This red Synallactid sea cucumber with thin papillae was seen feeding on sediment at ~3,200 meters during the 2026 American Samoa ROV + Mapping Exploration expedition. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration.
This week: Explore the Southwest Pacific with Think Deep! Plus marine litter in deep-sea canyons & a global atlas of planktonic bacteria and archaea
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