[00:01:25] Calyptrophora/Paracalyptrophora [00:01:38] maybe Thouarella? [00:01:54] Thanks for the very enjoyable Sunday stroll through the undersea garden! [00:02:03] Plumarella and Alaskagorgia [00:02:35] Arthrogorgia...? [00:03:21] Chrysogorgiid or Hydroids??? [00:03:35] hydroids [00:03:41] Thanks [00:04:03] LAT : 53.291432 , LON : -169.780249 , DEPTH : 533.9867 m, TEMP : 3.56442 C, SAL : 34.07879 PSU, DO : 1.06289 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.1722 FTU [00:04:39] ElainaJorgensen leaves the room [00:05:46] Jenn is really hard to hear. Is her mic off? [00:06:24] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [00:07:07] That is better. [00:09:04] LAT : 53.291413 , LON : -169.780401 , DEPTH : 531.085 m, TEMP : 3.565 C, SAL : 34.06992 PSU, DO : 1.12285 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [00:09:19] Great dive. So pleased you were able to overcome the hurdles and get abck in the water. Well done everyone. [00:09:57] ChristinaConrath leaves the room [00:09:59] Great dive today. Looking forward to the final dive [00:10:11] gorgeous dive! [00:10:23] Great dive today!!! [00:10:46] Thank you very much for all on/off board. see you tomorrow! [00:10:54] stevenauscavitch leaves the room [00:11:02] asakomatsumoto leaves the room [00:11:29] Thank you so much everyone! We're moving into a planning call on the phone if you can join us! [00:11:56] Thanks everyone. Sorry I had my mic further away from me. Have a great evening [00:12:59] spectacular dive! thank you! [00:13:29] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [00:14:05] LAT : 53.291702 , LON : -169.779686 , DEPTH : 523.4693 m, TEMP : 3.59017 C, SAL : 34.0589 PSU, DO : 1.12243 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [00:14:09] EX2304_DIVE07 ROV Ascending [00:19:05] LAT : 53.291615 , LON : -169.779467 , DEPTH : 409.5599 m, TEMP : 3.79723 C, SAL : 33.91701 PSU, DO : 1.74598 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9341 FTU [00:23:17] scottfrance leaves the room [00:23:47] rhianwaller leaves the room [00:24:06] LAT : 53.291617 , LON : -169.78047 , DEPTH : 258.1211 m, TEMP : 4.05534 C, SAL : 33.66192 PSU, DO : 3.5125 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [00:24:22] ElainaJorgensen leaves the room [00:24:55] ChristinaConrath leaves the room [00:29:06] LAT : 53.291325 , LON : -169.782112 , DEPTH : 111.1709 m, TEMP : 4.07207 C, SAL : 33.2803 PSU, DO : 7.64613 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [00:30:43] kellymarkello leaves the room [00:31:26] jennybeaumont leaves the room [00:34:06] LAT : 53.291135 , LON : -169.783023 , DEPTH : 55.5206 m, TEMP : 4.50141 C, SAL : 33.17521 PSU, DO : 9.04784 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9707 FTU [00:36:03] kellymarkello leaves the room [00:39:07] LAT : 53.290835 , LON : -169.784236 , DEPTH : 55.1044 m, TEMP : 4.57269 C, SAL : 33.16985 PSU, DO : 9.09077 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9646 FTU [00:40:57] ElainaJorgensen leaves the room [00:44:07] LAT : 53.290276 , LON : -169.784235 , DEPTH : 9.7806 m, TEMP : 8.31016 C, SAL : 32.99011 PSU, DO : 9.79522 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.1783 FTU [00:44:58] EX2304_DIVE07 ROV on Surface [01:07:47] EX2304_DIVE07 ROV Recovery Complete [01:51:01] chat-admin leaves the room [14:51:23] EX2304_DIVE07 ROV powered off [15:04:16] EX2304_DIVE08 Test message [16:00:01] testing 1 2 3 [16:02:31] kelleybrumley leaves the room [16:09:21] kelleybrumley leaves the room [16:20:08] EX2304_DIVE08 ROV Launch [16:29:04] EX2304_DIVE08 ROV on Surface [16:29:53] EX2304_DIVE08 ROV Descending [16:31:15] LAT : 53.50116 , LON : -168.815113 , DEPTH : 26.6252 m, TEMP : 5.69098 C, SAL : 33.13287 PSU, DO : 8.37498 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0134 FTU [16:36:15] LAT : 53.501165 , LON : -168.814539 , DEPTH : 56.0555 m, TEMP : 4.66202 C, SAL : 33.2519 PSU, DO : 7.31571 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.989 FTU [16:40:26] kelleybrumley leaves the room [16:41:15] LAT : 53.501064 , LON : -168.813646 , DEPTH : 54.599 m, TEMP : 4.58431 C, SAL : 33.23708 PSU, DO : 7.48541 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9951 FTU [16:46:16] LAT : 53.501081 , LON : -168.813734 , DEPTH : 201.4046 m, TEMP : 4.23704 C, SAL : 33.54182 PSU, DO : 4.68555 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9524 FTU [16:51:16] LAT : 53.500887 , LON : -168.814163 , DEPTH : 279.1663 m, TEMP : 4.14217 C, SAL : 33.66651 PSU, DO : 3.78594 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9463 FTU [16:52:20] Good morning everyone [16:53:33] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [16:56:16] LAT : 53.500887 , LON : -168.814706 , DEPTH : 435.4772 m, TEMP : 3.84223 C, SAL : 33.88189 PSU, DO : 1.98527 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9646 FTU [16:58:24] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [17:01:18] LAT : 53.500758 , LON : -168.815278 , DEPTH : 598.477 m, TEMP : 3.55262 C, SAL : 34.06032 PSU, DO : 1.20935 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9402 FTU [17:06:18] LAT : 53.500591 , LON : -168.815862 , DEPTH : 750.613 m, TEMP : 3.19635 C, SAL : 34.18892 PSU, DO : 1.13575 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9768 FTU [17:06:24] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [17:11:19] LAT : 53.500441 , LON : -168.816536 , DEPTH : 899.041 m, TEMP : 2.96637 C, SAL : 34.27883 PSU, DO : 0.93137 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9951 FTU [17:16:19] LAT : 53.500523 , LON : -168.817145 , DEPTH : 1044.4393 m, TEMP : 2.82625 C, SAL : 34.32795 PSU, DO : 0.90346 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9829 FTU [17:17:32] seanrooney leaves the room [17:18:51] having a hard time hearing Shannon [17:21:19] LAT : 53.500599 , LON : -168.817855 , DEPTH : 1187.9758 m, TEMP : 2.69172 C, SAL : 34.38133 PSU, DO : 0.82224 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 0.9646 FTU [17:23:08] Good morning all, very sorry to have missed yesterday's dive! The video up on Seatube isn't very good quality but even so browsing the highlights was wild. [17:23:30] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [17:25:13] seanrooney leaves the room [17:26:20] LAT : 53.500521 , LON : -168.818381 , DEPTH : 1336.7602 m, TEMP : 2.47456 C, SAL : 34.43552 PSU, DO : 0.97845 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0012 FTU [17:28:12] On shore we appreciate the perserverence of everyone at sea! [17:28:59] Thanks Steve - and yes Merlin, it was an AMAZING biodiversity yesterday, a touch overwhelming in places! [17:31:20] LAT : 53.500633 , LON : -168.8185 , DEPTH : 1385.962 m, TEMP : 2.40462 C, SAL : 34.45129 PSU, DO : 1.00807 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0256 FTU [17:31:23] seanrooney leaves the room [17:33:43] Looks like PLENTY of "food" in the water again today, so perhaps lots on the seafloor... [17:35:38] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [17:36:21] LAT : 53.500535 , LON : -168.818404 , DEPTH : 1425.0669 m, TEMP : 2.33596 C, SAL : 34.46777 PSU, DO : 1.03121 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0134 FTU [17:36:49] Yes, lots of marine snow! [17:38:02] Seeing that "snow" is not making it feel any cooled here on the broiling Cajun bayou. [17:38:10] *cooler [17:38:59] kellymarkello leaves the room [17:39:49] The control room is a balmy 58F this morning.... [17:40:24] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [17:40:49] A slight 30° cooler than my situation. [17:41:16] 40° if you use the heat index. And the afternoon just started! [17:41:22] LAT : 53.500501 , LON : -168.818196 , DEPTH : 1426.9375 m, TEMP : 2.32143 C, SAL : 34.4716 PSU, DO : 1.02307 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0134 FTU [17:43:53] Without distracting from the dive today, and if there is a lull in the action, it would be appreciated if you could insert plug a NOAA Ocean Exploration/OECI-funded cruise that I'm leading starting next week to Johnston Atoll and the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument aboard E/V Nautilus. [17:44:28] We leave Honolulu on August 2 with dives starting on August 3-4 and continuing for 23 days. [17:45:38] Not sure about plugging other cruises on air Steve, but can ask Shannon... [17:45:51] ? Johnston Atoll....whatever happened to the chem/bio munitions there? Burned or dumpted? [17:45:57] Counter-programming! :-) [17:46:06] Send this to me separately though so it doesn't get lost [17:46:23] LAT : 53.500582 , LON : -168.818232 , DEPTH : 1437.8164 m, TEMP : 2.33489 C, SAL : 34.46584 PSU, DO : 1.06018 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0928 FTU [17:48:09] seanrooney leaves the room [17:51:23] LAT : 53.500392 , LON : -168.818571 , DEPTH : 1450.3117 m, TEMP : 2.32979 C, SAL : 34.47129 PSU, DO : 1.03985 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0379 FTU [17:52:19] Ctenophores are taking advantage of the marine snow. [17:52:59] It's seriously thick here..... [17:53:33] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [17:54:12] EX2304_DIVE08 ROV on Bottom [17:54:43] robertcarney leaves the room [17:55:14] "Couple" of ophiuroids... also taking advantage