*Yi LAN¹, Jin SUN¹, Weipeng ZHANG¹, Ting XU², Chong CHEN³, Jian-Wen QIU², Pei-Yuan QIAN¹ (1.Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2.Hong Kong Baptist University, 3.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

*CHEN CHONG¹, Hiromi Kayama Watanabe¹, Yukiko Nagai¹, Takashi Toyofuku¹, Ting Xu², Jin Sun^2,3, Jian-Wen Qiu², Shigeaki Kojima⁴, Hiroyuki Yamamoto¹, Akinori Yabuki¹, Shinsuke Kawagucci¹, Ken Takai¹, Takenori Sasaki⁵ (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2.Hong Kong Baptist University, 3.Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 4.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5.The University Museum, The University of Tokyo)

*Ting Xu¹, Jin Sun², Hiromi Kayama WATANABE³, Chong Chen³, Masako Nakamura⁴, Pei-Yuan Qian², Jian-Wen Qiu¹ (1.Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2.Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 3.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 4.School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University)

*Ting Xu¹, Jin Sun², Hiromi Kayama WATANABE³, Chong Chen³, Masako Nakamura⁴, Pei-Yuan Qian², Jian-Wen Qiu¹ (1.Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2.Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 3.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 4.School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University)

*Yasuhiko OHARA^1,2, Tomoyo Okumura², Robert Stern³, Yuji Onishi⁴, Shoma Oya⁵, Chong Chen², Hiromi Kayama WATANABE², Toshiro Yamanaka⁶, Masakazu Fujii⁷, Fernando Martinez⁸, Teruaki Ishii⁵, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi⁵, Ken Takai², Science party for the Shinkai Seep Expeditions (1.Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of Japan, 2.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 3.University of Texas at Dallas, 4.Okayama University, 5.Shizuoka University, 6.Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 7.National Institute of Polar Research, 8.University of Hawaii)