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Spaghetti-like tubeworms living happily amongst mussels, anemones, a vent fish,and hungry crabs

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Description

Spaghetti-like tubeworms living happily amongst mussels, anemones, a vent fish,and hungry crabs. Most of these animals are only found at seafloor hot springsites.

Credit

New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration; NOAA Vents Program

Display Date

2005

Location

New Zealand, Kermadec Arc

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration