SERPENT for Science

SERPENT is network of world-class scientific research groups that work with the global oil and gas industry to use industrial remotely operated vehicles for primarily deep sea science. SERPENT is led by researchers within the Deepseas Group of the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. SERPENT has two core research areas:

• Deep-sea biodiversity and ecosystem function
• Assessment of disturbance and recovery from hydrocarbon industry activities

SERPENT has a strong track-record of producing high-quality scientific publications. We also maintain a growing collection of sediment and faunal samples as well as a leading database of deep-water images and video.

• Browse our online archive by:
  • Classification
  • Species
• SERPENT magnifier tool

  For copyright reasons, the quality of images and video in our archive is deliberately reduced for online viewing - we have very high quality images available - take a look at the excellent image quality we can offer by using our SERPENT magnifier tool.

• Useful Links page

  A wide range of handy sites for scientists is available on our Useful Links page

• ITS Search

  Search the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) taxonomic site from here (opens a new window)
• WoRMS Search

  Search the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) - (opens a new window)