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This picture illustrates four common types of hard substrate at seeps:clams (white and black shells; Solemyidae: Acharax sp.), mussels (brownshells; Mytilidae: Bathymodiolus sp.); vestimentiferan tube worms(Lamellibrachia sp.); and carbonate rocks, precipitated bymethanotrophic archaea. (Image credit: CRROCKS/NSF)