Sea Mine Shrimp (IMAGE)

Duke University

Sea Mine Shrimp

Caption

Vent shrimp, a species found around hydrothermal vents on the seafloor, which are also rich in commercially valuable polymetallic sulfide deposits.

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NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research

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