Dive 05: Brutal Brittle Stars
Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin. Download (mp4, 22.7 MB)

A highlight of Dive 05 at Jarvis Island was observing a group of ophiuroids capture and eat a squid (Abralia sp.) that was swimming by. Our science team was shocked to see this behavior from a brittlestar. This interaction helps us understand a little bit more about bentho-pelagic coupling in this region.

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