Diverse animal communities like these are common at areas of diffuse hydrothermal flow on the East Pacific Rise (EPR). The shimmering water in the foreground indicates a slightly more focused area of hydrothermal fluid flow.
Species (common):
Year: 2004
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: EPR:9N:MusselBed
Investigator: Vicki Ferrini
Expedition: AT11-20
Chief Scientist: Marvin Lilley
Species: Riftia pachyptila (Tube worm) Bathymodiolus thermophilus Munidopsis subsquamosa