, TEMP : 8.41717 C, SAL : 35.01074 PSU, DO : 3.71858 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9341 FTU [13:28:33] LAT : 17.845562 , LON : -64.440832 , DEPTH : 674.3516 m, TEMP : 8.52454 C, SAL : 34.99181 PSU, DO : 3.11385 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9585 FTU [13:30:20] oh, its "Luke, I'm your father" isopod ) [13:32:34] Chuck Messing is very good at acting Darth Vader on the Okeanos broadcasting) [13:33:34] LAT : 17.845489 , LON : -64.440844 , DEPTH : 672.3304 m, TEMP : 8.57274 C, SAL : 35.02093 PSU, DO : 3.12442 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [13:34:35] Really, Asako? That's so funny! [13:35:17] Yes, Deborah, his acting made me laugh to death several times during the dives)) [13:38:35] LAT : 17.845473 , LON : -64.440862 , DEPTH : 670.1505 m, TEMP : 8.63639 C, SAL : 34.99899 PSU, DO : 3.2965 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [13:38:57] Hi Kasey, Hi Nolan! [13:39:20] Hi @Asako! [13:39:31] Glad yall are back on the sea floor! [13:39:48] This is a tripod fish - Bathypterois bigelowi [13:39:49] This is a tripod fish in the family Ipnoidae. [13:39:51] we are too! [13:40:49] ***Ipnopidae ---somehow lost a p [13:41:44] These are really neat "sit and wait" predators. Using their fin rays to reach out and feel the water movement around them. [13:43:35] LAT : 17.845432 , LON : -64.44081 , DEPTH : 668.9006 m, TEMP : 8.6482 C, SAL : 35.00701 PSU, DO : 3.15476 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9707 FTU [13:43:41] a nice synallactid sea cuke [13:43:57] For the more recognizable tripod fish, the elongated fin rays that they "stand" on allow them to get higher into the water column for the same reasons why so many stalked corals and sponges do: Just off the seafloor is enough of a micro current to propel food to them. [13:45:33] Oh you saw a giant isopod! Love them so much! A couple years ago, I got a life size plush of them. Great to cuddle and great quality! [13:46:00] samcuellar leaves the room [13:46:13] Demosponge or debris? [13:46:40] @Nolan do you remember that Chuck Messing acted Darth Vader when he saw a giant isopod at Okeanos? or you were not on at that time? [13:46:53] Oh wow, very nice sponge skeleton [13:47:15] @Askao I must have just missed it. I'll go back to watch/listen! XD [13:47:29] michellescharer leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [13:48:36] LAT : 17.845308 , LON : -64.440881 , DEPTH : 666.7555 m, TEMP : 8.65708 C, SAL : 35.02969 PSU, DO : 3.46181 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.2393 FTU [13:48:40] @Nolan you should watch/listen, he is really the best actor of Darth Vader! [13:52:42] Eyes remind me of shallow water mantis shrimp (stomatopod), but this is definitely a true shrimp. [13:53:36] LAT : 17.845283 , LON : -64.440887 , DEPTH : 664.0107 m, TEMP : 8.6759 C, SAL : 35.0176 PSU, DO : 3.17433 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9341 FTU [13:53:59] ashleymarranzino leaves the room [13:55:48] URCHIN!! [13:56:05] lines made by urchin [13:58:37] LAT : 17.845217 , LON : -64.440849 , DEPTH : 662.4789 m, TEMP : 8.64944 C, SAL : 35.03159 PSU, DO : 3.14529 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [14:01:39] christophermah leaves the room [14:01:50] michellescharer leaves the room [14:02:38] kimberlygalvez leaves the room [14:02:42] for the annotators.. Conolampas [14:02:57] samcuellar leaves the room [14:03:24] thanks Chris, cool finding! [14:03:37] LAT : 17.845179 , LON : -64.440864 , DEPTH : 660.0138 m, TEMP : 8.63608 C, SAL : 35.01814 PSU, DO : 3.11553 