Hello folks, we have updated our deep-sea species image catalogue that was previously only available on line, and to the select few people who emailed and asked for it. Here […]

I am currently in the middle of my ninth week as a placement student with MBERC, the Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre (specifically, working with DeepSeaCRU), Plymouth University. One […]

Official name: Proisocrinus ruberrimus (A. H. Clark, 1910) Common Name:  a species of Sea Lily Classification: Animalia, Echinodermata, Isocrinida, Proisocrinidae Depth range: >1000m depth Geographic range: This species is found in […]

Official name: Gorgonocephalus sp. (we probably see Gorganocephalus captmedusae (Linnaeus 1758) in the NE Atlantic) Common Name: Basket star Classification: Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea Depth range: ~150m-1000m, although shallow water species do […]

During the summer of 2015, the Deep Sea Research and Conservation Unit (DSCRU) of Plymouth University and their partners from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and CEFAS, organised a cruise […]

LAT 52 07.18 LONG 10 21.27 Hi all, today we are waiting for a second storm to pass. The Celtic Explorer is sitting in Ventry giving us some nice down […]

Day 5: 21st July 2015, LAT 5311.69, LONG 1446.81 Hello, my name is Liam. Firstly I would like to introduce myself. I am currently studying Marine Science in NUIG. My project on this […]

The DeepSeaCRU made touchdown in Galway midday Weds 15th July to begin mobilisation of equipment onto the Celtic Explorer. After reaching the dock, it was soon evident we had been […]

On Friday 17th July the DeepSeaCRU team from Plymouth University, working with partners from the National University of Ireland Galway, and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, will […]

Over the holidays Marine Scotland announced they had found a new deep-sea sponge reef on the extinct submarine volcano known as Rosemary Bank in the Rockall Trough, North East Atlantic; […]