Figure 2. Partial Antarctic Minke whale skeleton (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) found at 4204 m in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean using the manned submersible Shinkai 6500.

(A) Caudal vertebrae lying on a thin layer of fine sediment over basaltic rocks; (B) Schematic view of the whale skeleton reconstructed from Shinkai 6500 videos. The nine vertebrae are numbered and shown in pale yellow color, while the round intervertebral discs are darker. Vertebrae were numbered from the posterior end of the animal towards the head.