How Life Thrives Under the Ocean’s Crushing Pressure
Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a…
Crabzilla! Queen Of The Deep!
Chionoecetes tanneri (chio-snow and ioketes-inhabitant) are commonly referred to as Grooved Tanner Crabs and related to the more commercially important snow crab, C. opilio. C.…
View More Crabzilla! Queen Of The Deep!Monstrous sea anemone from 2500m
An enormous sea anemone from 2500m depth on the East Pacific Rise was reported in the journal Marine Biology. The monstrous actiniarian Boloceroides daphneae had a column diameter of 1m, a tentacle crown of 2m diameter, and tentacles trailing an estimated 3m and more.
View More Monstrous sea anemone from 2500mDeep coral happenings on Capitol Hill
We have a new state in this country! Welcome number 53. It’s called “The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States” Of course,…
View More Deep coral happenings on Capitol HillInstant Anthozoa
There is so much happening in the field of deep-sea coral research right now that there is no way to cover everything in detail without…
View More Instant AnthozoaArrgh! Down to Davy Jones' Locker With You!
This is a notice that DSN has changed names to The Davy Jones News Report. Kidding…Because of the slowness of end-o-year, deep-sea related news, I…
View More Arrgh! Down to Davy Jones' Locker With You!God of the Sea (and Horses)
The buccinid gastropod Neptunea amianta (Dall, 1890) is a deep-water species found off the North American west coast. Typically boreal, the range extends as far…
View More God of the Sea (and Horses)Ocean Front Property in Arizona
A new study in Nature: Geoscience suggests that current estimates of sea-level rise in response to global warming are too low. Rohling et al. utilize…
View More Ocean Front Property in ArizonaGet Used to Acidic Oceans
Mark at blogfish is the bearer of bad news this morning. Ocean acidification is permanent, even with reductions in CO2 (like that will ever happen).…
View More Get Used to Acidic OceansIsopod Love Song
Kevin Zelnio is at the top of my list for musicians singing about invertebrates and the deep sea. The competition is small but Kevin is…
View More Isopod Love SongChikyu Vs. The Earthquake
Behemoth is the only word that comes to mind as I discuss, with mouth agape, about the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu. JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency…
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