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9707 FTU [14:05:13] yes... I think another Conolampas [14:05:40] another dead one. strange [14:06:29] yes..they would be on the surface. very short.. fuzzy [14:07:07] @Deb Think kind of like a sand dollar. Short spines all over. [14:07:15] michellescharer leaves the room [14:08:38] LAT : 17.845106 , LON : -64.440871 , DEPTH : 659.0064 m, TEMP : 8.59975 C, SAL : 35.05584 PSU, DO : 3.28277 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9341 FTU [14:08:49] A ‘sand biscuit’? [14:09:06] @Chris The very small sea urchins that we collected last year! [14:09:28] Habrocidaris! [14:09:31] michellescharer leaves the room [14:09:55] (Tina) small urchin left [14:10:03] (Tina) serpulids [14:11:07] Caprellidae? [14:11:20] and I thought I saw some octocoral... [14:12:00] (Tina) Munidopsis [14:13:08] Tina needs better zoom [14:13:39] LAT : 17.845103 , LON : -64.440874 , DEPTH : 658.1737 m, TEMP : 8.58292 C, SAL : 35.05415 PSU, DO : 3.64365 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [14:15:02] (Tina) looks like Bathypathes pseudoalternata fo me [14:15:09] (Tina) but weirdly bent [14:15:27] (Tina) pink bulbs are mouthes [14:15:49] @Tina If the current were to reverse direction 180degrees, would the polyps (or at least the tentacles) be able to turn themselves around to compensate? [14:16:19] michellescharer leaves the room [14:18:08] christophermah leaves the room [14:18:30] @Nolan (Tina) I think they compensate by colony form, that work as windsock, or turn because of striatum. [14:18:39] LAT : 17.845102 , LON : -64.440879 , DEPTH : 656.0572 m, TEMP : 8.57522 C, SAL : 35.03153 PSU, DO : 3.29961 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [14:19:01] @Tina Very cool, thank you! [14:21:02] @Nolan (Tina) can see how this bathypathes is turnung under the current [14:21:52] (Tina) I think it is the same species [14:22:14] @Deb I think its a bivalve. Cannot tell if it is a mollusk (clam, oyster, etc) or a brachiopod [14:22:21] (Tina) but [14:22:23] @Tina I see it now, thank you! [14:22:52] (Tina) actually it may be also Alternatipathes [14:23:40] LAT : 17.845075 , LON : -64.440874 , DEPTH : 655.3868 m, TEMP : 8.55286 C, SAL : 35.0321 PSU, DO : 3.20145 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [14:23:57] (Tina) sorry, I have to leave for 2 hours approximately. going home from the lab [14:24:26] @Tina See you later! [14:25:05] Flytrap anemone [14:25:07] so, temporally, Tinasako is simply Asako! [14:25:29] (Tina) I think Hormathidae [14:25:57] That is a VERY FLAT carrier crab [14:28:40] LAT : 17.84506 , LON : -64.440853 , DEPTH : 652.5946 m, TEMP : 8.53457 C, SAL : 35.03935 PSU, DO : 3.11342 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9707 FTU [14:30:23] samcuellar leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [14:30:37] christophermah leaves the room [14:32:01] barnacle inside? [14:32:13] Also a scallop shell [14:32:57] Another Bathypterios [14:33:17] ooo! who is that? [14:33:40] LAT : 17.844908 , LON : -64.440909 , DEPTH : 650.5388 m, TEMP : 8.52491 C, SAL : 35.02874 PSU, DO : 3.48494 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9951 FTU [14:33:55] can we zoom on disk? [14:34:38] Astrogomphus [14:34:52] id'd by spines on the disk [14:35:16] and now we know they are on black corals! how neat! [14:36:01] As an FYI, our off-bottom time in the dive plan email was incorrect. It is more like to be about 4:20pm ET. So we will do our dive planning call right after we begin to ascend. [14:36:15] Is there a lot of current down there now? [14:36:17] oh wow! Thank