Celebrate World Ocean Day with eight minutes of stunning underwater video brought to you by MBARI’s deep-sea robots. A dazzling diversity of creatures thrive in the largest living space on Earth-the deep sea. Now, you can get an up-close and personal look at them in ultra high-definition 4K!
The ocean and its inhabitants face a rising tide of threats. Pollution, overfishing, and climate change make for an uncertain future. We’re working to understand this incredible habitat and how animals there will navigate these changes. The ocean needs our help. All life-including us-depends on a healthy ocean.
Learn more about the how climate change impacts our ocean and what you can do: mbari.co/OceanClimateChange
Animals in order of appearance:
00:00 Grooved tanner crab (Chionoecetes tanneri) and blacktail snailfish (Careproctus melanurus) | 911 meters (2,989 feet)
00:19 Feather boa siphonophore (Erenna richardi) | 1,353 meters (4,439 feet)
00:57 Feather star (superfamily Antedonoidea) | 909 meters (2,982 feet)
01:12 Strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) | 485 meters (1,591 feet)
01:36 Eastern Pacific black ghostshark (Hydrolagus melanophasma) | 1,381 meters (4,531 feet)
01:59 Giant siphonophore (Praya dubia) | 205 meters (673 feet)
02:37 Deep-sea skate (Bathyraja abyssicola) | 1,387 meters (4,551 feet)
02:55 Giant larvacean (Bathochordaeus stygius) | 488 meters (1,601 feet)
03:13 Slime star (Pteraster sp.) | 1,325 meters (4,347 feet)
03:30 Angler shrimp (Eusergestes similis) | 382 meters (1,253 feet)
03:52 Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) | 1,255 meters (4,117 feet)
04:04 Scallop comb jelly (Bathocyroe sp.) | 888 meters (2,913 feet)
04:19 Blob sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus) | 1,310 meters (4,293 feet)
04:29 Swordtail squid (Chiroteuthis calyx) | 485 meters (1,591 feet)
04:46 Sea anemone (order Actiniaria) with pom-pom anemone (Liponema brevicorne) | 906 meters (2,972 feet)
04:58 Bloody-belly comb jelly (Lampocteis cruentiventer) | 660 meters (2,165 feet)
05:21 Pink bamboo coral (Keratoisis sp.) | 1,287 meters (4,222 feet)
05:46 Octopus squid (Octopoteuthis deletron) | 736 meters (2,415 feet)
06:16 Longspine thornyhead (Sebastolobus altivelis) | 1,249 meters (4,098 feet)
06:37 Oven mitt comb jelly (Beroe forskalii) | 284 meters (932 feet)
07:04 Vermilion crab (Paralomis sp.) on bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) | 899 meters (2,949 feet)
07:28 Snow globe jelly (Modeeria rotunda) | 514 meters (1,686 feet)
07:54 Fingered goblet sponge (Heterochone calyx) | 905 meters (2,969 feet)
08:13 Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) | 589 meters (1,932 feet)
Video editor: Kyra Schlining
Music: Night Views; I Am Serious; Winter Dream (Motion Array)
Learn more about Feather boa siphonophore (Erenna richardi): www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/artic...
Learn more about vampire squid bioluminescence: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi...