E/V Nautilus: Seamounts of Anegada Passage 2014: Image and Video Gallery: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research

Image and Video Gallery

This page contains photos and videos associated with the E/V Nautilus: Seamounts of Anegada Passage 2014 expedition. Click on any image or video to view a larger version and for additional information.

Dumbo Octopus

Cirrate, or finned, octopods can be divided based on their behavior.

Coral Associates

What lives amongst the coral communities of the Anegada Seamounts? Decapods, brittle stars, fish, and more.

Moray Eel

This coral-covered rocky outcrop is home to a diverse group of biology, including one large moray eel.

Squat Lobster

Based on the size of this colony, our team estimates that this is a particularly old colony of Leiopathes.

Black Coral

Based on the size of this colony, our team estimates that this is a particularly old colony of Leiopathes.

Moray Eel

A sharktooth moray eel skirts along an outcrop with several crinoids and many species of stony and octocorals.

ROV Hercules

ROV Hercules investigates an outcrop with coral growing under the ledge.

Spikey Crab

The seamounts were home to diverse communities of animals, including this spikey crab.

Boulder

Large boulder which detached from flank of Dog Seamount and came to rest at its base.

Mission Map

Areas to be explored during the Seamounts of Anegada Passage 2014.

Sea Lilies

Stalked crinoids or sea lilies are a group of echinoderms that capture food particles from currents.

Stony Corals

A diverse assemblage of scleractinians (stony corals), octocorals, and sponges.

Glass Sponges

Hexactinellid sponges (glass sponges) and octocorals often colonize seamount hard substrate.

Black Corals

Stichopathes sp. (black corals) are common inhabitants of deep sea environments.

Greeneye Fish

Chlorophthalmus agassizi (greeneye fish) is commonly observed resting on soft sediment habitat.

Gastropods

Close-up images of gastropods (Phylum Mollusca) such as this are rarely captured in deep sea habitats.

Preparing for a Dive

The Argus stabilizing platform and Hercules ROV on deck being prepared for a dive.

Hardbottom Habitat

Hardbottom habitat as on Noroit Seamount provides substrate for the attachment of other species.

Anemones

Two actiniarians (sea anemones), with a squat lobster peaking out of a small cave at the sediment surface.

Noroit Seamount

3D perspective view of Noroit Seamount looking east towards Conrad Seamount.

Octocoral

A large colony of a primnoid octocoral (Paracalyptrophora sp.) on Noroit Seamount.

Sponges

Sponges are important resources for other fauna.

Polyps

A close up of Paracalyptrophora sp. with polyps extending into the water column.

E/V Nautilus: Seamounts of Anegada Passage 2014

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