you! [14:38:04] @Deborah, do you mean 04:20pm ET = 20:20 UTC, right? [14:38:41] LAT : 17.844886 , LON : -64.440895 , DEPTH : 649.6866 m, TEMP : 8.50712 C, SAL : 35.04114 PSU, DO : 3.40884 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [14:39:25] an echinothuriid [14:39:54] calling [14:43:34] christophermah leaves the room [14:43:41] LAT : 17.844832 , LON : -64.440849 , DEPTH : 646.9691 m, TEMP : 8.50128 C, SAL : 35.03779 PSU, DO : 3.24332 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [14:46:22] samcuellar leaves the room [14:48:42] LAT : 17.844739 , LON : -64.440776 , DEPTH : 640.3293 m, TEMP : 8.51907 C, SAL : 35.03368 PSU, DO : 3.23942 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0501 FTU [14:49:22] Actinernidae sea anemone? [14:51:01] The little mounds look like shrimp burrows [14:51:48] Conch or Whelk snail shell [14:53:42] LAT : 17.844596 , LON : -64.440877 , DEPTH : 636.8065 m, TEMP : 8.52248 C, SAL : 35.03535 PSU, DO : 2.99604 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.1416 FTU [14:58:43] LAT : 17.844432 , LON : -64.44087 , DEPTH : 631.012 m, TEMP : 8.74475 C, SAL : 35.02563 PSU, DO : 3.38829 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [14:59:35] christophermah leaves the room [14:59:41] what is that behaviour of the fish? just normal swimming? [15:00:29] thank you! [15:01:24] bottle looks glass-like [15:01:47] this is true treasure bottle!! [15:02:02] Don't know the ID of the fish, but that swimming style is common especially small predators that both want to hide from their prey and from bigger predators. [15:02:06] dream of kids like me. [15:02:10] Looks like coarser material has been trapped/separated inside. Which is different than the surrounding material [15:02:42] Good thoughts Thomas & Deb! [15:03:14] I would love a house like that. Strong and safe, but with a great view! [15:03:44] LAT : 17.844414 , LON : -64.440851 , DEPTH : 629.4756 m, TEMP : 8.72744 C, SAL : 35.05932 PSU, DO : 3.10483 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [15:04:08] I think a human assembled the collection of shells. Only a couple of these shells have we seen on our dives so far. [15:05:01] Excited to get an ID from Mike Vecchione! [15:05:15] Looks like a defense psoture [15:05:18] *posture [15:05:59] ...note from not a biologist [15:06:37] I almost said, our geologist friend on shore.. Ha! [15:07:07] If I were a small critter in the deep sea, I certainly would be afraid of that! And I normally love squid and octopus (and relatives!) [15:08:44] LAT : 17.844373 , LON : -64.440863 , DEPTH : 627.2695 m, TEMP : 8.76267 C, SAL : 35.01667 PSU, DO : 3.33676 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0317 FTU [15:09:36] @asako, from your earlier question 2020 UTC for off bottom. Sorry, missed it early. [15:09:56] @Deborah Thanks! [15:11:16] this view reminds me Harry Potter party scene! [15:12:34] michellescharer leaves the room [15:13:43] The fin movement looks like it can swim "backwards" or upwards as well as downwards/forwards [15:13:46] LAT : 17.844184 , LON : -64.440851 , DEPTH : 621.8857 m, TEMP : 8.81245 C, SAL : 35.0716 PSU, DO : 3.08997 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.6239 FTU [15:14:16] Can fish swim backwards? [15:14:35] Some can [15:14:50] christophermah leaves the room [15:14:58] mind blown [15:15:05] (Tina) I am sure some fish can) [15:15:38] Depends on if the fish is built for hovering or swim like eels. FIsh like tuna probably cannot since they are built to swim forward and very fast. [15:15:58] thomasmorrow leaves the room [15:17:10] I am really intrigued by these