Arthropoda Malacostraca | Peracarida Amphipoda
Hirondelleidae Hirondellea gigas
Genus Species

BI-2012/13-109

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AMB3

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DOV Lander Mike

Middle Pond, Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench

11.615° N
142.7216° E

10900.0 m

April 4, 2012

baited trap

R/V Mermaid Sapphire

Doug Bartlett

Ed Hendrycks

EtOH 95%

EtOH 50%

Baited traps on DOV lander. Off Mariana Islands and Guam. Verbatim depth "11156 m" from original database entry, but this value exceeds any recorded depth. Depth estimate 10,900 m entered by C. Seid based on a description by Doug Bartlett of "~ 10.9 km water column depth" for the middle pond: https://info.deepcarbon.net/vivo/display/n3723