of the snow, no doubt. [17:55:26] echinoderm central! [17:56:24] LAT : 53.500425 , LON : -168.818649 , DEPTH : 1478.8471 m, TEMP : 2.23363 C, SAL : 34.49813 PSU, DO : 1.12852 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.1111 FTU [17:57:37] robertcarney leaves the room [17:59:11] Can we get a zoom on the ophs?? [18:00:04] ElainaJorgensen leaves the room [18:00:09] seanrooney leaves the room [18:00:16] The pilot chatter is conflicting with y'all's stream. [18:00:32] Bottom color - interesting color mottling without much microtopography [18:01:16] mucus streamers [18:01:22] amphipods in hydroids [18:01:26] LAT : 53.500499 , LON : -168.818577 , DEPTH : 1477.2871 m, TEMP : 2.23357 C, SAL : 34.49406 PSU, DO : 1.15664 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.2027 FTU [18:01:46] Hello all [18:02:34] @ervan - take a look at the email from last night at the bottom it says how to tune out the pilot stream [18:02:52] robertcarney leaves the room [18:03:10] feeding tentacles [18:03:35] if we can get a zoom on the disk.. I might be able to get a genus.. [18:03:41] they seem like ophiacanthids tho [18:06:20] We need an expert on geostrophic deep ocean currents. This current is probably a PAcific version of the Western Boundary Current we see in the Atlantic at the Blake Plateau. [18:06:25] LAT : 53.500462 , LON : -168.818397 , DEPTH : 1475.2453 m, TEMP : 2.24633 C, SAL : 34.48976 PSU, DO : 1.12936 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0379 FTU [18:06:37] robertcarney leaves the room [18:07:09] seanrooney leaves the room [18:07:12] oh wow! [18:07:22] def. ophiacanthids..but not any of the usual ones [18:07:32] wow! i agree a cladorhizid [18:07:46] ElainaJorgensen leaves the room [18:08:05] @Ervan the geostrophic currents are really interesting in the DW and the deposits of geostrophic currents from DW rocks are underrepresented. Writing a paper now on DW deposits in North Slope that have some [18:08:47] Hopefully more of us who study rocks will begin to identify more of them. [18:10:06] robertcarney leaves the room [18:10:31] Agree. These currents are very prevalent and active at the depths. It's not quiet down here. [18:11:25] LAT : 53.500539 , LON : -168.818335 , DEPTH : 1474.3805 m, TEMP : 2.22651 C, SAL : 34.49452 PSU, DO : 1.14897 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0928 FTU [18:11:44] In these densities, some ophiuroids can capture fish and squids that get too close to the bottom. [18:13:13] that's just creepy [18:13:33] agree @Elaina! [18:13:41] whoever is called in can you mute your phone please [18:13:43] If you collect one of those sponges.. I'm 100% on board with it! [18:14:38] oooo! a pedicellasterid [18:14:49] seanrooney leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [18:14:58] Agreeing with everything you've said Rhian. I'm seeing Chondrocladia concrescens in Stone et al's 2011 deep-water sponge publication [18:15:07] Ampheraster or somesuch .. these are early divergent forcipulates. Thsi is a very mesozoic looking bottom! [18:15:24] Thanks Merlin - we'll collect one so we can see what it is [18:15:45] get the ophiuroids too for firm ID that way so it's a good dual sample [18:15:55] oooo! [18:16:14] looks monstrously huge [18:16:21] ChristinaConrath leaves the room [18:16:26] LAT : 53.500405 , LON : -168.818218 , DEPTH : 1472.8567 m, TEMP : 2.23155 C, SAL : 34.49371 PSU, DO : 1.11086 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.1111 FTU [18:16:51] hope we get to see that big star later on.. [18:17:09] seanrooney leaves the room [18:17:09] pamgoddard leaves the room [18:20:37] robertcarney leaves the room [18:20:52] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [18:21:24] The brittle stars are bailing. ;-) [18:21:28] LAT : 53.500445 , LON : -168.818155 , DEPTH : 1473.7029 m, TEMP : 2.24319 C, SAL : 34.49467 PSU, DO : 1.1288 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0256 FTU [18:21:50] It's still very covered in brittle sars [18:22:05] Tina; They are jumping [18:22:07] yay! [18:23:30] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [18:23:44] Big starfish? [18:24:13] seanrooney leaves the room [18:24:25] coming up [18:24:42] Tina: Watching from my phone in metro [18:24:57] ChristinaConrath leaves the room [18:25:22] spikes! [18:25:29] caprellids on top [18:25:38] ooo a benthopectinid? [18:25:46] This particular Chondrocladia grows in soft sediment, no hard substrate needed [18:25:53] merlinbest leaves the room [18:26:05] Tina: Nice combjelly [18:26:14] caprillids amphipods on the seastar [18:26:27] LAT : 53.50043 , LON : -168.81825 , DEPTH : 1473.2493 m, TEMP : 2.24853 C, SAL : 34.49307 PSU, DO : 1.12014 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.2698 FTU [18:28:22] seanrooney leaves the room [18:28:22] mereditheverett leaves the room [18:28:37] robertcarney leaves the room [18:30:05] possibly Nearchaster [18:30:14] hey Chris we are discussing putting it in the rockbox [18:30:43] oooo! works for me! [18:31:01] Thaks Merlin - some serious root structure there! I assume like most sponges the larvae need a hardspot to grow - so assume the larvae need a pebble [18:31:28] LAT : 53.500414 , LON : -168.818313 , DEPTH : 1472.9281 m, TEMP : 2.23844 C, SAL : 34.49589 PSU, DO : 1.10966 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0317 FTU [18:31:32] @Chris - the bioboxes are too small without breaking it's legs, so they're going to put it into a rock box - gut contents might be ejected [18:31:49] robertcarney leaves the room [18:31:53] merlinbest leaves the room [18:32:16] understood. we'll see. thanks! [18:33:27] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [18:33:32] in situ of a Nearchaster collected off Haida Gwaii for comparison: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20140874 [18:34:09] seanrooney leaves the room [18:36:28] LAT : 53.500455 , LON : -168.818209 , DEPTH : 1473.2971 m, TEMP : 2.2312 C, SAL : 34.49402 PSU, DO : 1.12909 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0317 FTU [18:36:37] seanrooney leaves the room [18:36:49] mangled is fine. [18:37:26] christarabenold leaves the room [18:38:36] PERFECT! thank you pilots! [18:39:47] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [18:40:45] another aeolid! [18:41:28] LAT : 53.500445 , LON : -168.818266 , DEPTH : 1473.0069 m, TEMP : 2.27802 C, SAL : 34.48783 PSU, DO : 1.07808 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0501 FTU [18:41:36] hydroids perhaps? [18:41:47] they are known for "kleptocnidae" [18:41:48] generally carnivores [18:41:59] Cool - someone pumping up sediments [18:42:46] one name that came up last time was Ziminella [18:43:06] thank you! [18:43:16] Thanks! [18:43:46] Pretty sure that is the second one we've seen here [18:45:28] seanrooney leaves the room [18:46:28] LAT : 53.50039 , LON : -168.818147 , DEPTH : 1473.3838 m, TEMP : 2.24461 C, SAL : 34.49081 PSU, DO : 1.08544 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.2027 FTU [18:47:15] slightly different, as cerata were tipped with a lighter color, while the first one wasn't... could be intraspecific variation though [18:47:38] robertcarney leaves the room [18:47:57] oh nice! [18:48:07] can we get view of cirri/feet? [18:48:20] might be Florometra [18:49:29] thank you, pretty sure that's Florometra [18:49:32] stevenauscavitch leaves the room [18:49:37] ervangarrison leaves the room [18:49:59] seanrooney leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [18:50:11] Tina: There is a starfish thé same angle and same distance from sponge ..as the pair that was collected [18:51:25] Oph note - they seem to be over dispersed as opposed to randon or clumped. If so, they are avoiding contact with one another... eyeball assessment of patterns is, however, risky [18:51:29] LAT : 53.500389 , LON : -168.81798 , DEPTH : 1469.9186 m, TEMP : 2.25785 C, SAL : 34.48803 PSU, DO : 1.12721 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0379 FTU [18:52:13] seanrooney leaves the room [18:54:46] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [18:56:30] LAT : 53.500317 , LON : -168.818035 , DEPTH : 1470.6762 m, TEMP : 2.25405 C, SAL : 34.48745 PSU, DO : 1.10577 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.044 FTU [18:56:40] robertcarney leaves the room [18:57:18] another Florometra [18:58:12] more Florometra [18:58:54] Perhaps a dead sponge under there... [18:59:11] Nudibranch feeding on the hydroid [19:01:13] bivalves in the fuzz...Amusium like? [19:01:18] Lophaster [19:01:22] a predator on crinoids! [19:01:27] sorry Kelly! [19:01:32] LAT : 53.500336 , LON : -168.817827 , DEPTH : 1468.472 m, TEMP : 2.27126 C, SAL : 34.48433 PSU, DO : 1.08051 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.6728 FTU [19:02:19] I agree that the small fish was a snailfish [19:02:33] Amphipods [19:02:49] robertcarney leaves the room [19:02:54] with lots of amphipod babies all around them? [19:03:03] merlinbest leaves the room [19:03:12] LLooks like a tunicate [19:03:27] Amphipods are brooders, and at least some show maternal care, so those could be offspring from the larger two. [19:03:44] those amphipods are neat! [19:03:52] Complete conjecture on my part! [19:04:16] oh