dead sponges. I feel like they were ripped off a shallow reef and sunk here during storms. [15:17:26] Previous vertical swimming fish looks like it could be Mueller's pearlside (Maurolicus muelleri) - species of hatchetfish [15:18:08] The sponge skeleton is probably young enough were the defensive chemistry is still active and probably preventing some colonization. [15:18:44] LAT : 17.844113 , LON : -64.440751 , DEPTH : 617.2836 m, TEMP : 8.86317 C, SAL : 35.05768 PSU, DO : 3.08986 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9585 FTU [15:20:04] @Deb That behavior is literally called "Clamming Up!" [15:21:27] michellescharer leaves the room [15:21:32] ooo! [15:21:36] @Deb The ecologists here at Georgia Tech who study oysters, when thats what they call the behavior! [15:21:49] Although, I would still love if it were a pun! [15:22:03] yes. Ophidiaster [15:22:35] the one we saw the otehr day [15:23:23] Sea anemone [15:23:27] sea anemone\ [15:23:32] I believe it is anemone [15:23:45] LAT : 17.844075 , LON : -64.440652 , DEPTH : 612.2445 m, TEMP : 8.94425 C, SAL : 35.07532 PSU, DO : 3.36853 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [15:23:51] Gotta get going to a lab meeting. I'll be back later. Have a great dive! [15:24:06] see you Nolan! [15:24:28] are they arborescent foraminifera? [15:24:37] lots of nice little bryozoan colonies on the rocks [15:24:39] nolanbarrett leaves the room [15:25:07] ok, bryozoan! [15:25:14] ooh Chrysogorgia to the left? [15:25:19] aspido calling! [15:25:24] loks like a form os Chrysogorgia! [15:25:30] there might have been forams as well! [15:28:45] LAT : 17.844041 , LON : -64.440655 , DEPTH : 612.1893 m, TEMP : 8.94209 C, SAL : 35.09168 PSU, DO : 2.97264 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [15:29:45] crab.. lithode crab [15:30:03] GEOLOGY IS COOL TOO [15:30:09] kateoverly leaves the room [15:30:22] Great observation Deb! [15:30:25] @Megan maybe! [15:30:52] Looks like a fossilized reef [15:31:08] bioclastic limestone is another way to describe it [15:31:12] agree, its fossil scleractinian coral [15:31:20] lasers? [15:31:40] Could have bee Monstastraea cavernosa, it has today very large polyps [15:31:45] Could almost be a single brain coral [15:31:56] ^what Michelle said [15:32:00] kind of Faviina? [15:33:32] Montastraea cavernosa, known as great star coral [15:33:45] LAT : 17.844006 , LON : -64.440618 , DEPTH : 610.1796 m, TEMP : 8.93419 C, SAL : 35.07067 PSU, DO : 3.34783 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0745 FTU [15:33:54] yes. feather star [15:34:14] skeleton of black coral??? [15:35:35] meganmcculler leaves the room [15:35:55] michellescharer leaves the room [15:35:55] with friends like these.... [15:36:54] KateOverly leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [15:37:02] any id on this anemone? [15:37:40] I got kicked out... [15:38:34] rock :) [15:38:46] LAT : 17.843868 , LON : -64.44079 , DEPTH : 608.6431 m, TEMP : 9.11724 C, SAL : 35.1299 PSU, DO : 3.11045 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [15:39:12] michellescharer leaves the room [15:39:13] I thought I might see some polyps...not sure what it was [15:39:29] sorry michelle - this chat does kick folks out regularly [15:39:53] sorry, I just say this anemone is super beautiful [15:41:14] looks like coral rubble at the bottom there [15:41:32] interesting since we haven't really seen that before on this dive [15:42:26] meganmcculler leaves the room [15:43:05] michellescharer leaves the room [15:43:46] LAT : 17.843755 , LON : -64.440824 , DEPTH : 604.0977 m, TEMP : 9.34738 