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Gallery

Gallery

Discover a selection of research scenes and organisms documented during D-ARK’s expeditions.
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Deep-sea Cave “Pig Nose”
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 396m
Deep-sea Cave “Labyrinth”
Location: Kitadaito Island
Depth: 340m
Seafloor Camera “CaveCam”
Location: Kitadaito Island
Depth: 782m
Deep-sea Endoscope “Xscope”
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 645m
KM-ROV Just After Splashdown
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: Just below the sea surface
Baited Camera Just Before Deployment
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: Just above the sea surface
Gastropoda sp.
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 317m
Xeinostoma sp.
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 644m
Babamunida sp.
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 461m
Babamunida sp.
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 317m
Ciliopagurus pacificus
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 385m
Latirus sp.
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 455m
Galilia petricola
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 528m
Aegidae gen. sp.
Location: Kitadaito Island
Depth: 430m
Galearctus sp.
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 396m
Bolma (Senobolma) exotica
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 396m
Chironephthya sp.
Location: Kita-Koho Seamount
Depth: 411m
Gorgoniapolynoe sp.
Location: Kita-Koho Seamount
Depth: 344m
Calliostoma sp.
Location: Kita-Koho Seamount
Depth: 341m
Platyscelidae gen. sp.
Location: Kita-Koho Seamount
Depth: 573m
Bembradium roseum
Location: Kita-Koho Seamount
Depth: 341m
Nothria sp.
Location: Kita-Koho Seamount
Depth: 341m
Uroptychus sp.
Location: Kyushu-Palau Ridge
Depth: 344m
Paradynomene cf. tuberculata
Location: Kita-Koho Seamount
Depth: 456m
Latiaxis pilsbryi
Location: Kita-Koho Seamount
Depth: 341m
Glyceridae gen. sp.
Location: Komahashi-Daini Seamount
Depth: 1,079m
Plectrogenium rubricauda
Location: Komahashi-Daini Seamount
Depth: 472m
Platepistoma anaglyptum
Location: Komahashi-Daini Seamount
Depth: 482m
Amphipoda
Location: Komahashi-Daini Seamount
Depth: 2,244m
Aeolidina
Location: Kitadaito Island
Depth: 611m
Brachyuran megalopa
Location: Kitadaito Island
Depth: Unknown
Malthopsis tiarella
Location: Kita-Koho Seamount
Depth: 341m
Istiophorus platypterus
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: Surface waters
Bothidae (pelagic juvenile)
Location: Kitadaito Island
Depth: Unknown
Synallactes sp.
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 577m
Copepoda
Location: Minamidaito Island
Depth: 0–200m