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The Professor is back on land and Dr Thom is back from Squid Christmas, what a better time to talk about the squishiest of deep sea critters? We talk with George Matsumoto from MBARI all about gelatinous deep sea species. How do we study them? How on earth can we preserve them or even capture their fragile bodies? Plus, we find out exactly what that curious little blue spiky blob was.
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Further resources
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Our Patreon Megan (@studio_mbj) painted supergiant amphipods feeding on some bait based on one of Alan’s images.
MBARI’s website - https://www.mbari.org/
MBARI's internship program - https://www.mbari.org/about/careers/internships/
MBARI's Deep-Sea Guide - http://dsg.mbari.org/dsg/home
MBARI's animals of the deep - https://www.mbari.org/education/animals-of-the-deep/
MBARI’s seminars - https://www.mbari.org/about/events/seminars/
more info about george matsumoto
George’s bio - https://www.mbari.org/person/george-i-matsumoto/
Matsumoto, G.I., L.M. Christianson, B.H. Robison, S.H.D. Haddock, and S.B. Johnson. 2022. Atolla reynoldsi sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Coronatae, Atollidae): A new species of coronate scyphozoan found in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Animals, 12(6): 742. doi.org/10.3390/ani12060742
Matsumoto, G.I., B. Bentlage, R. Sherlock, K. Walz, and B.H. Robison. 2019. “Little Red Jellies” in Monterey Bay, California (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae). Frontiers in Marine Science 6: doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00798
Raskoff, K.A. and G.I. Matsumoto. 2004. Stellamedusa ventana, a new mesopelagic scyphomedusae from the eastern Pacific representing a new subfamily, the Stellamedusinae. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(4274):1-6.DOI:10.1017/S0025315404008884h
Matsumoto, G.I, K.A. Raskoff, and D. Lindsay. 2003. Tiburonia granrojo, a new mesopelagic scyphomedusa from the Pacific Ocean representing the type of a new subfamily (Class Scyphozoa, Order Semaeostomeae, Family Ulmaridae, Subfamily Tiburoniiae subfam nov.). Marine Biology. 143 (1): 73-77. DOI:10.1007/s00227-003-1047-2
news
Kat Bolstad’s research team ALCES (and hosts of Squid Xmas) - https://twitter.com/alcesonline
Harvard professor Avi Loeb believes he's found fragments of alien technology
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/avi-loeb-harvard-professor-alien-technology-fragments/
Oarfish is spotted which is ‘twice the size of peter crouch’
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/divers-discover-huge-deep-sea-30467032
Dumbo octopus seen to migrate opposite to diel vertical migration in order to find prey
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-deep-sea-imagery-reveal-octopus-behavior.html
I have been playing Fathomvers! From Fathomnet. You can get on as a beta tester
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DtUSBjRFfEGV64wKg_LKxyaSH7Kbov7bB1AUCgZJlYQ/edit?usp=sharing
soundtrack of the month
Christmas in July - Millington Snow Miser/Heat Miser
Credits
Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel
Logo image - Schmidt Ocean Institute
Glossary
Bathykorus - A type of hydrozoan found in the Arctic Ocean.
Cnidarian - A group of animals which contains anemones and jellyfish, known for their stinging ability.
Ctenophore - Commonly known as comb jellies, that inhabit sea waters worldwide. They are notable for the groups of cilia they use for swimming.
Hydrozoan - A taxonomic class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most of which inhabit saline water.
Muscular foot - All molluscs have a specialized foot used in digging, grasping, or creeping. It is a muscular organ modified into different forms in different molluscs.
Nudibranch - A group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs that shed their shells after their larval stage.
Rhinophores - A pair of chemosensory club-shaped, rod-shaped or ear-like structures which are the most prominent part of the external head anatomy in sea slugs.