C, SAL : 35.16257 PSU, DO : 3.42176 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.6117 FTU [15:44:43] christophermah leaves the room [15:47:34] yes..another Conolampas..but dead [15:48:46] LAT : 17.843553 , LON : -64.440789 , DEPTH : 594.2758 m, TEMP : 9.61999 C, SAL : 35.25122 PSU, DO : 3.29616 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [15:50:05] Fish that we just saw a min ago was a type of myctophid (lanternfish) in the genus Neoscopelus [15:52:24] and black coral? [15:52:31] Hi everyone! [15:52:35] kimberlygalvez leaves the room [15:53:05] Hi Jeremy! [15:53:29] yeah, that might have been Asteriopathes [15:53:47] LAT : 17.843408 , LON : -64.440651 , DEPTH : 586.5138 m, TEMP : 9.90951 C, SAL : 35.20625 PSU, DO : 3.19257 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [15:54:43] We are in the right place and depth to maybe find this new species of Anozopathes. I'll keep an eye out for it! [15:55:01] christophermah leaves the room [15:55:35] different urchin from Conolampas [15:56:18] Hi Jeremy, just joining in (we had a live interaction with children from the Azores) [15:56:23] ashleymarranzino leaves the room [15:56:42] Bathocyroe [15:57:03] note that we will not be able to collect specimens but we can make really detailed images [15:57:09] Bath - O - Cy - ROE - E [15:57:41] oh, copy no collecting. [15:58:08] kateoverly leaves the room [15:58:14] bathypectinura heros I think [15:58:47] LAT : 17.843216 , LON : -64.440886 , DEPTH : 581.1075 m, TEMP : 9.97158 C, SAL : 35.20213 PSU, DO : 3.05726 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [15:59:35] wow..all the ophs here are BIG [16:03:48] LAT : 17.843077 , LON : -64.440837 , DEPTH : 574.476 m, TEMP : 10.12829 C, SAL : 35.24254 PSU, DO : 3.22819 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [16:04:06] jeremyhorowitz leaves the room [16:04:12] oh! yes..different from the other one. [16:04:17] Not sure who this is.. [16:04:21] There is a lot of bioturbation in the sediment, indicating that there is biota around or within the sediment - even if you can't see it [16:04:44] oh nice! [16:04:58] scallop? [16:05:15] hmmm.. I dunno. [16:06:07] kateoverly leaves the room [16:08:48] LAT : 17.842991 , LON : -64.440744 , DEPTH : 571.7513 m, TEMP : 10.2211 C, SAL : 35.21745 PSU, DO : 2.95521 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0317 FTU [16:08:49] I don't think so.. [16:09:45] its a pity we cannot collect to solve many mystery [16:11:50] agree it is anemone [16:12:31] kimberlygalvez leaves the room [16:13:49] LAT : 17.842913 , LON : -64.44075 , DEPTH : 567.3128 m, TEMP : 10.25726 C, SAL : 35.32631 PSU, DO : 3.345 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0073 FTU [16:18:50] LAT : 17.842806 , LON : -64.440753 , DEPTH : 564.0375 m, TEMP : 10.38225 C, SAL : 35.26839 PSU, DO : 3.27558 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9646 FTU [16:23:51] LAT : 17.842603 , LON : -64.440717 , DEPTH : 553.5439 m, TEMP : 10.47481 C, SAL : 35.29175 PSU, DO : 3.09481 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [16:24:32] asakomatsumoto leaves the room [16:24:39] Conoclampas? [16:24:57] OH YES! living Conolampas! [16:25:23] oh wait... dead stuff on surface [16:26:30] some kind of temnopleurid I think.. need to track it down [16:28:08] kateoverly leaves the room [16:28:17] asakomatsumoto leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [16:28:52] LAT : 17.842434 , LON : -64.440695 , DEPTH : 546.0507 m, TEMP : 10.78073 C, SAL : 35.22148 PSU, DO : 2.99224 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9951 FTU [16:33:34] christophermah