| 6400 |  |
An aggregation of vestimentiferan tubeworms (Lamellibrachia sp.) interspersed with chemosynthetic mussels. A large white urchin is seen in upper left and a white chiton can be found in the lower left attached to a mussel. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6401 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6402 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6403 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6404 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6405 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6406 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6407 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6408 |  |
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascagoula Dome on left of image. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6409 |  |
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascagoula Dome. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6410 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6411 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6412 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6413 |  |
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascagoula Dome. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6414 |  |
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascagoula Dome. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6415 |  |
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascagoula Dome. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6416 |  |
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascagoula Dome. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6417 |  |
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascagoula Dome. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6418 |  |
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascagoula Dome. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6419 |  |
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascagoula Dome. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6420 |  |
A zoarcid fish peeks out from a bed of chemosynthetic mussels. A few tubeworms are visible in the background. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6421 |  |
Snails, mussels, and a small stalked animal at a cold seep. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6422 |  |
A marine snail crawling over a mussel field at a cold seep. There appear to be small stalked barnacles just over the back of the snail. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6423 |  |
A tube worm, mussels, and a snail at a cold seep site. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6424 |  |
Mussels and small stalked animals, perhaps barnacles, at a cold seep site. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6425 |  |
Mussels, a white chiton, and small white crustaceans at a cold seep site. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6426 |  |
Mussels, a white chiton, and small white crustaceans at a cold seep site. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6427 |  |
A scale worm in sediment stained by chemical bearing fluids at a cold seep. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6428 |  |
Mussels surrounding a brine pool of denser water lying underneath less dense sea water. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6429 |  |
A dense bed of mussels at a cold seep with a large red crab in the foreground. Look closely and you will find a number of zoarcid fish interspersed throughout the mussel bed and in the area of stained gray sediment. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6430 |  |
A dense bed of mussels at a cold seep with a sea urchin. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6431 |  |
Live mussels with shells of dead mussels in vicinity of cold seep. The white material is probably a bacterial mat. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6432 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6433 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6434 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6435 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6436 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6437 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6438 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6439 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6440 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6441 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6442 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6443 |  |
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascagoula Dome. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6444 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6445 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6446 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6447 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6448 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |
6449 |  |
Description not available. |
Gulf of Mexico, North 2012 April 6 |