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Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition

Description

Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. The vent mussel Bathymodiolus: wateris drawn through the siphons at the open end to the left; the footextends on the right and attaches the mussel to the rock withbyssal threads. [The mussels are up to 18 cm (7in) long.]

Credit

Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist

Display Date

2004 April

Location

Mariana Arc region, Western Pacific Ocean

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Ring of Fire

Keywords

Ocean Exploration