leaves the room [16:33:52] LAT : 17.84244 , LON : -64.440765 , DEPTH : 547.0248 m, TEMP : 10.85757 C, SAL : 35.29665 PSU, DO : 2.82218 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [16:36:54] Grenadier [16:36:59] aka Rat Tail [16:37:46] asakomatsumoto leaves the room [16:38:53] LAT : 17.842265 , LON : -64.440627 , DEPTH : 539.1653 m, TEMP : 10.98484 C, SAL : 35.29214 PSU, DO : 2.88021 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9646 FTU [16:38:59] Looking back on Twitter at the mystery yellow-tentacled blob animal, its actually a terebellid polychaete worm. One was observed in 2014 moving/swimming across the seafloor during the EV Nautilus exploration of the Anegada Passage. Video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hut9cD8SGfs [16:39:46] Ohh yes the grenadier looked like Nezumia bardii [16:42:12] That is a great video to show that initial views do not reveal all! [16:42:18] oh, Hi Steven! great to know!!! [16:42:29] thanks Steve! it was a real mistery to us. Sitting like that on the seafloor it just looked like a pompom anemone [16:43:13] Are the smaller sticks around the crinoid sea pens, or worm tubes? [16:43:46] There are two to the right of the crinoid. [16:43:49] and Hi Scott! [16:43:54] LAT : 17.842061 , LON : -64.440749 , DEPTH : 530.1071 m, TEMP : 11.11584 C, SAL : 35.40161 PSU, DO : 2.97442 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [16:45:07] Those look spongy to me... [16:45:17] Endoxocrinus I think [16:45:28] the crinoid which get fed upon by cidaroid urchins [16:45:39] Endoxocrinus sounds right [16:46:37] oh, again we can see [16:47:17] I would agree with Liponema on this one. [16:47:27] Or at least that family [16:47:47] lost video [16:47:56] I don't know why the tentacles are colored at the end. Only they know for sure! [16:48:02] back [16:48:55] LAT : 17.842047 , LON : -64.440776 , DEPTH : 527.7792 m, TEMP : 11.07885 C, SAL : 35.40413 PSU, DO : 3.07896 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9585 FTU [16:49:05] Oh sure - point out what I don't know! ;-) [16:49:29] of course! [16:49:43] because all who know you, know you that you know everything! [16:49:47] :) [16:49:58] A good example of convergence - two different phyla putting up tentacles into the water column to feed. [16:51:07] kateoverly leaves the room [16:51:21] Nicely done! [16:52:34] (Tina) green-eye fish? [16:52:42] kaseycantwell leaves the room [16:52:48] Yes! [16:52:51] green-eye agreed [16:53:51] Looks like Chlorophthalmus agassizi [16:53:56] LAT : 17.841996 , LON : -64.440734 , DEPTH : 525.8742 m, TEMP : 11.07283 C, SAL : 35.39474 PSU, DO : 2.98027 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [16:53:58] Chlorophthalmidae [16:54:45] Chlorophthalmus was the greeneye! [16:54:55] (Tina) absolutely great dots [16:55:07] This one looks a bit like hollowsnout grenadier, Coelorinchus [16:56:36] Yes the "chloro" in Chlorophthalmidae means Green. [16:57:09] another irregular urchin test not sure which one..but diff from Conolampas [16:57:55] asakomatsumoto leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [16:58:52] small Phoromosoma placenta.. I THINK. [16:58:56] LAT : 17.841816 , LON : -64.440581 , DEPTH : 516.4838 m, TEMP : 11.80082 C, SAL : 35.22301 PSU, DO : 3.18195 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9768 FTU [16:59:14] but yes... could be a diff species [16:59:22] thomasmorrow leaves the room [17:00:18] (Tina) it looks like flying saucer( [17:02:20] michellescharer leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [17:03:48] (Tina) sargassum? [17:03:54] ashleymarranzino