#SamplingGap - Twitter Hashtag

5 days ago

Sometimes the best home is . . . another animal! Corals and taller animals extend into the water column where the food is & make great lodging. A tiny crustacean that lives in the upper branches of a coral has access to a steady stream of nutritious marine snow. #SamplingGap

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Schmidt Ocean @SchmidtOcean

7 days ago

In the midwater, between about 200 & 1000m, hunting comes naturally for animals that live in these dark waters. This comb jelly possesses long filaments w/ sticky cells called colloblasts, allowing them to ensnare unsuspecting snacks. #SamplingGap, 275 m

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Schmidt Ocean @SchmidtOcean

13 days ago

Meet Planctoteuthis sp. 🦑 “Images have finally enabled the description of this tail, but no one knows what it is used for. It looks like a siphonophore from a distance, and one hypothesis is that it could be used for siphonophore mimicry.” — #SamplingGap Co-chief Sci Dr. Perez

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