Friday, October 1, 2010

Hydrothermal vent mussel

Common Name: Hydrothermal vent mussel
Scientific Name: Bathymodiolus
Location: Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific
Description: The vent mussel community: brittle stars, worms and limpets carpet the outside of vent mussel (Bathymodiolus) shells living near a hydrothermal vent.

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