Exploring the Blue Economy Biotechnology Potential of Deepwater Habitats

May 1 - 14, 2022

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Orange Encrusting Sponge Sample

Orange Encrusting Sponge Sample

Organizing and Labeling Organisms

Organizing and Labeling Organisms

Preparing ROV Mohawk

Preparing ROV Mohawk

Field of Red and Orange Finger Sponges

Field of Red and Orange Finger Sponges

Bryozoan Schizoporella sp.

Bryozoan Schizoporella sp.

Spotted Eel

Chocolate Chip Sea Cucumber

“Chocolate Chip Sea Cucumber”

Aiolochroia crassa

Aiolochroia crassa

Unidentified Sponge

Unidentified Sponge

Rocky Outcrop

Elvers Banks

Chironephthya caribaea

Chironephthya caribaea

Beautiful Sponges

Beautiful Sponges

Esther Guzmán

Samples Collected

Samples Collected

Processing Marine Invertebrate Specimens

Processing Marine Invertebrate Specimens

Octocoral

Cryogenic Tubes

Cryogenic Tubes

Cryopreservation in the Lab

Cryopreservation in the Lab

Corndog Sponge in a Petri Dish

“Corndog Sponge” in a Petri Dish

Purple Sponge

Plate Sponges

Orange Encrusting Sponge

Orange Encrusting Sponge

Xestospongia sp.

Xestospongia sp.

Orange Sponge

Corndog Sponge

"Corndog Sponge"

Purple Algae

Unusual Sponge

Gray-fingered Sponge

Gray-fingered Sponge

Geodia Sponge

Geodia Sponge

Sponge Verongula sp.

Sponge (Verongula sp.)

Petrosia sp.

Dry Lab

Remotely Operated Vehicle Mohawk

Remotely Operated Vehicle Mohawk

Research Vessel Point Sur

Research Vessel Point Sur

Spongosorites

Examples of Organisms

Examples of Organisms

ROV Mohawk