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Lamellibrachia sp. tube worms at a cold seep. Gulf of Mexico. The bodies of these and other organisms near the seeps eventually form new carbonate rock formations called chemoherms. Credit: Image courtesy of Expedition to the Deep Slope 2007, NOAA-OE.
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