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Beauty of a Tube Worm
Lamellibrachia barhami , a species of tubeworm that lives at both hydrothermal vents and methane seeps . This ‘ origination ’ specie form giant President George W. Bush and massive meadows at Jaco Scar on the Costa Rica Margin .
Tube Worm Bush
mussel and vacuum tube louse cluster together in enormous bush around the Costa Rica margin ' hydrothermal seep . ' Researchers estimate that more than 14,000 tube worms make up this tremendous scrub .
Meadows of Tube Worms
At the methane - productive hydrothermal land site , tube worms rule the landscape painting .
Living Sea Floor
dumb beds of crabs crawl with snails and galatheid crabs .
Clam’s Life
brickle star , snails and boodle as consider from the submergible vehicle Alvin at the vent site .
Sabellid Worm
A sabellid worm found at the hydrothermal seep sphere .
Archinome
Archinome , another violent marine insect found at the Costa Rica gross profit margin site .
A Handful of Tube Worms
The remote arm of the submersible Alvin grasps a sample distribution of tube worms for analytic thinking .
Shy Fish Among Worms
A zoarcid fish peeks out from the safety of a tube worm bush .
Giant Tube Worm Cluster
An enormous clump of tube insect at the Costa Rica security deposit venthole / seep area .
Symbiotic Relationship
A hermit crab in a symbiotic human relationship with an windflower . The crab uses the anemone as a shell , protect the hopeful scarlet crab egg visible tucked into the windflower .