nice! [19:04:29] genus Amathillopsis [19:04:39] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [19:04:58] seanrooney leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [19:06:02] robertcarney leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [19:06:28] probably Amathillopsis annectens which we found in our 2004 cruise and is in the animal guide [19:06:32] LAT : 53.500201 , LON : -168.817645 , DEPTH : 1466.4 m, TEMP : 2.27061 C, SAL : 34.48397 PSU, DO : 1.0782 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.5079 FTU [19:08:04] The ctenophores we are seeing all have the same pigment pattern with 4 darkened patches in the tips of the digestive space that extends into the lobes, and then one at the aboral end. [19:08:21] caprellids also often have their young hanging around them for some period of time. When "danger" approaches they climb on the mother. [19:08:28] e.g. at the oral tip of the meridonal canal [19:08:37] robertcarney leaves the room [19:08:42] ooo! is that a starfish on the right feeding?? [19:08:50] baby caprellids clinging to mom sounds adorable. [19:08:56] @Les: yes, it was the caprellids I was thinking of when I fired off my conjecture. [19:09:12] ChristinaConrath leaves the room [19:09:38] cherylmorrison leaves the room [19:09:39] OH NICE! Solaster feeding on...something [19:10:22] there are also antarcturid isopods in the Aleutian area that carry their young on their antennae. I suppose at some point the young climb off but stay near the parent. [19:11:32] LAT : 53.500331 , LON : -168.817729 , DEPTH : 1464.7242 m, TEMP : 2.27078 C, SAL : 34.48456 PSU, DO : 1.1043 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0867 FTU [19:11:48] Well, I did predict there would be a lot of life on the seafloor taking advantage of the marine snow... But I was hoping for a bit more hard substrate! [19:12:38] yeah @Scott, this is a bit too much echinoderm heaven for us cnidarian lovers. [19:12:42] robertcarney leaves the room [19:13:55] brisingid [19:14:18] An awful lot of subsurface pumping going on as well, as evidenced by all the lighter patches. [19:14:27] no worries. [19:14:36] Brisingid without the arms curled upward [19:14:45] Not feeding? [19:14:52] the occasional close-up shows regenerating arm tips on the ophis, so something is going on.... don't see many fish so maybe its too many interactions with other ophis.... [19:14:59] brisingids are unusual in this area. [19:15:45] Scott is correct-usually the arms are raised up and feeding in the current. [19:16:07] octopus! [19:16:25] seanrooney leaves the room [19:16:32] LAT : 53.50025 , LON : -168.817438 , DEPTH : 1462.0837 m, TEMP : 2.28069 C, SAL : 34.48316 PSU, DO : 1.11725 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.1111 FTU [19:17:10] robertcarney leaves the room: Replaced by new connection [19:18:25] leswatling leaves the room [19:18:45] It's a Muusoctopus. [19:19:00] Nice hydroid forest too :) There is a sea spider (pygnogonid) on it too [19:19:28] without a specimen, I won't be able to get it to specie however, the texture on the mantle is really interesting. [19:19:37] robertcarney leaves the room [19:20:15] That was awesome! Thanks for the great images! [19:21:01] Kelp or anemone tentacle captered by ophiuroid... [19:21:33] LAT : 53.500144 , LON : -168.817416 , DEPTH : 1461.2341 m, TEMP : 2.28057 C, SAL : 34.48342 PSU, DO : 1.10064 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.2393 FTU [19:21:39] the formal term is "arm" :-) [19:22:41] What is right of the gastropod? [19:22:49] Myriotrochus synaptid holo near gastropod [19:22:53] something poking out of sediment... [19:22:57] note the oph on all 4s.. [19:23:02] Ah - thanks Bob [19:23:04] There are hydroids growing on the snail [19:23:14] Probably hydractiniids [19:23:18] For a minute I thought it might be a stauromedusan [19:24:17] @scott the tentacles were tricky, but calcareous ring at oral end was visible [19:24:29] seanrooney leaves the room [19:25:23] ChristinaConrath leaves the room [19:25:25] Chionoecetes [19:25:36] Contracted anemone [19:25:46] probably on a dead sponge stalk [19:26:05] Roand had it right [19:26:23] sorry - Roland had it right. A contracted venus fly-trap like anemone [19:26:23] leswatling leaves the room [19:26:34] LAT : 53.500061 , LON : -168.817308 , DEPTH : 1460.7535 m, TEMP : 2.28087 C, SAL : 34.48472 PSU, DO : 1.08681 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.1416 FTU [19:26:41] and the anemone is attached to a dead sponge stalk [19:27:23] who' s that white star? [19:27:37] robertcarney leaves the room [19:28:38] From a distance the open