E Mamana Ou Gataifale II expedition
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new crowd of deep-sea weirdos and alien-like lifeforms have been captured on camera by scientists exploring the depths of the ocean around American Samoa.
The beautiful footage comes from the E Mamana Ou Gataifale II expedition by the Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA...

![A rarely-seen whiplash squid (Mastigoteuthis) documented at (3,625 feet depth. One of the ‘weird’ lifeforms spotted on deepsea volcano near American Samoa in the latest video captured on camera by scientists exploring the depths of the ocean. The beautiful footage comes from the E Mamana Ou Gataifale II expedition by the Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA Ocean Exploration, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. [photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute] A rarely-seen whiplash squid](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/rare_whiplash_squid.jpeg?itok=Dhie-x_m)