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Anemones - Marianactis bythios - and white Munidopsis squat lobsters onhydrothermally altered rock below active venting site

Description

Anemones - Marianactis bythios - and white Munidopsis squat lobsters onhydrothermally altered rock below active venting site. The species facieschanges as one moves up the hydrothermal chimney. Note the squat lobsterriding on Deep Discoverer.

Credit

NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 1.

Display Date

20160501T224443Z

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Mariana