Typical suite of macrofauna on the actively venting, 302° Finn structure in Faulty Towers. Bright white patches of bacterial mat are adjacent to healthy tubeworms, limpets, and polychaete worms.
Species (common):
Year: 2005
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: JdF:Endeavour:Mothra:FaultyTowers
Investigator: Deborah Glickson
Expedition:
Chief Scientist:
Species:

Close-up of macrofauna and microbial mat on Flying Buttress, an 8 m tall chimney in the Twin Peaks cluster. Image collected during the Edifice Rex cruise.
Species (common):
Year: 1998
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: JdF:Endeavour:Mothra:TwinPeaks
Investigator: Deborah Kelley
Expedition: AT03-07
Chief Scientist: John Delaney
Species:

A new species of octopus, Benthoctopus sp. attached to the port manipulator arm of Alvin. Collected from the shore of a brine lake at 2330 m depth in the Gulf of Mexico.
Species (common):
Year: 2006
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: GulfOfMexico
Investigator: Charles Fisher
Expedition: AT15-03
Chief Scientist: Charles Fisher
Species: Benthoctopus sp.

Medusa jellyfish (Stauromedusae) cover the seafloor near a newly-discovered hydrothermal vent on the East Pacific Rise, April 2007.
Species (common):
Year: 2007
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: EPR:9N:OSC:Medusa
Investigator: Emily Klein
Expedition: AT15-17
Chief Scientist: Emily Klein
Species:

A deep-sea anemone clings to the side of a lava pillar in the axial summit trough along the East Pacific Rise, April 2007.
Species (common):
Year: 2007
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: EPR:9N:OSC
Investigator: Emily Klein
Expedition: AT15-17
Chief Scientist: Emily Klein
Species:

Spider crabs graze on a large patch of healthy tubeworms east of Cuchalainn cluster.
Species (common):
Year: 2007
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: JdF:Endeavour:Mothra:Cuchalainn
Investigator: Deborah Glickson
Expedition:
Chief Scientist:
Species:

Close-up image of the mussel Bathymodiolus brevior, anemones, barnacles and shrimp. The purple-colored spots on the mussel shells are attachment points from bissel threads.
Species (common):
Year: 2006
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Lau:N-ELSC:TowCam
Investigator: Charles Fisher
Expedition: MGLN07MV
Chief Scientist: Charles Fisher
Species: Bathymodiolus brevior

Close-up of the tiny tubeworms Oasisia fujicarai. A few shrimp (Alvinocaris sp.), barnacles, and many tiny limpets are also visible. A portion of Alviniconcha sp. is shown in the lower right.
Species (common):
Year: 2006
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Lau:N-ELSC:TowCam
Investigator: Charles Fisher
Expedition: MGLN07MV
Chief Scientist: Charles Fisher
Species: Bathymodiolus brevior Alviniconcha sp. Alvinocaris sp. Oasisia fujicarai

Very close-up shot of Ifremeria sp. (left, black snail) and Alviniconcha sp. (white, hairy snail) next to some shimmering water. There are also many small limpets, some barnacles, shrimp and a scale worm in this shot.
Species (common):
Year: 2006
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Lau:N-ELSC:TowCam
Investigator: Charles Fisher
Expedition: MGLN07MV
Chief Scientist: Charles Fisher
Species: Alviniconcha sp. Ifremeria sp.

A vent field with several short chimneys. The snail Ifremeria nautilei and the mussel Bathymodiolus brevior are scattered throughout the landscape. Both of these species contain sulfide-oxidizing endosymbionts.
Species (common):
Year: 2006
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Lau:VFR:TuiMalila
Investigator: Charles Fisher
Expedition: MGLN07MV
Chief Scientist: Charles Fisher
Species: Ifremeria nautilei