White translucent holothurian on sandy bottom

White translucent holothurian on sandy bottom

Purplish red holothurian on seafloor.

Closeup of skin texture of purplish red holothurian

Red holothurian on seafloor with small crustacean

Translucent reddish holothurian seen on seafloor

Pinkish brown translucent holothurian

Hermit crab with small clear anemone attached to shell in bottom of pit in sediment

Red shrimp on bottom

Closeup of red shrimp on bottom

Pycnogonid sea spider on rock outcrop

Orange spikey squat lobster

Swimming shrimp with long antennae extended

White squat lobster on woodfall

Red shrimp swimming with very long antenna extended

Strange appearing crustacean partially buried in the sand

Strange appearing crustacean partially buried in the sand

White squat lobster on a near vertical rock outcrop

A brown jellyfish hovering near a rock outcrop

A brown jellyfish hovering near a rock outcrop. Note the acccumulation of shells in the sediment at the base of the rock.

A brown jellyfish hovering near a rock outcrop

A dandelion siphonophore.

A dandelion siphonophore anchored in place near a creature burrow

A floating shimmering globule of translucent material perhaps containing some sort of larval creatures.

A dandelion siphonophore anchored in place over a sandy bottom.

A dandelion siphonophore anchored in place over a sandy bottom.

A brown jellyfish hovering over a sandy bottom.

Oxidizing "stainless steel" release hook. Perhaps a remnant from an earlier exploratory expedition. Forming its own version of rusticles.

White tip shark and amberjacks seen near surface by ROV

White tip shark and amberjacks seen near surface by ROV

Deep sea fish seen in rock outcrop area with iron oxide staining

Deep sea fish seen in rock outcrop area

Deep sea fish seen in rock outcrop area with iron oxide staining

Deep sea tripod fish seen on sandy substrate

White tip shark and amberjack seen near surface by ROV

Deep sea fish seen over sandy substrate

Deep sea fish seen over sandy substrate

Deep sea fish seen over sandy substrate

Deep sea tripod fish seen on sandy substrate

Deep sea fish seen over sandy substrate

Nautilus shell on seafloor. Seems to be part of material accumulating in depression.

White tip shark and oceanic triggerfish

White tip shark and oceanic triggerfish

Deep sea tripod fish seen on sandy substrate

Small deep sea fish

Deep sea tripod fish seen on sandy substrate

Deep sea fish seen over rock outcrop

Colony of small green octocorals on rock outcrop with one small colony of white corals as well.

rock outcrop with small green corals on left - a coral stalk with brisingid starfish on right.

Large red shrimp with white sponge and yellow-stalked sea anemone with small bluish white sponges covering vertical face of rock outrcop. This is one of the higher diversity life form images from the Cayman Trench expedition. Small tubeworms are also seen on the vertical rock face and perhaps small corals .