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MARINE NIGHT

Deep Diving with RV Falkor off Western Australia

Dr. Lisa Kirkendale and colleagues from the Western Australian Museum led a deep-sea expedition to the Gascoyne Marine Park off the mid-coast of Western Australia in early 2020. They focused on the biodiversity of two marine canyons. The team completed 20 ROV dives and investigated a total of 16 stations over 5 weeks at sea aboard the RV Falkor supported by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, using the ROV SuBastian. Over 1000 samples were collected for the WA Museum. Highlights of these collections include the deepest fish records for WA (4470m), the first giant hydroids collected in Australia, significant communities of glass sponges in Cape Range Canyon and probably the longest animal (siphonophore) in the world. Along with new distribution and depth records of known species, this research also led to the discovery of an estimated 30 new species of marine animals.

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Organiser: Victoria Natural History Society
Victoria Natural History Society
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