Localized patches of organisms like these tubeworms (Riftia pachyptila) and mussels (Bathymodiolus thermophilus) are clustered around localized areas of warm water released from the seafloor. These sorts of diverse biological communities are chemosynthetic, deriving energy from chemicals dissolved in the warm hydrothermal fluids.
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Year: 2004
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Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: EPR:9N:Tica
Investigator: Vicki Ferrini
Expedition: AT11-20
Chief Scientist: Marvin Lilley
Species: Riftia pachyptila (Tube worm) Bathymodiolus thermophilus Munidopsis subsquamosa