Moroteuthopsis longimana, 1207 m, #SouthSandwichIslands w/@oceancensus.bsky.social - The 35-day deep-sea expedition team observed thriving polar ecosystems, discovered new hydrothermal vents, coral gardens & many suspected new species. Read full post on Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DMIljx4...
July 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Moroteuthopsis longimana, 1207 m, #SouthSandwichIslands w/@oceancensus.bsky.social - The 35-day deep-sea expedition team observed thriving polar ecosystems, discovered new hydrothermal vents, coral gardens & many suspected new species. Read full post on Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DMIljx4...
March 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fantastic parasitic copepods on this grenadier! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 798 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fantastic parasitic copepods on this grenadier! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 798 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
Tiny little opisthoteuthis blinking. Thanks @jeffday.bsky.social for the ID! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tiny little opisthoteuthis blinking. Thanks @jeffday.bsky.social for the ID! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
Ascent has begun! First up, a lovely currate octo! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 801 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Ascent has begun! First up, a lovely currate octo! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 801 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
Holy shit they found a venting chimney!!!!!! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 804 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Holy shit they found a venting chimney!!!!!! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 804 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
Fantastic images of this squid! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Fantastic images of this squid! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
March 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Head(less) for heights? 🌌
This headless chicken monster (Enypniastes eximia) was caught gliding above a bed of stars - brittle stars, that is - on the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition.
📸 @schmidtocean.bsky.social
This headless chicken monster (Enypniastes eximia) was caught gliding above a bed of stars - brittle stars, that is - on the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition.
📸 @schmidtocean.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Head(less) for heights? 🌌
This headless chicken monster (Enypniastes eximia) was caught gliding above a bed of stars - brittle stars, that is - on the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition.
📸 @schmidtocean.bsky.social
This headless chicken monster (Enypniastes eximia) was caught gliding above a bed of stars - brittle stars, that is - on the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition.
📸 @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Beautiful basket star and some amphipods. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Beautiful basket star and some amphipods. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
Cute little octo with leeches. Pareledone maybe. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 803 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Cute little octo with leeches. Pareledone maybe. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 803 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
Colossal Squid, 1st Live Observation | Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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April 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
WHOA, check out that squid!!! @autsquidsquad.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 802 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
WHOA, check out that squid!!! @autsquidsquad.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 802 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
They were saying snailfih will lay eggs in the gills of crabs! 🦀 @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
They were saying snailfih will lay eggs in the gills of crabs! 🦀 @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
Sea squirts & squid!
ROV pilots filmed these salps and spectacular squid during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition with @oceancensus.bsky.social in early 2025. Salps, also known as sea squirts, are ubiquitous throughout the Ocean, and abundant in the Southern Ocean.
ROV pilots filmed these salps and spectacular squid during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition with @oceancensus.bsky.social in early 2025. Salps, also known as sea squirts, are ubiquitous throughout the Ocean, and abundant in the Southern Ocean.
January 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Sea squirts & squid!
ROV pilots filmed these salps and spectacular squid during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition with @oceancensus.bsky.social in early 2025. Salps, also known as sea squirts, are ubiquitous throughout the Ocean, and abundant in the Southern Ocean.
ROV pilots filmed these salps and spectacular squid during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition with @oceancensus.bsky.social in early 2025. Salps, also known as sea squirts, are ubiquitous throughout the Ocean, and abundant in the Southern Ocean.
Squid for the first few minutes of @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 803! ##SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife @autsquidsquad.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Squid for the first few minutes of @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 803! ##SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife @autsquidsquad.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This flapjack octopus, Opisthoteuthis sp. — a genus of cirrate octopuses found throughout the global Ocean — uses cirri running up & down their arms like fingers, to forage around in the fluffy sediment for small worms, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. #SouthSandwichIslands, 2025, 902 m
June 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This flapjack octopus, Opisthoteuthis sp. — a genus of cirrate octopuses found throughout the global Ocean — uses cirri running up & down their arms like fingers, to forage around in the fluffy sediment for small worms, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. #SouthSandwichIslands, 2025, 902 m
Labidiaster annulatus @echinoblog.bsky.social ? Collecting. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 798 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Labidiaster annulatus @echinoblog.bsky.social ? Collecting. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 798 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Whoa, that's neat! @echinoblog.bsky.social
@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 799 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 799 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Whoa, that's neat! @echinoblog.bsky.social
@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 799 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 799 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
1st Squid-shaped-squid for the expedition! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 798 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
1st Squid-shaped-squid for the expedition! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 798 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM