Hydrothermal vents and their inhabitants

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Fauna_on_hydrothermal_vents_1

Vent shrimp, mussels and lobsters © NOAA Vents Program/Wikimedia Commons

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Blacksmoker_in_Atlantic_Ocean_1

A Black smoke Hydrothermal vent in the Atlantic Ocean © NOAA Photo Library/Wikimedia Commons

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A species of crab endemic to ocean vents: the Yeti Crab © Oregon State University Flickr/Wikimedia Commons

Black Smoke Hydrothermal Vents

Black Smoke Hydrothermal Vents

Hydrothermal vents covered in a colony of tubeworms © NOAA/Wikimedia Commons

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Dense_mass_of_anomuran_crab_Kiwa_around_deep-sea_hydrothermal_vent

A dense community of crabs living near hydrothermal vents © A.D. Rogers et al./Wikimedia Commons

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The-Sound-Generated-by-Mid-Ocean-Ridge-Black-Smoker-Hydrothermal-Vents-pone.0000133.g002

Hydrothermal vents with a measuring apparatus © Crone T, Wilcock W, Barclay A, Parsons J (2006)/Wikimedia Commons

Hydrothermal Vent Chimneys and Fauna

Hydrothermal Vent Chimneys and Fauna

Hydrothermal Vents with their iconic chimney-like shapes and abundance of life © NOAA Ocean Exploration & Research's Photostream/Flickr

Riftia Tubeworms near a Hydrothermal Vent

Riftia Tubeworms near a Hydrothermal Vent

A species of tubeworms only found new certain Hydrothermal vents © NOAA Ocean Exploration & Research's Photostream/Flickr

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Black Smoke Hydrothermal Vents

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Hydrothermal Vent Chimneys and Fauna

Riftia Tubeworms near a Hydrothermal Vent

21 november 2017,

by Editorial staff