Hydrothermal Vent Life
- Nicole Pittoors
- May 18, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 25, 2024
Photo dump of some animals found at EPR 9ºN. Photos were taken by me, Lauren Dykman (WHOI), National Deep Submergence Facility, and WHOI-SSSG-MISO Facility - Dan Fornari in collaboration with Ocean Imaging Systems - Eli Perrone.

Barnacles
Squat Lobster- Munidopsis

Dumbo Octopus- Grimpoteuthis

Octopus- Benthoctopus
Fathead fish- Thermichthys hollisi
Eel Pout- Thermarces cerberus

Polychaete- Archinome rosacea
Polychaete- Branchinotogluma sandersi
Chondrophore and a close-up of its zooids from the sea surface
Bathymodiolus thermophilus

Assorted polychaetes

Anemone

Polychaete- Nereis sandersi

Giant tubeworm- Riftia pachyptila

Spirobids- Laminatubus alvini
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