Just some photos

It has been a whirl wind (literally) couple of days here. Lots of great samples. But today I am just going to post some images.

This is a predatory comb jelly (Beroe) that are about 20cm or so long. They have large mounths to gulp down prey.

There is a ton of sponge predation going on! Here we see a very full sponge getting munched on by the giant flat worm (nemertean) that is soo common down here. Don't feel bad for these sponges, they are fast growing and often boom and bust in population size.

There is also a big bloom of the sponges as you can se on the seafloor here.

That is in contrast to these sponges which live for centuries.