⟳ Репост от Dr Craig R McClain
WHOA. remember this? there's like 40 snake stars on this coral! Maybe Asteroschema? 1400 m in Wilmington Canyon in the North Atlantic! that's a LOTTA Lovin' by those ophs on that coral! #Okeanos in 2019
Deep-sea biologist. Two obsessions: the biodiversity of Earth's largest habitat, and why body size varies across all of life. Science communicator, ocean's weirdest animals daily.
WHOA. remember this? there's like 40 snake stars on this coral! Maybe Asteroschema? 1400 m in Wilmington Canyon in the North Atlantic! that's a LOTTA Lovin' by those ophs on that coral! #Okeanos in 2019
A synallactid sea cucumber at 3700 m seamount B2, Cook Islands, #okeanos showing off its food/guts through its translucent body!
ACORN WORM in fine form with distinct sediment poop spiral! 5700 m #okeanos #wormwednesday