An animal community with tube worms (Riftia pachyptila) thriving on the seafloor with the Axial Summit Trough (AST) of the East Pacific Rise (EPR). Shimmering water shown in this image is the result of warm water escaping from the seafloor. In the foreground of this image is the base of an instrument that is used to monitor water characteristics.
Species (common):
Year: 2004
Details:
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