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Car-sized ball of squid eggs filmed off the coast of Turkey

RR Helm July 24, 2015

Oh July 9th, 2015 a group of lucky divers happened upon something truly remarkable–A 4-meter-wide clear sphere floating off the coast of a small town in Turkey.…

Abyss Adaptations Cephalopods Ecology Evolution Intertidal Mating & Reproduction Mollusk Paleobiology Pelagic Shelf Uncategorized Weird

Malacology Monthly: Cephalopod Compendium

Even if you don’t care much for marine invertebrates, you gotta love Cephalopods. Squid, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish, they have the stylish panache and quirky evolutionary…

Abyss Biology Education Expeditions Life At Sea Mammals Open Access Pelagic Scientist! Vessels and Equipment

Video: Rare sperm whale encounter with deep-sea ROV

RR Helm April 15, 2015

“if you’re watching on channel one the super sampler is…THE HECK IS THAT?!” And that is the start of an absolutely breathtaking real life close encounter…

Abyss Biology Conservation & Environment Coral Coral Reef Ecology Industry & Government Oil Spills

Given the choice, corals would prefer oil to dispersant

Dr. M April 8, 2015 Coral deep sea Deepwater Horizon dispersant Gulf of Mexico Macondo oil Oil Spill

Just near 6 million liters of oil spilled out of Macondo well in 2010, about 6 supertankers worth of oil. The ramifications of the oil…

Abyss Biology Cephalopods Ecology Mollusk Polar Weird

Super Colossal

Douglas Long April 8, 2015 Antarctica Colossal Squid deep sea Mesonychoteuthis New Zealand sperm whale squid Te Papa

Twelve years ago this month, a super squid was captured. On April 1, 2003, a massive squid was pulled up from the sub-antarctic waters south…

Abyss Biology Cephalopods Organisms Seamount

Squid 1, Shark 0

Dr. M March 16, 2015

In the South Pacific, hovering over the peaks of seamounts at depths more than one kilometer deep swims a squid. This dark red squid, Idioteuthis…

Abyss Biology Cnidaria Coral Crustacean Echinoderms Expeditions Organisms Sponge Bitches! Vessels and Equipment

The Animals of the Musashi Battleship

Dr. M March 11, 2015 battleship Invertebrate Musahsi Paul Allen shipwreck Sibuyan Sea

On November 1st, 1940 the Imperial Japanese Navy launched the Yamato Class Battleship the Musashi. She and her sister ship, Yamato, were the heaviest and most powerfully…

Abyss Adaptations Biology Coral Reef Evolution Hadal & Trench Intertidal Mollusk Organisms Paleobiology Pelagic Polar Seamount Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Shelf Uncategorized

Malacology Monday

Douglas Long March 9, 2015 Gary Busey malacology mineralization molluscs mollusks sea shells shells taxonomy

You already know that Deep Sea News provides expert reporting, in-depth analysis, first-person research, and sarcastic mockery of contemporary topics relevant to our ocean world.…

Abyss Evolution Microbes Uncategorized

The weird sizes and exotic shapes of nematode worms

Holly Bik January 15, 2015 nematode Phylogeny Reproduction sediments sizing ocean giants Spicules story of size

FACT: We study evolution in nematodes by constructing trees out of their penis size. Ok, well a “penis” in male nematodes is actually a hard copulatory…

Abyss Adaptations Biology Favorite Species Habitats Organisms Sponge Bitches!

These are a few of my favorite species: The magnificent and very large sponge Monorhaphis chuni

Dr. M December 16, 2014 giant Glass Sponge spicule sponges

Within the glass sponges (Hexactinellids), so called because of scaffolds of silica spicules they form, resides a family of sponges, the Monorhaphididae. Family here is…