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The cruise is over now; we got back in Tuesday night. I've been a little quiet here because I couldn't say anything about the amazing anglerfish we saw ("black sea devil", Melanocetus sp.) until MBARI had posted it first. There should be a YouTube video about it soon so watch their channel! Not a ceph, but every person on the ship who was not actively doing something else was gathered in the control room, gaping at this thing. Also, a deep-sea octopus, Graneledone boreopacifica (same species/location as the amazing brooding female, but couldn't tell whether this one had eggs or not). I spent today in MBARI's video lab looking at archived footage of Taonius for a project, and on Sunday it's home time... carting about 8lbs of specimens with me! Customs will be fun