mussels

A closeup of the mussel Bathymodiolus brooksi with one of the common species found in tubeworm and mussel habitats, the shrimp Alvinocaris muricola. Image courtesy of AquaPix, Chuck Fisher, Expedition to the Deep Slope 2006.

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