Hydrothermal Vent Crabs (IMAGE)

University of Wyoming

Hydrothermal Vent Crabs

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Crabs inhabit this hydrothermal vent discovered on Pito Seamount in the Pacific Ocean. Shrimp, snails, Pompeii worms, small fish and bacteria also thrive in an environment where water, as hot as 370 degrees Centigrade, flows upward and emits from hollow chimneys that form a habitat for these biological communities.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Photo

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