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Many-Armed Creatures of Heceta Bank
Feathery, coiled, or covered in suckers, the many-armed species of Heceta Bank span the animal kingdom. Off the coast of Oregon, the Nautilus team spotted giant Pacific octopus, basket stars, and feather stars dotting the seafloor--a few riding along on the backs of crabs!
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Expedition
Heceta Bank
Returning south along the coast of Oregon, this expedition will conduct geophysical surveys near Heceta Bank in order to search for late Pleistocene-aged remnant landforms and possible archaeological sites. This is a multidisciplinary problem that requires data generated by Earth scientists and archaeologists to answer questions about past coastal environments and prehistoric human migration.