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Galapagos 2005 Expedition. Organisms including a Galatheid crab and what appear to be mussel shells indicating proximity to hydrothermal activity. Galatheid crabs are also known as "squat lobsters." Still image taken by the Medea camera system.

Image ID: expl1159, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Credit: Image courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI.

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