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Galapagos Rift Expedition 2011
Ocean Exploration
Carpets of small (inch-long) anemones covered rock faces adjacent tothe active venting in the Tempus Fugit vent field. Is the large covered shellmussel or clam?
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Closeup of dead giant clams Calytogena magnifica at Tempus Fugit vent field.
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Extensive beds of the giant clam Calyptogena magnifica were found inin abundance at Tempus Fugit vent field. A grenadier cruises over the clambed. A barnacle covered rock is in lower left.
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Large assemblage of Riftia pachyptila.
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Small white anemones covering pillow lava as large pycnogonid crab forages
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Small white anemones covering rock outcrops. Shrimp and crab can be seen aswell.
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Large assemblage of Riftia pachyptila with white anemones and white squatlobsters. Smoky appearance of water is fraom active vents and debris in waterpossibly from chemical precipitation of constituents of vent water uponcooling.
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Squat lobsters and two large Riftia pachyptila tube worms seen behindcurtain of shimmering hydrothermal waters.
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Large assemblage of Riftia pachyptila with small white anemones andwhite brachyuran crabs.
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Bed of live and dead giant clams in vicinity of hydrothermal venting.
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Large white feather duster worm.
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Large white feather duster worm.
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Aggregation of large white feather duster worms. What appears to be a smallpinkish worm is next to large tube in upper right quadrant.
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Small white tube worms with siblonogid tube worms.
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Polychaete diversity; a scale worm clings to rock also inhabited by smallerfeather duster worms.
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Close-up of the 'plume' extending out of a Riftia pachyptila hard tube.The bright red coloring is due to complex hemoglobin within the plumeused to transport oxygen through the worm's respiratory system. Note also thesimilar structure on the sibogli
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Riftia pachyptila tube worm with plume extended, smaller siblonogid tube wormabove, limpets, and vent shrimp.
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Closeup of siblonogid tube worm.
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Riftia tube worm with siboglinid tube worms, smaller polychaete feather dusterworm tubes, smaller white tube worms, white limpets, and shrimp at a vent site.
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Clambed with many dead clams amongst pillow lavas. White tube worms andsmall white anemones are also seen.
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