A foot-long (27 cm) chemosynthetic mussel, Bathymodiolus, collected by Alvin on the Blake Ridge today. Image courtesy of Deep East 2001, NOAA/OER.
A foot-long (27 cm) chemosynthetic mussel, Bathymodiolus, collected by Alvin on the Blake Ridge today. Image courtesy of Deep East 2001, NOAA/OER.