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tubeworms and soft corals


Tubeworms and soft corals thrive at 3000 m at a seep site located at the base of the Florida Escarpment (~100 miles off the west coast of the Florida peninsula). A Galatheid squat lobster, alvinocarid shrimp, and eelpouts move in to feast on a mussel damaged during sampling. Photo taken using I. Macdonald camera system.



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