Ocean Explorer: Bathymodiolus, a foot-long (27 cm) chemosynthetic mussel

A foot-long (27 cm) chemosynthetic mussel, Bathymodiolus

A foot-long (27 cm) chemosynthetic mussel, Bathymodiolus, collected by Alvin on the Blake Ridge today.

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