Chemo Tubeworms
Detailed Description
Viosca Knoll is an elevated salt dome with dormant and active chemo-seeps. Where hydrocarbons are actively escaping from the substrate, dense clusters of tightly entwined vestimentiferan tubeworms grow. As the submersible approaches, it disturbs a Blackbelly Rosefish (Helicolenus dactylopterus), and a Conger Eel (Conger oceanicus).
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.