0:15 Apex predators such as ulua (giant trevally) dominate the deep reef ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
0:26 A sea cucumber, or holothurian, seen swimming just above the seafloor at a depth of ~4,085 meters on September 26, 2015.
0:33 brittle star on a species of octocoral, Liz to check
0:38 new species of octopod (“Casper”)
0:50 ctenophore (comb jelly). This red ctenophore with long tentacles was documented not far off the bottom at Southernmost Cone on September 20, 2015.
0:56 a species of octocoral
1:06 a species of octocoral
1:09 World War I submarine S-19, which now rests on the ocean bottom at 414 meters in the middle of a sand expanse. After service in World War I, the vessel was no longer needed and was intentionally scuttled by the U.S. Navy in 1938. It now serves as a relatively new feature of hard bottom habitat (~75 years old) for deep corals to colonize. The hull, which is intact, provides a unique glimpse of a community of pioneer settlement in deep corals.
1:33 Hawaiian monk seals on East Island, French Frigate Shoals
1:47 Dozens of green turtles basking on East Island, French Frigate Shoals
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