Strange vent-fellows: Chemosynthetic shrimp, tubeworms together for first time at hydrothermal vent
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 21:30
in Earth & Climate
Ocean explorers observed two species of marine life scientists believe have never before been seen together at a hydrothermal vent -- chemosynthetic shrimp and tubeworms. They also observed the first known live tubeworms ever seen at a hydrothermal vent in Atlantic waters.