Ocean Explorer: Chemosynthetic Seep Mussels and Crab

Chemosynthetic seep mussel and crab

Chemosynthetic seep mussel, Bathymodiolus sp., lives with symbiotic bacteria in its gills that are able to use gas and hydrogen sulfide for carbon and energy.

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