Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
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Category: TGIF: Pictures & Movies
Posted on: January 26, 2007 7:00 AM, by CR McClain
This pink gorgonian coral was photographed by ROV Tiburon at a depth of about 1,700 meters (5,600 feet) during an expedition to Davidson Seamount in 2002. Several small pink shrimp are climbing on the coral, perhaps eating small animals or bits of the coral itself. From MBARI.
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Has this pink shrimp been collected and/or identified? I would be interested to know whether it may be an Alvinocarid or Hippolytid species of shrimp.
Posted by: Kevin Zelnio | January 27, 2007 8:12 AM
What a beautiful site! Is there a book that has a collection of these type of pictures? This would be beneficial to my elementary students who have never been to an ocean or seen sea life.
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January 28, 2007 5:43 AM
Great question Blondie, will do a post today on best books for children.
Posted by: CR McClain | January 28, 2007 10:17 AM
Does this gorgonian have a name yet, Craig? It looks like a Primnoid (prim-no-id).
Posted by: Peter Etnoyer | January 28, 2007 3:49 PM
Kevin, we've seen Heptacarpus sp. at similar depths/environs.
Posted by: Peter Etnoyer | January 28, 2007 3:51 PM
It does look like it could be a Heptacarpus due to its transparent carapace. Might also be a Lebbeus too. L. washingtonianus is fairly cosmopolitan and L. carinata was described from vents on the EPR. Anyone looking at these shrimp specimens?
Posted by: Kevin Zelnio | January 29, 2007 1:05 PM