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Description
One of the benthic traps on the sea floor, possibly about to catch a crab.These light-tight, insulated traps were deployed from the Johnson Sea-Link IIsubmersible to collect organisms and bring them to the surface without blindingthem or damaging their eyes with the relatively bright light at the surface.
Credit
Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
Photographer
Sonke Johnsen
Location
South Atlantic Bight, Southeast United States
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Life in the Deep Sea
Deep Sea Crabs and Other Crustaceans
NOAA Affiliation
Duke University
Keywords
Ocean Exploration
Invertebrates
Crabs