Screen capture of a spider crab up close climbing on the Fetch platform during dive J2-1616. Credit: E. Albines, Queens College, V24.

Graneledone octopus on a lava flow in the International District hydrothermal field. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1615.V24.

Two sea spiders (pycnogonida) meander across beautiful blue ciliates on the side of Inferno. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI. J2-1613, V24.

A colony of red scale worms (~ 1 inch long) thrive on the side of Inferno. Credit:UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI;V24.

The summit of inferno is home to tubeworms, sulfide, palm and scale worms and thousands of small limpets. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V24.

A sea cucumber crawls across a glassy flow in Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1613; V24.

Yet another rattail slowly slithers past the station. Credit: E. Perkins, University of Washington, V23.

Screen shot of a long legged marine isopod. Credit: E. Perkins, University of Washington, V24.

Poop-filled sea pigs forage alongside sea pens, brittle stars, and very small shrimp at 4050 ft ~60 miles west of Newport Oregon. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V21.

A sea urchin (Tromikosoma panamense) with white little toes on the ends of their legs is alongside a brittle star and small shrimp at Slope Base (2900 m water depth). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1608, V24.

Rattail fish swims away from Jason as we work near the junction box at Slope Base. CRedit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1608, V24.

A large sea cucumber swims past the front of Jason at Slope base, 9500 ft beneath the surface. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1608, V24

A rattail fish visits the junction box at Slope Base (2900 m). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1609; V24.

Mrs. Weirdfish (pudgy cusk eel) curiously checking out Jason routine. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1609; V24.

White, gray and purple Deep Sea Octopus – Muusoctopus sp. walking along the sea floor. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1609; V24.

Crinoid on the Shallow Mooring Platform at 200 m. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1607; V24.

A cusk eel investigates Jason while the ROV works at LV01A. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1609; V24.

A rattail fish approaching Jason during the 12 pm to 4 pm shift. Credit: E. Albines, Queens College, V24.

Screen shot of a Pudgy Cusk eel sighted at 2900 m. Credit: F. Hanley, University of Washington, V24.

Close-up of the bizarre carnivorous sponge, Chondrocladia lampadiglobus, seen at Axial Base (2600m deep). It is also colloquially known as the "ping pong tree sponge."

Octopus with webbed arms and a fringed mantle after moving from old to new seafloor node at the OR Offshore site at 600m depth offshore of Newport, OR. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1249, V20

Octopus with webbed arms and a fringed mantle moving from old to new seafloor node at the OR Offshore site at 600m depth offshore of Newport, OR. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1249, V20

Giant Pacific Octopus curled up in a seafloor cable container at the Oregon Offshore (600 m) site. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1249, V20

A pycnogonid (sea spider) posing for the camera on a basalt outcrop at Marker 113, a diffuse flow site in Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1559, V23.

A pycnogonid (sea spider) sitting on a basalt outcrop at Marker 113, a diffuse flow site in Axial Caldera. Credit: Carleton College/UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1559, V23.

A pycnogonid (sea spider) climbing up the side of a basalt outcrop at Marker 113, a diffuse flow site in Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1559, V23.

Close-up of a rattail fish swimming near a vent covered in tube worms, limpets, and scale worms at Marker 113, a diffuse flow site in Axial Caldera. Carleton College/UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1559, V23.