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Sampling hydrocarbon seeps (blue dots) and hydrothermal vents (yellow dots) of deep-sea limpets in the Northwest Pacific. 1-3: three seep areas in the Jiaolong Ridge of the South China Sea, the Kuroshima Knoll, and the Sagami Bay, respectively; 4-7: four vent fields in the Okinawa Trough. Inset: a representative photograph showing the morphology of the studied deep-sea limpet (scale bar = 1 cm).

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