Dominik Scepanski

[ASLO @aslo_org]

📢 Happening Now: Join the second session of 'Undergraduate Research in Marine and Aquatic Sciences' (SS002B)
📍 10:30 - 12:00 in Sala Ibiza A
🙌 To to the presenters of the first session

[ASLO @aslo_org]

🙌 The #ASLO meeting mentor program matches students and early career scientists with an experienced scientist who can help them navigate the meeting, network with colleagues, and can provide them with scientific and career advice.
🙏 to all #ASLO23 Mentors & Mentees!

[Dominik Scepanski @D_Scepanski]

Reprinted and ready for presentation.
If you are interested in deep-sea ecosystems and want to talk about how seamount conditions or Sargassum sedimentation might influence abyssal #megafauna, than check out our poster during the #youmares #conference poster session

[Dominik Scepanski @D_Scepanski]

Finally, after submitting my first manuscript on deep-sea #megafauna I'm on my way to this year's #youmares #conference to show some of the results. Very excited to make my first steps in #marinescience and to give insights in the fascinating world of abyssal live

[NOAA Ocean Exploration @oceanexplorer]

DYK many deep-ocean animals are red in color b/c red light does not reach ocean depths & thus animals that are red are much less visible to predators & prey? More: https://t.co/QM5JrUP269

This (red!) shrimp was seen just above the seafloor of Hudson Canyon. It's #mesmerizing...

[NOAA Ocean Exploration @oceanexplorer]

Meet the "zombie sponge"! So dubbed bc at first glance, it appears both living & dead. But really, it's just that sponge larvae have settled & grown within the skeleton their deceased predecessor. That takes some real dead-ication! 🧟‍♀️

https://t.co/jkPJKKBPzv

#October #Halloween

[Deep-Sea Biology Society @DSBSoc]

Get ready, members, because two important conferences are coming up!

1) The 8th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals (ISDSC) in Edinburgh, Scotland May 29 – Jun 2, 2023 &
2) The 7th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE) in Brazil, Aug 2023!

[NOAA Ocean Exploration @oceanexplorer]

For your midweek moment of deep-sea Zen, we bring you a hypnotic holothurian, or sea cucumber.

Seen at a depth of 3,175 meters (2 miles) near the base of submarine volcano in Indonesian waters, this graceful swimmer isn't really living up to its (vegetable) namesake, is it?