Blogging the abyss: 15 May─16 June 2017

Day 33: 16 Jun 2017

The Shortarse Feelerfish and other conundrums

Tagged as:
featureless fish, blind fish
Day 32: 15 Jun 2017

Brittle-stars blow my mind

Tagged as:
brittle-stars
Day 31: 14 Jun 2017

Fish collectors hold the key to preservation

Tagged as:
Australian National Fish Collection
Day 30: 13 Jun 2017

Our fabulous forams prove abundant, diverse and unusually gigantic

Tagged as:
forams, foraminifera
Day 29: 12 Jun 2017

Beam us up Jérôme

Tagged as:
Viperfish, bioluminescence
Day 28: 11 Jun 2017

Mobile-home-building tubeworm known from Labrador and Madagascar also dwells in our deep sea

Tagged as:
Calcareous tubeworms, Spirodiscus groenlandicus
Day 27: 10 Jun 2017

First peek in the deep end of Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve

Tagged as:
Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve, seafloor habitat
Day 26: 9 Jun 2017

Abyssal espresso, coming right up!

Tagged as:
ocean pressure
Day 25: 8 Jun 2017

Sampling for microplastics, from surface waters to muddy sediments of the abyss

Tagged as:
microplastics
Day 24: 7 Jun 2017

We’ve created the first full street-view map of an Australian Commonwealth marine reserve

Tagged as:
seafloor mapping, East Gippsland Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Day 23: 6 Jun 2017

This biologist is on a mission to map seafloor life across the globe

Tagged as:
mapping seafloor life
Day 22: 5 Jun 2017

Deploying elephantine weights from the height of Mt Kosciuszko

Tagged as:
gear deployment
Day 21: 4 Jun 2017

Lizard fish are all green eyes and hinged teeth

Tagged as:
Lizard Fish, Bathysaurus ferox
Day 20: 3 Jun 2017

Processing the catch: a meeting of arcane art, lined paper and picklery

Tagged as:
Processing biological samples
Day 19: 2 Jun 2017

Crinoids were the trigger for deep-sea exploration

Tagged as:
Crinoids, feather stars, sea lilies
Day 18: 1 Jun 2017

Mud, mud, glorious abyssal mud

Tagged as:
Abyssal mud, beam trawl
Day 17: 31 May 2017

The faceless fish looks happier and heartier than it did in 1887

Tagged as:
Faceless fish, Faceless Cusk, Typhlonus nasus
Day 16: 30 May 2017

Think twice before adding these to your seafood cocktail!

Tagged as:
Decapoda, rock crab, squat lobster
Day 15: 29 May 2017

Is this cute little coffinfish in need of a name?

Tagged as:
Coffinfish, Chaunacidae
Day 14: 28 May 2017

This metal marvel collects time capsules of life from the abyss

Tagged as:
Brenke sled, seafloor sampling
Day 13: 27 May 2017

Is a sea spider a collection of drinking straws from outer space?

Tagged as:
sea spiders, pycnogonids
Day 12: 26 May 2017

Getting the feel for eels

Tagged as:
Basketwork eels, leptocephalus
Day 11: 25 May 2017

These carnivorous sponges wield lethal weapons made of glass

Tagged as:
carnivorous sponges
Day 10: 24 May 2017

Sounding out a world of hidden folds and valleys beneath the waves

Tagged as:
multibeam sonar, seafloor mapping
Day 9: 23 May 2017

Orbs, paddles, spines, ejecting jaws and silky smoothness: meet the polychaetes of Australia's abyss

Tagged as:
polychaete worms
Day 8: 22 May 2017

Always one hand for the ship, and other tips for motion-filled days at the office

Tagged as:
Bass Strait, sea-sickness
Day 7: 21 May 2017

Tripod fishes find dinner with fins and rays, not eyes and teeth

Tagged as:
Tripod fish, Spiderfish
Day 6: 20 May 2017

Exploring a perfect square of abyssal seafloor, one teaspoon of sediment at a time

Tagged as:
box corer, seafloor sediment, forams, micro gastropods
Day 5: 19 May 2017

When sorting stars, cucumbers, tripods and toilet rolls, we all know a fridge from a Kombi
Day 4: 18 May 2017

Crustaceans beware when the dragon fish shines its red light of death upon you

Tagged as:
bioluminescence
Day 3: 17 May 2017

The sorting begins: four squid, some jellies, a baby eel and . . .

Tagged as:
Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Day 2: 16 May 2017

I demonstrate the 'jacuzzi' as the land becomes a haze of twinkling lights
Day 1: 15 May 2017

We're all set to enter the world of jelly and fangs!

Blogging the abyss: 15 May─16 June 2017

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Blogging the abyss: 15 May─16 June 2017

The Shortarse Feelerfish and other conundrums

Brittle-stars blow my mind

Fish collectors hold the key to preservation

Our fabulous forams prove abundant, diverse and unusually gigantic

Beam us up Jérôme

Mobile-home-building tubeworm known from Labrador and Madagascar also dwells in our deep sea

First peek in the deep end of Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve

Abyssal espresso, coming right up!

Sampling for microplastics, from surface waters to muddy sediments of the abyss

We’ve created the first full street-view map of an Australian Commonwealth marine reserve

This biologist is on a mission to map seafloor life across the globe

Deploying elephantine weights from the height of Mt Kosciuszko

Lizard fish are all green eyes and hinged teeth

Processing the catch: a meeting of arcane art, lined paper and picklery

Crinoids were the trigger for deep-sea exploration

Mud, mud, glorious abyssal mud

The faceless fish looks happier and heartier than it did in 1887

Think twice before adding these to your seafood cocktail!

Is this cute little coffinfish in need of a name?

This metal marvel collects time capsules of life from the abyss

Is a sea spider a collection of drinking straws from outer space?

Getting the feel for eels

These carnivorous sponges wield lethal weapons made of glass

Sounding out a world of hidden folds and valleys beneath the waves

Orbs, paddles, spines, ejecting jaws and silky smoothness: meet the polychaetes of Australia's abyss

Always one hand for the ship, and other tips for motion-filled days at the office

Tripod fishes find dinner with fins and rays, not eyes and teeth

Exploring a perfect square of abyssal seafloor, one teaspoon of sediment at a time

When sorting stars, cucumbers, tripods and toilet rolls, we all know a fridge from a Kombi

Crustaceans beware when the dragon fish shines its red light of death upon you

The sorting begins: four squid, some jellies, a baby eel and . . .

I demonstrate the 'jacuzzi' as the land becomes a haze of twinkling lights

We're all set to enter the world of jelly and fangs!

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Blogging the abyss: 15 May─16 June 2017

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Blogging the abyss: 15 May─16 June 2017

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