DeepPIV 3DR – Bathochordaeus stygius larvacean

Animated three-dimensional reconstruction (3DR) of a giant larvacean (*Bathochordaeus stygius*) found in Monterey Bay, CA, USA (lat 36.7015, long -122.0538) at a depth of 230 meters during a 2015 [MBARI](https://www.mbari.org/) Midwater Ecology and [Bioinspiration Lab](https://www.bioinspirationlab.org) cruise. A [new study](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2345-2) published in the journal *Nature* describes a laser-based system for constructing 3D models of gelatinous animals and the diaphanous mucus structures they secrete. The 3DR model was created by using MBARI’s laser imaging instrument [*DeepPIV*](https://www.mbari.org/deep-piv-3d-flow/), which was deployed from RV *Rachel Carson* mounted to ROV *MiniROV*. The animated model was made in collaboration with the [Digital Life Project](http://digitallife3d.org/) at UMass Amherst. More data products from the Bioinspiration Lab, including the raw video data associated with this video, can be found [here](https://www.bioinspirationlab.org/data-products).