A new species of squid, 0.7 meteres (2.3ft) in length was discovered among the 7,000 samples from taken from seamounts in the southern Indian Ocean. The newly discovered squid is from the chiroteuthids characterized by long slender bodies and fantastic bioluminescence displays. . Via New large squid found in southern Indian Ocean and additional pictures . . . → Read More: New squid found in Indian Ocean
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By Dr. M, on  November 15th, 2010  One comment  Cephalopods, Expeditions, New Research, Seamount  Cephalopod, Indian Ocean, Seamount, squid SARDI scientists have discovered an extinct volcano (800m across and 200m high) 2km below the surface and 100 nautical miles offshore in a protected area of the Great Australian Bight. They were mapping a strip of seabed in the middle of the Benthic Protection Zone and tripped over the feature, now named “Anna’s Pimple”. . . . → Read More: Say Hello to Anna’s Pimple
By Dr. M, on October 20th, 2010 2 comments Cephalopods, Expeditions, Scientist!, Seamount cirrate octopus, MBARI, octopoda, Octopus, Seamount, Taney This ghostly-looking orange cirrate octopus was observed with the MBARI’s ROV Doc Ricketts on my recent research cruise to the Taney Seamounts. These finned octopuses belong to an order of animals called Cirrata named for the presence of hair-like structures called ‘cirri’ which may aid these animals in the capture of food. via YouTube – . . . → Read More: Ghostly critters of the deep sea: Cirrate octopus
By Dr. M, on July 19th, 2010 Leave a comment Expeditions, New Research, Organisms, Seamount Barnacle, cirri, exploration, indonesia, Kawio Barat, NOAA, Okeanos Explorer, Seamount, Sulawesi, Volcano This is a perspective view of the Kawio Barat (West Kawio) seamount looking from the northwest. The underwater volcano rises around 3,800 meters from the seafloor. Credit: Image courtesy of INDEX 2010: “Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region.” The join Indonesia – U.S. exploration of the deep ocean north of Sulawesi, Indonesia mapped . . . → Read More: Update on NOAA Expedition in the Indian Ocean
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 20th, 2010 2 comments Ecology, New Research, Seamount biogeography, Biome, Blue Marble, Mountains in the Sea, NOAA, oceanography, Peter Etnoyer, Seamount Peter Etnoyer is a deep sea coral habitat specialist with NOAA’s National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) in Charleston, SC. He returns to Deep Sea News to deliver this important report on an exciting new development in deep sea science. The journal Oceanography published a new full-color thematic issue online, devoted to understanding seamounts, . . . → Read More: Guest Post: The Largest Habitats on Earth
By Dr. M, on April 13th, 2010 One comment Carnivals & Link Love, Ecology, Education, Giant Isopod, New Research, Organisms, Reviews, Scientist!, Seamount American Scientist, bivalve, deep sea, Ecology, evolution, Gastropod, Giant Isopod, Hydrothermal Vent, island rule, isopocalypse, MBARI, Monterey Canyan, National Geographic, NESCent, New Species, Organisms, Seamount, Sigma Xi, Snail, Southern Fried Science, twitter A potential new species of nudibranch (white box) on a bubblegum coral You might have noticed that my posting frequency is down recently. Why? 1. Kevin Z convinced me to start Tweeting. There seems to be an inverse relationship to my writing for DSN and posting Tweets. Previous attempts to integrate our Twitter content into . . . → Read More: What’s New With the Dr. M and the Oceans?
By Dr. M, on November 23rd, 2009 2 comments Conservation & Environment, Expeditions, New Research, Open Access, Organisms, Scientist!, Seamount, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls abyss, Census of Marine Life, CoML, Seamount, taxonomy Over ten years ago Fred Grassle, a marine biologist with deep-sea tendencies, and Jesse Ausubel, program director for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, started conversing on an initiative to document the biodiversity of the oceans. That program, the Census of Marine Life, started in 2000 with the goal “to advance a major new international observational program . . . → Read More: Cataloging Life On the Deep-Sea Floor
By Kevin Zelnio, on October 20th, 2009 One comment Coral, Organisms, Seamount Atlantic, Corner Rise, Eric Heupel, New England, NOAA, Seamount And it only gets worse if our nation’s children, those that will grow up to be future policy-makers and voters when we are all in depends or 6 feet underground, don’t have an appreciation for the ocean and its myriad of issues! Donate NOW to Oceans in the Classrooms! Reject a future of barren . . . → Read More: This is Your Seamounts… On Fishing
By Dr. M, on September 22nd, 2009 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Geology, New Research, Organisms, Paleobiology, Scientist!, Seamount, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls abyss, biogeography, canyon, deep sea, geography, landscape diversity, Mosely, Organisms, range size, Seamount, seeps, Trench, vents, volcanic “There is absolutely nothing to restrict the geographical ranges of animals in the deep sea. Dr. Wallich, the pioneer of deep-sea research, eighteen years ago recognized the deep homothermal sea “As the great highway for animal migration, extending pole to pole” Below 500 fathoms it is everywhere dark and cold, and there are no ridges . . . → Read More: Biogeography of the Deep Sea
By Dr. M, on August 24th, 2009 2 comments Expeditions, Geology, Organisms, Scientist! Expedition, lava, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, ridge, Seamount, Volcano Just a reminder that Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) and I will participating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition to the northern Pacific. Leg 5 of the expedition, starting Friday of this week, focuses on sampling lava flows that erupted during historic time on the Juan de Fuca and Gorda . . . → Read More: Pacific Northwest Expedition
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