In February 2018, the Government of Poland and the International Seabed Authority signed
a 15-year contract for exploration of polymetallic sulfide deposits on a section of the Mid …

Few fossils demonstrate the presence of the Hemichordata (Enteropneusta, Pterobranchia–
excluding benthic and planktic Graptolithina) in the early Palaeozoic. Many of these early …

JENS GREINERT3, NANCY JACOBSEN STOUT8, DANIEL OB JONES1, ANNE JORDT3,
JEFFREY W. KAELI9, KEVIN KÖSER3, LINDA A. KUHNZ8, DHUGAL LINDSAY10, KIRSTY …

We studied the structure of digestive system of deep-sea torquaratorid Quatuoralisia
malakhovi including the food-obtaining apparatus, microanatomy of all regions of digestive …

Biological communities on the abyssal plain are largely dependent on detritus from the
surface ocean as their main source of energy. Seasonal fluctuations in the deposition of that …

Video surveys were carried out during the 75th cruise of the RV Akademik MA Lavrentyev
(June 2016) along the northern slope of the Volcanologists Massif, in the south-western …

Five species of deep-sea acorn worms (Enteropneusta) were found in the Bering Sea during
cruises of the RV Akademik MA Lavrentyev in 2016, 2018, and 2021. The worms were …

As the business of deep-sea mining develops, greater attention is being paid to the ways in
which the impacts from mining on the environment might be minimised and controlled. The …

Phylum Hemichordata, composed of worm-like Enteropneusta and colonial Pterobranchia,
has been reported to only contain about 100 species. However, recent studies of …

Iosactis vagabunda Riemann-Zürneck, 1997 (Actiniaria, Iosactiidae) is a small endomyarian
anemone, recently quantified as the greatest contributor to megafaunal density (48%; 2372 …