NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: Galápagos Rift, New Hydrothermal Vent Discovered 7/23/2011

Nine ROV dives into the Galapágos Rift 2011 Expedition, the science team finally discovered the type of hydrothermal vent community they had been searching for. Clusters of tube worms, limpets, mussels, and anemones were seen to inhabit cracks in the lava bed where mineral-rich, geothermally-heated water 'vents' out. Two species of tube worms were found in abundance: the giant Riftia pachyptila and also the much smaller, never before observed in the Galápagos, Tevnia jerichonana. Brachyuran crabs, vent shrimp, and scale worms clung not only to the surrounding rock but also to the tube worms themselves in some cases. Extensive fields of dead and living clams surrounded the individual pockets of venting.

Video courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Galapágos Rift Expedition 2011.

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[Jason Orfe]

amazing! life in eternal darkness...

[tristan J.H.B.]

Aliens won't look like little green men, they'll probably look like these. I hope, both would be exciting though.

[fionafarrugia]

that shrimp in maltese we say gamblu

[SpiritWorldBlog]

This is not the "Hell Worm" described by GOD, It is mortal.

This is nothing but a Secure Teaser "since a tubeworm has no mouth, how do bacteria enter the worm? Scientists have found that, during its earliest stages, the tubeworm does have a mouth and gut for bacteria to enter. But as the worm grows, these features disappear!. - Science

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[jabari killingsworth]

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[Spasatcom]

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[megalegozero]

did you know tube worms share the same blood as humans

[megalegozero]

did you know tube worms share the same blood as humans.

[megalegozero]

tube worms share the same blood as humans.