Deepest Fish On Film
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By , on November 15th, 2009 5 comments   Biodiversity, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , , , , , , ,  

In 2008 we reported on the 7700 meter record for filming fish, video above,  Using a remote lander, a group filmed Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, a deep-water snailfish, found only in the Northwest Pacific between  6.1km to 7.5km deep. Now this same group filmed swarms of the snailfish Notoliparis kermadecensis nibbling at bait 7560 meters, the deepest for . . . → Read More: Deepest Fish On Film

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The Deepest Crinoids
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By , on July 14th, 2009 3 comments   Biodiversity, Critters, New Research   , , , , , , ,  

Japanese researchers recently set a record with the deepest in-situ observation of a criniod. In the words of the authors, Previous records of stalked crinoids from hadal depths (exceeding 6000 m) are extremely rare, and no in-situ information has been available. We show here that stalked crinoids live densely on rocky substrates at depths . . . → Read More: The Deepest Crinoids

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