Dive 16 of the Deep-Sea Symphony: Exploring the Musicians Seamounts expedition was the second full day of the expedition dedicated to exploring the water column. This dive has offered an incredible opportunity to better understand animal distributions in the water column, diversity of organisms present in the Musicians Seamounts, and morphology of delicate organisms that might be damaged by collections with nets.
During the dive, we observed everything from large siphonophores, jellyfish, arrow worms, and bristlemouths to ctenophores, shrimp, larvaceans, protists, and even a piglet squid.
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Video courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Deep-Sea Symphony: Exploring the Musicians Seamounts.
Dive 16: Symphony in Sea Minor
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