Sea Cucumbers
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017.
Sea cucumbers,
Chiridota heheva, with chemosynthetic
Bathymodiolus mussels, seen during Dive 08 of the expedition at a seep site identified via multibeam surveys conducted by NOAA Ship
Okeanos Explorer the night before the dive.
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