Dedicated Research Cruise Exposes Creatures of the Deep

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A grenadier joins a crab investigating the lander’s bait canister. Photo supplied.

Hapuku wreckfish, bright red rockfish (jacopevers), spindly, long-legged stone crabs, grenadiers with rippling tails and enormous eyes, cutthroat eels sporting prehistoric jaws and serpentine bodies, and a dumbo octopus using its ear-like fins to swim, all have one thing in common. They have been spotted during a research expedition currently underway involving a representation of young researchers.

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