Initially, the researchers had been looking for the larvae of tube worms and other creatures in the hydrothermal vents. They ...
Hydrothermal vent tube worms, Oasisia alvinae, in the Gulf of California. Image credits: Greg Rouse/Schmidt Ocean Institute. The project was supported by the National Science Foundation’s Collections ...
Their expedition was to look for hydrothermal ... the hot vents and chimneys were thriving communities of strange species such as giant clams, eyeless shrimp, and colorful tube worms.