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Bathymodiolid mussels and vestimentiferan tube worms, collected froma methane seep off the coast of Costa Rica, provide habitat for manyassociated species including the gastropods seen in this picture

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Bathymodiolid mussels and vestimentiferan tube worms, collected froma methane seep off the coast of Costa Rica, provide habitat for manyassociated species including the gastropods seen in this picture. Many largelimpets live on the tubes and shells, where they graze on bacteria and othermicrobes.

Credit

Benjamin Grupe

Location

Pacific Ocean, Chile Margin

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration