An aggregation of vestimentiferan tubeworms (Lamellibrachia sp.). Suchaggregations provide habitat for smaller animals such as the small whiteanemones covering the tube worm tubes, and the shrimps Alvinocaris muricola. The tiny white spots all aroun
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Date: 2012 April 20
Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition
Location: Gulf of Mexico, Green Canyon, Ewing Block 915