Close up image of a clump of mussels. Forming dense beds, deep-sea mussels are often early colonizers at cold seeps.
 Clump of Mussels
Image courtesy of Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE. Download larger version (jpg, 1.6 MB).

Close up image of a clump of mussels. Forming dense beds, deep-sea mussels are often early colonizers at cold seeps.

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