mussels

A close-up 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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