Riftia sp. tube worms and Bathymodiolus sp. mussels make their home at a hydrothermal vent over 2500 meters deep on the East Pacific Rise during February 2004
Image available through Media Bank at http://media.marine-geo.org/image/tubeworms-and-mussels-epr-2004
Originally uploaded in Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments.
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