#Chewbacca coral: New #DeepSea species spotted in waters off Hawai'i, Mariana Trench https://phys.org/news/2025-09-chewbacca-coral-deep-sea-species.html paper: https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5689.3.3
"The coral, named #Iridogorgia chewbacca, is known for its long, flexible branches and shiny surface... Each coral colony is made up of thousands of tiny polyps, which work together to form the larger structure. I. chewbacca usually occurs alone, scattered across deep-sea rocky bottoms."
#Chewbacca coral: New #DeepSea species spotted in waters off Hawai'i, Mariana Trench https://phys.org/news/2025-09-chewbacca-coral-deep-sea-species.html paper: https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5689.3.3
"The coral, named #Iridogorgia chewbacca, is known for its long, flexible branches and shiny surface... Each coral colony is made up of thousands of tiny polyps, which work together to form the larger structure. I. chewbacca usually occurs alone, scattered across deep-sea rocky bottoms."
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Fauna of the Deep
Digital Illustration - 2023
Created for the 8th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals and 7th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems
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MEET OUR ARTISTS
Today:
Nicole Pittoors
Nicole's stickershop:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeyondthePinesCrea
Fauna of the Deep
Digital Illustration - 2023
Created for the 8th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals and 7th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems
Learn more about the artist in the ALT-text!
Follow @dsbsoc
and check out https://dsbsoc.org/ for more deep sea science!
#artandscience #sciart #sciartist #marinebiology #deepsea #deepseartist #contemporaryart #digitalartist
oh, we know about this one. Original image credit in the alt. #Micrography#DeepSea
"Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever -- Exploitation of the high seas risks doing irreversible damage to biodiversity, #climate stability and #ocean equity. A consensus must be built now to save them." (Nature Comment, 04 June 2025)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01665-0
#sea #deepsea #mining #fishing
"Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever -- Exploitation of the high seas risks doing irreversible damage to biodiversity, #climate stability and #ocean equity. A consensus must be built now to save them." (Nature Comment, 04 June 2025)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01665-0
#sea #deepsea #mining #fishing