Title: Tubeworm colony on sulfide structure
Author: David Randle
Category: BIO
Data Source: TN 183-184
File Size: 232 kb
File Type: Image (JPG or GIF)
Date Catalogued: Wednesday, September 21, 2005


Actively-venting sulfide structures are a great habitat for tubeworms. The hydrothermal vent fluid bathes the worm's red plume that it uses to collect the hydrogen sulfide necessary for its life.