The following polychaete worm, probably a Nereid, was found in our deep sea mussel tanks. Often times we will collect a bunch of mussels in…
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Epsilonproteobacteria Everywhere
“Epsilonproteobacteria, it turns out, are one of the predominant groups of extremophiles in marine systems. In one environmental DNA sample taken from a hydrothermal vent,…
View More Epsilonproteobacteria EverywhereBacteria On Rocks
Here’s a quiz for you kids. Which of the habitats above possesses the most microbes? A. Fresh Volcanic Basalt on the seafloor, B. Sargasso Sea…
View More Bacteria On RocksHydrothermal Vent Octopus Ladies Discovered
Researchers have been very concerned about the paucity of females of Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis, an octopus inhabiting the hydrothermal vent community of the Eastern Pacific Rise.…
View More Hydrothermal Vent Octopus Ladies DiscoveredNew Deep-Sea Communities From Whale Poo
A species of holothurian, Pannychia, swarms a whale fecal mound in the abyssal Pacific. When Miriam visited me last week at MBARI, we discussed over…
View More New Deep-Sea Communities From Whale PooDeep Oceans and Deep Space
I don’t study hydrothermal vents. I rather enjoy the deep muddy ooze, and its organisms, that comprise much of the earth’s surface. Not that I…
View More Deep Oceans and Deep SpaceWhen Spider Crabs Meet Subs
The following is a cartoon drawn by the boson of the R/V Ronald H. Brown.
View More When Spider Crabs Meet SubsWho Will Fund the Census of Marine Life?
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…
View More Who Will Fund the Census of Marine Life?Ladies of the Bone-Devouring Worm Prefer Their Boys Tiny and in Harems
These chicas are freaky. But if you lived on a whale vertebrae and eat through bone, perhaps you’d be a little on the kinky side…
View More Ladies of the Bone-Devouring Worm Prefer Their Boys Tiny and in HaremsFriday Deep Sea Picture: March of the Brisingids
Picture copyright C. Fisher/Ridge2000 Brisingids look like crinoids, but they are actually sea stars, just kind of turned over. this particular beauty is Freyella sp.…
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