Close-up image showing a live tubeworm at the Von Damm hydrothermal field, on the Mid-Cayman Rise. While tubeworms are some of the most iconic animals to have been discovered at vent fields in the Pacific Ocean, prior to the discovery of this tubeworm during the 2011 expedition, they had only been found associated with cold seeps in the Atlantic. Image courtesy of the NOAA Ocean Exploration, Mid-Cayman Rise Expedition 2011.
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