leaves the room [17:03:57] LAT : 17.841723 , LON : -64.440683 , DEPTH : 512.9358 m, TEMP : 11.8562 C, SAL : 35.47219 PSU, DO : 3.0409 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.1538 FTU [17:04:11] EEL? [17:04:22] el? [17:05:02] Looked like a sea snake at first! But we are too deep and not in the Pacific! [17:05:39] There may also have been several hydroid colonies on that previous rock with the anemone and bryozoan. [17:06:16] (Tina) Anthomastus at the back [17:06:32] (Tina) this crinoid is crawling [17:06:40] What was the stalk behind them? [17:07:01] May have been another whip coral just behind those Anthomastus [17:08:28] we were so brief with Anthomastus, I have not seen whip( [17:08:38] (Tina) [17:08:55] (Tina) and I am not sure they were Anthomastus or something else like [17:08:59] LAT : 17.84154 , LON : -64.440529 , DEPTH : 503.0212 m, TEMP : 12.32697 C, SAL : 35.24963 PSU, DO : 3.19779 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0317 FTU [17:09:28] Another eel on right [17:09:58] You should get a tight shot of the eel if you haven't already [17:09:59] (Tina) but quite possible it will be something else next time. we are at rather shallow tropics [17:10:07] irregular urchin test [17:10:12] same as one we saw earlier [17:10:37] Yes!! [17:10:52] Etelis oculatus woohoo [17:11:04] (Tina) flying urchins [17:11:14] not the deepest depth, but very cool! [17:12:00] (Tina) whip [17:12:26] (Tina) shrimps are good [17:13:23] scleractinian [17:13:39] (Tina) it was possible to see sceleton [17:13:58] LAT : 17.841459 , LON : -64.440517 , DEPTH : 496.5706 m, TEMP : 12.64289 C, SAL : 35.49665 PSU, DO : 2.98189 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.1722 FTU [17:15:19] (Tina) Antipathes of some kind [17:16:06] Can we have a look at the long white stalk on right of sponge? [17:16:09] shame we can't grab that antipathes specimen! [17:16:10] (Tina) yellow is some Distichopathes or Elatopathes [17:16:25] agree, something like Distichopathes [17:16:40] (Tina) cupcoral left [17:16:44] Top right [17:17:52] File clam [17:18:10] Acesta...? [17:18:16] Or that family [17:18:37] Those are sensory tentacles arising from the mantle tissue [17:18:41] (Tina) Acesta? some limidae? [17:18:51] could the black coral be rhipidipathes [17:18:59] LAT : 17.841455 , LON : -64.440485 , DEPTH : 497.2359 m, TEMP : 12.54816 C, SAL : 35.67125 PSU, DO : 3.2093 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [17:19:00] (Tina) at least this family [17:19:34] (Tina) Antipathes.... I think. it is hard without spines. [17:19:44] (Tina) wait a sec [17:19:49] The whip has the impression of a black coral from here, but could be a bamoo coral [17:20:28] *bamboo! is what I meant to type [17:20:38] christophermah leaves the room [17:20:52] the lower whip is Stichopathes. [17:21:07] yellow.... perhaps Distichopathes [17:22:23] Agree with Tinasako that this whip is Stichopathes [17:22:36] Still haven't seen the larger upper one, but likely the same [17:23:05] (Tina) may be Antipathes atlantica. the flat one [17:23:59] LAT : 17.841492 , LON : -64.44047 , DEPTH : 495.9471 m, TEMP : 12.56539 C, SAL : 35.61714 PSU, DO : 2.96533 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [17:24:43] You still have not looked at the largest whip on the top [17:24:50] (Tina) perhaps... anemone has a kind of opening at the tip of tentacle and sphincter around [17:25:15] Large white coiling whip [17:25:22] Off screen to left [17:25:24] were there anterior pinnules in that "distichopathes" [17:25:52] we can see very large one to the lower right [17:26:04] No need to go back to the first one [17:26:37] (Tina)@Jeremy it is hard to tell without scale... and they may have short as well( [17:27:34] I thought i saw anterior pinnules onthe lower half of the colony. [17:27:38] there is a worm tube in yellow coral. eunicid tube [17:27:59] (Tina) I think Distichopathes is OK [17:29:00] LAT : 17.841351 , LON : -64.440555 , DEPTH : 490.4374 m, TEMP : 12.75826 C, SAL : 35.51837 PSU, DO : 3.52836 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.2088 FTU [17:30:50] no octocoral fans yet.... [17:31:17] (Tina) it is strange [17:31:27] @Asako: I'm a fan of octocorals... [17:31:31] ;-) [17:31:55] @Scott MEE TOO!! :) [17:32:12] Good thing we have a geologist on board to confirm non-rock! [17:32:37] ha! [17:33:05] Most importantly, we have a backup geologist if the first one breaks down. [17:33:52] Careful with that talk of breakdowns! You don't want to throw any suggestions out to the universe. [17:34:01] LAT : 17.84121 , LON : -64.44049 , DEPTH : 484.5288 m, TEMP : 13.15491 C, SAL : 35.56458 PSU, DO : 3.35019 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9646 FTU [17:34:41] (Tina) it is not so fascinate without octo [17:35:00] wonder how big a rock that whip coral is attached to [17:35:51] As far as I know, Stichopathes attaches to rock, so there must be rock just below this sediment [17:36:32] Slit shell [17:36:38] I've collected black corals to find they are attached to nautilus shells. they make for some amazing paper weights [17:36:57] @jeremy that is super cool! [17:37:00] (Tina) anemone was weird [17:37:21] (Tina) it is interesting as it looks like basketstar. [17:38:09] I have seen Primnoid attached on brachiopod shells. [17:38:24] (Tina) and they are often associated with octo [17:38:29] YAY! for all of the crew that works to make this possible ; ) [17:39:01] LAT : 17.841089 , LON : -64.440441 , DEPTH : 477.9388 m, TEMP : 13.28107 C, SAL : 35.64573 PSU, DO : 2.99567 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9707 FTU [17:39:15] (Tina) sponge and urchin [17:39:22] (Tina) and crab) [17:42:47] stevenauscavitch leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [17:42:51] soft coral [17:42:59] A plexaurid coral of some kind [17:43:06] yesssss! [17:43:09] Asteroschema [17:43:12] octocoral! [17:43:19] the snake star [17:43:51] Chirostylid crab [17:43:54] (TIna) perhaps Dendrobrachia? [17:44:02] LAT : 17.840954 , LON : -64.440458 , DEPTH : 468.8524 m, TEMP : 13.37921 C, SAL : 35.7814 PSU, DO : 3.23385 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [17:44:11] kateoverly leaves the room [17:44:11] Nicella, I think. [17:44:53] THE FIRST OCTOCORAL FAN (Invertebrates, we have vertebrate octocoral fans here [17:45:39] mightbe... but not sure at all. [17:45:48] @Steve [17:46:52] its a pity we cannot collect this fan. [17:47:28] We had it down to "only" 3 different families! [17:47:54] Plexaurid or ellisellid or... wherever we are classifying Dendrobrachia! [17:48:03] @Scott we may have more... [17:48:18] @Asako: I meant for that one colony. [17:48:32] @Scott I know! [17:48:56] @Asako: Ah. Sure, we could throw in Gorgoniidae! [17:49:02] LAT : 17.8407 , LON : -64.440512 , DEPTH : 457.2068 m, TEMP : 13.98508 C, SAL : 35.75483 PSU, DO : 3.51963 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9646 FTU [17:49:14] @Scott or we may have Muriceidae [17:49:51] I'm just not as familiar with the "shallow" octocorals in situ. [17:50:12] (Tina) we are shallow and it is tricky [17:50:52] we cannot say anything for shallow water corals without specimen! [17:51:04] Cartucho! [17:51:10]