Spaghetti-like tubeworms happily living amongst mussels, anemones, a vent fish, and hungry crabs.

Spaghetti-like tubeworms happily living amongst mussels, anemones, a vent fish, and hungry crabs. Most of these animals are only found at seafloor hot spring sites. Image courtesy of New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program.

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