anemones look like gulper fish! [19:29:07] Looks like an anthothelid-type octocoral... [19:29:21] lithodid crab [19:29:29] Or is it a soft coral...? [19:29:33] ooh soft coral! [19:29:44] Yes. A soft coral, nephtheid like [19:29:48] Tina: Hormatiidae [19:29:49] Possibly Gersemia juliepackardae [19:29:57] So no internal skeleton... [19:30:01] little baby basket star! [19:30:01] robertcarney leaves the room [19:30:10] the main axis you can think of as inflated with water [19:30:21] so the whole colony could collapse just like an anemone [19:30:56] wow they're sure making the most of whatever hard substrate is hiding under there [19:31:03] should we collect? [19:31:04] collect? [19:31:08] Yup - baby basket star on the neptheid [19:31:13] yeah.. those little white things are baby basket stars.. or maybe small adults?? [19:31:18] of some other species [19:31:34] I don't know how well these are represented from trawls in the area, so I have no opi nion on copllection [19:31:35] LAT : 53.500158 , LON : -168.817157 , DEPTH : 1457.4501 m, TEMP : 2.28799 C, SAL : 34.48769 PSU, DO : 1.03857 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0684 FTU [19:32:02] ok moving on [19:32:09] seanrooney leaves the room [19:32:34] ooo! who is this? [19:33:50] another brisingid [19:33:59] robertcarney leaves the room [19:34:45] Interesting that again arms aren't raised. Perhaps not necessary here as gthere is so much new material deposited on the seafloor. [19:35:15] thomasmorrow leaves the room [19:36:23] Oh the sponge is a Chondrocladia (ping pong tree sponge) (sorry if that was said before, I tuned in later) [19:36:34] LAT : 53.500104 , LON : -168.816993 , DEPTH : 1455.5312 m, TEMP : 2.28989 C, SAL : 34.47961 PSU, DO : 1.06668 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0562 FTU [19:36:40] Another algae snack [19:37:13] Great! Thanks Lara [19:37:29] would be interesting to come here to see what the bottom is like after the summer bloom is over. [19:37:31] Interesting the number of gastropods seen today. We don't usually see them as frequently as today. [19:37:37] robertcarney leaves the room [19:38:28] another amphipod family [19:38:44] @ Chris...arms also "stocky" what distinguishes Fryella ? [19:39:26] @scott, when you say "usually" do you mean in this region? [19:39:54] pooo! there's something buried [19:40:09] Tina: I think we have basketstars baby at Gersemia in teh White sea [19:40:38] @robertcarney Freyella has flat plates covering arm and disk. The one we saw is more like Hymenodiscus or Brisinga with ribs along the arm. spines on the disk [19:41:30] @Kelley: I meant in my experience with previous Okeanos dives prior to this expediiton. So many years of observations in the deep sea, but not in Aleutians (e.g. far north) habitats at this depth [19:41:35] LAT : 53.500179 , LON : -168.816925 , DEPTH : 1453.9472 m, TEMP : 2.28668 C, SAL : 34.48096 PSU, DO : 1.03931 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.9353 FTU [19:41:40] robertcarney leaves the room [19:41:53] Agree with Rhian.. food. possibly something meaty? [19:42:33] @Kelley: that is, I don''t have enough in situ knowledge of Aleutians to say if this is expected or not (I forget many details fro our 2004 expedition here!_ [19:42:34] kellymarkello leaves the room [19:43:27] thanks Scott. [19:44:37] robertcarney leaves the room [19:44:46] oh WOW! what's the big one on the left?? [19:46:35] LAT : 53.500139 , LON : -168.816813 , DEPTH : 1453.1169 m, TEMP : 2.27411 C, SAL : 34.48699 PSU, DO : 1.04984 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.3187 FTU [19:46:45] Venus flytrap sea anemone is a passive suspension feeder, and orients itself on its often slender column so that it faces the upwelling current [19:47:47] BIG STARFISH [19:47:52] I don't know how the Chondrocladia are supposed to catch anything with all those echinoderms hanging all over it. [19:47:55] quick zoom? [19:48:19] Wow. Solaster but such a big one [19:48:23] seanrooney leaves the room [19:48:34] thank you! [19:49:29] @Les: perhaps that is why we keep finding dead sponge stalks! [19:49:53] yeah, makes sense. [19:51:32] love these hydroid balls with ma and pa amphipod and family [19:51:35] We've seen many of these hydroid colonies. I suggest later if we haven't filled the biobox with other collections, this could be worth a collection since otherwise they would likely only come up mangled in trawls. [19:51:38] LAT : 53.499991 , LON : -168.816645 , DEPTH : 1450.3293 m, TEMP : 2.27962 C, SAL : 34.48261 PSU, DO : 1.07953 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.6606 FTU [19:52:19] Noted scott [19:52:23] The hydroids are probably a mix of diff. species growing on each other. Would be really interesting to collect (also to get all the associated fauna) [19:52:27] good point @Scott. [19:52:32] emilycrum leaves the room [19:52:51] Currents pushing us around for sure [19:52:58] Hermit crab [19:53:08] ? [19:53:09] seanrooney leaves the room [19:54:00] With all this food in the water and with what we are seeing, I bet the wall we wantd to dive would be quite covered in life... [19:55:16] @Rhian: cruel. [19:55:44] @Rhian, in 2004 we did a couple of canyon walls, but they were actually a little disappointing. I think the geologists thought there was too much movement of things coming down the canyon... @Scott might remember better than me. [19:56:19] @Les: Hah! Not likely. [19:56:20] dead seastar? [19:56:33] I'll bet a pile of digested bits that was under one of those sunstars. [19:56:37] LAT : 53.499958 , LON : -168.816534 , DEPTH : 1447.4983 m, TEMP : 2.28668 C, SAL : 34.4801 PSU, DO : 1.12993 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.6239 FTU [19:57:00] clump of pterpods? Holothuroid death? [19:57:43] amphipods in lower left... could just see the pigmented legs tips [19:57:52] @Les: not sure why, but I have a hard time remembering much from the videos during that cruise. I can see the specimens in the lab, but not the in situ stuff in my mind's eye. [19:58:50] @Scott, I have had occasion to go back to the Jason virtual van so maybe that's why I have certain impressions... but spotty for sure.... [19:59:09] seanrooney leaves the room [19:59:19] Also, we never received any copies of the hi res video.... [19:59:27] or still images... [19:59:32] That to. [20:00:48] you really should grab this hydroid and amphipod ball.... it is loaded! [20:01:03] FYI we are gonna try to grab the hydroid [20:01:22] Good choice. [20:01:35] Bet the crinoid will gracefully swim away. [20:01:39] LAT : 53.499867 , LON : -168.816244 , DEPTH : 1444.6042 m, TEMP : 2.29801 C, SAL : 34.47475 PSU, DO : 1.08532 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.9353 FTU [20:01:49] FYI winds are picking up here with gusts close to 29 knots now. not sure how long we'll get to hang out. [20:01:57] ChristinaConrath leaves the room [20:02:05] Boo winds. [20:02:13] Haha.. @Scott I was just going to suggest maybe the crinoid would hand around.... [20:02:25] *hang [20:02:36] @Les: Good to have two alternatives for a wager... [20:02:51] robertcarney leaves the room [20:03:09] seanrooney leaves the room [20:03:09] We could take bets on the crinoid.... [20:03:15] i expect it will flee... Florometra are fairly common in collections but always appreciate fresh material [20:03:21] I was on the run away side [20:03:24] I'm curious what these hydroids are growing on. [20:03:29] emilycrum leaves the room [20:03:49] Sponge skeleton or polychaete tube. [20:04:12] robertcarney leaves the room [20:04:18] I think on that last close-up I saw what looked like sponge mass. [20:04:32] Hopefully we'll see [20:04:35] 29 knots wind!? it is strong... [20:04:38] Wonder what the amphipods will do...? Clench or flee? [20:04:46] Tina: Bet the crinoid will lose some of arms [20:05:09] @Asako: too bad no hard substrate yet for Clacigorgia. By the way, I cannot read what you are pasting into the chat. [20:05:17] I hope at least some will stay [20:05:23] *Calcigorgia, of course. [20:06:08] The hydroid looks like family Sertularellidae (tyical zick-zack shape and quite thick thecae) [20:06:38] LAT : 53.499798 , LON : -168.816462 , DEPTH : 1444.2412 m, TEMP : 2.29635 C, SAL : 34.47466 PSU, DO : 1.07828 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.2454 FTU [20:06:42] @Scott you cant read all text I copied? I copied the text from Tina. [20:07:24] Am I the only one seeing "[object Object]" on Asako's posts? Or can the rest of you read her text? [20:07:27] @Scott which [20:07:37] looks that way to me too [20:07:43] I see same as you [20:07:57] No, that's what I see too [20:08:00] Oh, sorry [20:08:03] Thanks Lara, have that noted [20:08:14] I don't know why. I will try to check. [20:08:17] Definitely on a sponge [20:08:26] Tina: very lazy crinoid( [20:08:30] how about this? [20:08:40] Knew there had to be a hard substrate somewhere for these suspension feeders! [20:08:46] large sponge base [20:08:51] wow docile feather star [20:08:56] Likely hydroid [20:08:58] @Asako: still just "[object Object]" eveytime you post. [20:09:10] it might be a different species from Florometra. one of the non-swimmers [20:09:27] There are about 5 species >1000 m in Alaska [20:09:50] @Scott I thought Yesterday it worked. Thank you for letting me know. this time I copied as "plain text. [20:10:22] Well, that is going to have a bunch of associates, so perhaps you need to ask for a loop around Unalaska before you go into port! [20:10:43] jenniferaschoff leaves the room [20:10:46] pamgoddard leaves the room [20:10:50] It looks same for me. but when I type, you can read... [20:10:55] For viewer interest: those "roots" are the elongated silica spicules of the sponge (if that hasn't been said already) [20:10:57] Definitely some associates :) [20:11:14] @asako nothing you are posting is coming through. it all reads "object object" [20:11:20] seanrooney leaves the room [20:11:33] Sorry for everyone!! [20:11:35] Thanks Scott! [20:11:40] LAT : 53.49984 , LON : -168.816349 , DEPTH : 1445.3039 m, TEMP : 2.30092 C, SAL : 34.47485 PSU, DO : 1.07829 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.1233 FTU [20:11:53] And I lost the bet, the crinoid stayed! [20:12:05] @chris I know Florometra is not the only comatulid, the previous ones we've been seeing were definitely not Floro [20:12:22] would love to check ID on it when it gets to Smithsonian [20:12:24] Excellent! looks like some of the amphipods bailed out but several stayed. And what's with the comatulid not leaving!? [20:12:29] I didn't expect pilot to be so gentle! That is my defense for not paying on the wager! [20:13:01] I thought it would swim away too... [20:13:16] oh wow! big star to the left!! [20:13:20] Sorry to say have to leave. Will check the replay later to see what other fun you had. [20:14:44] TIna: nice stone [20:14:48] leswatling leaves the room [20:14:53] Can we look at the boulder? [20:15:09] They're working on it! [20:15:14] Hippasteria [20:15:17] trying. pilots are positioning [20:15:47] I figured! Just didn't want to not say anything and miss it! Thank you! [20:16:03] look at all the pedicellariae [20:16:18] looks like Hippasteria heathi. [20:16:39] LAT : 53.499776 , LON : -168.816294 , DEPTH : 1443.7903 m, TEMP : 2.3292 C, SAL : 34.47421 PSU, DO : 1.06706 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0501 FTU [20:16:50] these were documented as coral predators .but not sure what its easting. [20:16:53] eating [20:16:54] @everyone if you see [object][object] again, please let me know! [20:17:23] @Asako: still cannot read your posts. [20:18:05] blob sculpin [20:18:07] @asako - you can't copy and paste into the chat if that's what is going on, ot links too [20:18:26] lithodid crab [20:18:29] What are the disks on the rock? [20:18:32] scallops! [20:18:36] Ah - bivalves [20:19:08] Or are they brachipods...? [20:19:15] Sorry - brachiopods. [20:19:37] Reproductive hydroids to the left [20:19:55] bryozoans [20:19:59] interesting, we found leech-like critters on our recent survey as well! i've never seen them in deep-sea samples before this year [20:20:42] I think Rhian you were right that the upright ones may be egg cases. [20:20:59] I think it ate an octopus! [20:21:00] Lots of zoanthids on the lower edge of rock [20:21:26] They don't usually have those cricles? [20:21:30] seanrooney leaves the room [20:21:39] LAT : 53.499785 , LON : -168.816221 , DEPTH : 1443.1211 m, TEMP : 2.30626 C, SAL : 34.47627 PSU, DO : 1.08363 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 1.0745 FTU [20:21:41] *laugh* if you end up picking up this or some other rock.. the NMNH doesn't have any brachiopods from >1000 m!!! [20:22:15] luckily this rock is too big [20:22:18] @Chris: we can drop a marker here for you to come back with rock dredge. [20:22:37] lots of associates with this rock. [20:22:40] no worries. I'm sure one will turn up! [20:22:58] HOO HOO! [20:23:46] It is no wonder there are no corals living here: the larvae don't stand a chance! [20:24:03] yes. I think so. A benthopectinid.. Nearchaster I think [20:24:08] color is yellow vs. orange [20:25:34] and then Solaster sp. [20:26:05] Only Hippasteria is really known to feed on corals.. Solaster and Nearchaster.. the big ones aren't recorded as corallivores. [20:26:16] plenty to eat though.. [20:26:19] larabeckmann leaves the room [20:26:40] LAT : 53.499901 , LON : -168.816002 , DEPTH : 1442.6409 m, TEMP : 2.29683 C, SAL : 34.4752 PSU, DO : 1.06278 mg/l, TURBIDITY : 4.4078 FTU [20:28:33] seanrooney leaves the room [20:29:35] Can you keep an eye out for any burrowed octopods? It's not documented from this area but in the Antarctic, the small octopods burrow into the mud. Pretty sure that blob sculpin ate our second octopod of the dive. [20:30:00] robertcarney leaves the room [20:30:30]