Dive 958 had some unique sightings we don’t see a lot. Neomerinthe scorpionfish, chloropthalmidae (?) green eye lizardfish, pterygotrigla sea robin with an isopod on its underside, and a neat urchin, possibly clypeaster? #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Dive 958 had some unique sightings we don’t see a lot. Neomerinthe scorpionfish, chloropthalmidae (?) green eye lizardfish, pterygotrigla sea robin with an isopod on its underside, and a neat urchin, possibly clypeaster? #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
A fish theme through dive 957. A cute lil urophycis Hake, neomarinthe scorpionfish with a lovely eye reflection, Chaunax caught in motion, and a bembrops (?) duckbill fish. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM
A fish theme through dive 957. A cute lil urophycis Hake, neomarinthe scorpionfish with a lovely eye reflection, Chaunax caught in motion, and a bembrops (?) duckbill fish. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Last dive in Trinidad and Tobago, 960. Some cleaner shrimp. Holopus crinoid! I absolutely love those! And the this very decorative ophiuroid brittle star on a yellow coral. And a pretty hyporthodus snowy grouper. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 23, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Last dive in Trinidad and Tobago, 960. Some cleaner shrimp. Holopus crinoid! I absolutely love those! And the this very decorative ophiuroid brittle star on a yellow coral. And a pretty hyporthodus snowy grouper. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
A few more from dive 959. A pretty pink polychaete worm, a bryozoan, the rear end of a bathynomus giant isopod, and a lovely view of a peristedion armored sea robin. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 23, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A few more from dive 959. A pretty pink polychaete worm, a bryozoan, the rear end of a bathynomus giant isopod, and a lovely view of a peristedion armored sea robin. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Dive 955. A lovely zoom on a king crab. So photogenic. And not everyday you find a skate egg on a black coral. A swimming gulper eel. And a lovely pachycara caribbaeum eelpout amongst some mussels. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 23, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Dive 955. A lovely zoom on a king crab. So photogenic. And not everyday you find a skate egg on a black coral. A swimming gulper eel. And a lovely pachycara caribbaeum eelpout amongst some mussels. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Dive 956 - a squat lobster and snail on a woodfall. This coloconger fish looks like it has puppy dog eyes. Don’t usually get this view of a rhodaliidae dandelion siphonophore. And a cute little ogcocephalidae batfish. #DeepWonders #Siphonophriend @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 23, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Dive 956 - a squat lobster and snail on a woodfall. This coloconger fish looks like it has puppy dog eyes. Don’t usually get this view of a rhodaliidae dandelion siphonophore. And a cute little ogcocephalidae batfish. #DeepWonders #Siphonophriend @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Dive 959 had its share of neat sightings too. Some osedax worms on bone, a stalked crinoid. This squid has seen better days, most of its arms are damaged. And a ogcocephalidae batfish with its rear fin that it uses like a foot visible. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 23, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Dive 959 had its share of neat sightings too. Some osedax worms on bone, a stalked crinoid. This squid has seen better days, most of its arms are damaged. And a ogcocephalidae batfish with its rear fin that it uses like a foot visible. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Oooohhhh! They saw a vampyroteuthis vampire squid! I see these so rarely. Love it! Dive 953. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 19, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Oooohhhh! They saw a vampyroteuthis vampire squid! I see these so rarely. Love it! Dive 953. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Dive 954 also had a very inquisitive pseudotriakis microdon flare catshark and a couple ping pong chondrocladia carnivorous sponges. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 19, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Dive 954 also had a very inquisitive pseudotriakis microdon flare catshark and a couple ping pong chondrocladia carnivorous sponges. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
A lot of pretty cool things in dive 953. A foraminifera… so sparkly! A siphonophore with some funky zooids. A gigantura telescope fish!! Another rarity! And the barnacles and Lyrocteis benthic ctenophores on a black coral skeleton. #DeepWonders #Siphonophriend @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 19, 2026 at 5:04 AM
A lot of pretty cool things in dive 953. A foraminifera… so sparkly! A siphonophore with some funky zooids. A gigantura telescope fish!! Another rarity! And the barnacles and Lyrocteis benthic ctenophores on a black coral skeleton. #DeepWonders #Siphonophriend @schmidtocean.bsky.social
So much cool stuff in dive 953! A neat squat lobster on madrepora stony coral, different type of squattie on a alternatipathes (?) black coral. A gulper eel caught mid balloon action! And a hydrolagus chimaera. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 19, 2026 at 5:07 AM
So much cool stuff in dive 953! A neat squat lobster on madrepora stony coral, different type of squattie on a alternatipathes (?) black coral. A gulper eel caught mid balloon action! And a hydrolagus chimaera. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Dive 954 has some photogenic animals too. Tomopteris worms always put on a show. Also had a visit from a parmaturus catshark. A lovely Squat lobster in relief on a hemocorallium(?). And but certainly not least a bathynomus giant isopod. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 19, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Dive 954 has some photogenic animals too. Tomopteris worms always put on a show. Also had a visit from a parmaturus catshark. A lovely Squat lobster in relief on a hemocorallium(?). And but certainly not least a bathynomus giant isopod. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Some highlights from dive 952 - a young breviraja skate, woodfall with munidopsis squat lobsters, barnacles with a cusk eel, and a hagfish. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Some highlights from dive 952 - a young breviraja skate, woodfall with munidopsis squat lobsters, barnacles with a cusk eel, and a hagfish. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
A neat looking sponge, then a couple pictures of some funky masses of sea cucumbers amongst bivalves, and then a zoom on a beautiful farreidae sponge. Dive 949 #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
A neat looking sponge, then a couple pictures of some funky masses of sea cucumbers amongst bivalves, and then a zoom on a beautiful farreidae sponge. Dive 949 #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Love me some cephalopod beauties and this muusoctopus is no exception. Bathypterois tripod fish usually put on good photo shoots. A fish guy I know said the skate is breviraja nigriventralis. And a cluster of Lyrocteis benthic ctenophores. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 17, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Love me some cephalopod beauties and this muusoctopus is no exception. Bathypterois tripod fish usually put on good photo shoots. A fish guy I know said the skate is breviraja nigriventralis. And a cluster of Lyrocteis benthic ctenophores. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Slowly catching up. Dive 950. Graneledone octopus, an ophouroid and a couple Lyrocteis benthic ctenophores, a crab in a bed of mussels, and the ever so cute pachycara caribbaeum eelpout. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Slowly catching up. Dive 950. Graneledone octopus, an ophouroid and a couple Lyrocteis benthic ctenophores, a crab in a bed of mussels, and the ever so cute pachycara caribbaeum eelpout. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Dive 951 had some nice sponges and black coral. I’m amazed at the size of that chonelasma(?) supporting many other sponges. And the stelodoryx(?) sponge that looks like a coral. And some beautiful black corals.. a Heteropathes cf americana and a stauropathes. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 17, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Dive 951 had some nice sponges and black coral. I’m amazed at the size of that chonelasma(?) supporting many other sponges. And the stelodoryx(?) sponge that looks like a coral. And some beautiful black corals.. a Heteropathes cf americana and a stauropathes. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Dive 944 had a really cool looking siphonophore, a shrimp coming over to say hi, and (per a message on @tuexplorer1.bsky.social post from Chris Mah) possibly a hyphalaster mud star, which was engorged from eating mud and not seen commonly. #DeepWonders #Siphonophriend @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 17, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Dive 944 had a really cool looking siphonophore, a shrimp coming over to say hi, and (per a message on @tuexplorer1.bsky.social post from Chris Mah) possibly a hyphalaster mud star, which was engorged from eating mud and not seen commonly. #DeepWonders #Siphonophriend @schmidtocean.bsky.social
A pretty bathycytena ctenophore. And OMGoodness!!!!!! A black swallower chiasmodon with a full belly!!!! That is so rare to see. And an aulococtena ctenophore. Dive 948 #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 17, 2026 at 5:09 AM
A pretty bathycytena ctenophore. And OMGoodness!!!!!! A black swallower chiasmodon with a full belly!!!! That is so rare to see. And an aulococtena ctenophore. Dive 948 #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Look at that chonky sea cucumber!! There was a group of gastropods on some mussels, a nice neolithotid crab, and the cutest little pachycara caribbaeum eelpout in dive 943. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 17, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Look at that chonky sea cucumber!! There was a group of gastropods on some mussels, a nice neolithotid crab, and the cutest little pachycara caribbaeum eelpout in dive 943. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
It seems these munnopsid isopods carry around sargassum a lot, but their swimming appendages are so cool! And an ipnops fish. It’s trippy how their eyes degenerate to just these light sensitive plates as they grow up. Talk about #DeepWonders ! @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
It seems these munnopsid isopods carry around sargassum a lot, but their swimming appendages are so cool! And an ipnops fish. It’s trippy how their eyes degenerate to just these light sensitive plates as they grow up. Talk about #DeepWonders ! @schmidtocean.bsky.social
A huge primnoid coral with brittle star ophiuroids. And they found some methane hydrate in a mussel bed. Always looks like a clump of ice. Lots of mussels, shrimp, and a crab. Dive 942 #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
A huge primnoid coral with brittle star ophiuroids. And they found some methane hydrate in a mussel bed. Always looks like a clump of ice. Lots of mussels, shrimp, and a crab. Dive 942 #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Dive 940 had a opisthoteuthis flapjack octopus, a lovely zoom on a polyp of a mushroom coral, a neat black lobate ctenophore and a cool looking demosponge. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 16, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Dive 940 had a opisthoteuthis flapjack octopus, a lovely zoom on a polyp of a mushroom coral, a neat black lobate ctenophore and a cool looking demosponge. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
A few beautiful sightings from dive 941. Squat lobster on a bamboo coral, a eelpout sharing the frame with a carnivorous sponge and tube worms, a graneledone octopus, and a sladenia goosefish all blown up. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 16, 2026 at 1:25 AM
A few beautiful sightings from dive 941. Squat lobster on a bamboo coral, a eelpout sharing the frame with a carnivorous sponge and tube worms, a graneledone octopus, and a sladenia goosefish all blown up. #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Dive 939 also had a gorgeous crinoid chilling on a black coral, and a swimming opisthoteuthis flapjack octopus. Also something I have never seen before… a ray fall! You can see the cartilaginous skeleton structure with lots of crabs and shrimp on cleanup duty #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social
October 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Dive 939 also had a gorgeous crinoid chilling on a black coral, and a swimming opisthoteuthis flapjack octopus. Also something I have never seen before… a ray fall! You can see the cartilaginous skeleton structure with lots of crabs and shrimp on cleanup duty #DeepWonders @schmidtocean.bsky.social