Flytrap anemones and glass sponges

By dtrewcrist | August 11, 2022

During the first dive of the OOI RCA O&M cruise, the ROV visited an underwater microphone (hydrophone) tripod on the seafloor at the OOI Slope Base site. The instrument is surrounded by flytrap anemones, some attached to the stalks of glass sponges.

Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF/V22.

Posted in Leg 1, RCA VISIONS 22 and tagged RCA, RCA Visions'22, Regional Cabled Array