Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. Galatheid crabs and shrimp graze on bacterialfilaments. The black 'scars' on the mussels are anchor points, left bymussels who have cut their threads and moved.
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Date: 2004 April
Credit: Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist
Location: Mariana Arc region, Western Pacific Ocean
Subject: Ocean exploration