#2 Genus Osedax (Phylum: Annelida, Class: Polychaeta, Order: Sabellida, Family: Siboglinidae) BONEZ1!! WE WANTZ UR BONEZ!! Perhaps the scariest deep sea creature, Osedax (latin for…
View More The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #2: Bone-Devouring Zombie Worms from HellCategory: Habitats
Top 5 Ways to Pimp your Google Earth
by Peter Etnoyer There’s a lot of anticipation surrounding the Google Ocean project, but so far, we’re all still waiting. Meanwhile, applications are bubbling up…
View More Top 5 Ways to Pimp your Google EarthThanks George Bush!
Yellow sponge (Staurocalyptus sp. nov.), basket star (Gorgonocephalus sp.), white ruffle sponge (Farrea occa), and white-branched sponge (Asbestopluma sp. nov.) on the Davidson Seamount at…
View More Thanks George Bush!4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems
YEAH!!!!! One of my favorite conferences (naturally) put up the first curricular for the 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems. It was formerly called the…
View More 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based EcosystemsToo Hot In The Hot Tub!
Listen. I know hot water, mainly because I am always in it. A new study reports the hottest water ever recorded 464 degrees C (867.2…
View More Too Hot In The Hot Tub!Record-Setting Northernmost Vents Discovered
It was only 3 years ago when the northernmost vents were found in the Arctic Ocean at 71 degrees, just above Iceland. Dr. Rolf Pedersen…
View More Record-Setting Northernmost Vents DiscoveredTGIF: mmmmmm… Whale
This whale fall video was produced by the laboratory of Dr. Craig Smith, University of Hawaii (craigsmi at hawaii dot edu).
View More TGIF: mmmmmm… WhaleFriday Deep Sea Picture: Polychaete From Aquarium
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…
View More Friday Deep Sea Picture: Polychaete From AquariumEpsilonproteobacteria 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…
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