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In May 2024, it was announced that Ohio real estate billionaire, and private space astronaut, Larry Connor, commissioned the design and building of a $20 million submersible, the Triton 4000/2 Abyssal Explorer, and planned to voyage to the wreck of the OceanGate Titan submersible implosion with Triton Submarines co-founder Patrick Lahey to ...
An abyssal plain is an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) and 6,000 meters (20,000 ft).Lying generally between the foot of a continental rise and a mid-ocean ridge, abyssal plains are among the flattest, smoothest and least explored regions on Earth. [1]
The Dornier Seastar is a turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft built largely of composite materials.Developed by Claudius Dornier Jr [] of Germany, it first flew in 1984.. The design is owned by Claudius Jr's son, Conrado, who founded Dornier Seawings AG (now Dornier Seawings) to continue work on the project after two previous firms, Claudius Dornier Aircraft and Dornier Composite Aircraft ...
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Protoreaster linckii (Blainville, 1830): Red-knobbed starfish: Indian Ocean Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758): Chocolate chip sea star
Protoreaster lincki, the red knob sea star, red spine star, African sea star, [1] or the African red knob sea star, [2] is a species of starfish from the Indian Ocean. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Description
Starfish, such as the ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) and the reef sea star (Stichaster australis), have become widely known as examples of the keystone species concept in ecology. The tropical crown-of-thorns starfish ( Acanthaster planci ) is a voracious predator of coral throughout the Indo-Pacific region, and the Northern Pacific ...
Protoreaster nodosus, commonly known as the horned sea star or chocolate chip sea star, [1] is a species of sea star found in the warm, shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific region. They are sometimes seen in the marine aquarium trade or dried and sold as curios.
Some species of other reef inhabitants prey on this species of sea star. Various pufferfishes, Charonia species (triton shells), harlequin shrimp, and even some sea anemones have been observed to eat whole or parts of the sea stars. [3] The Blue Linckia is also prone to parasitization by a species of the parasitic gastropod Thyca crystallina.